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Balz Gross

Address: 

Prime Tower
Hardstrasse 201
CH-8005
Zürich

Phone Number: 
+41 43 222 10 00
Fax Number: 
+41 43 222 15 00
Email: 
balz.gross@homburger.ch
Born: 
1964, Zurich
Languages: 
German English
Nationalities: 
Swiss
Education: 
1989, University of Zurich (lic. iur., summa cum laude); 1994, Bar admission; 1995, Harvard Law School (LL.M.), 1995, Associate at Homburger; 1996, University of Zurich (Dr. iur.); 2002, Partner at Homburger
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Admitted to Zurich Bar 1994, professional license to act before all Swiss courts
Present Position: 
deputy head of Homburger’s Litigation/Arbitration Practice Team and a member of Homburger’s Working Groups White Collar/Investigations and Employment Law
Professional Experience: 

Scientific Assistant with the chair for Swiss Private and International Law at the University of Zurich; Court Clerk with the District Court Pfäffikon; Attorney with Homburger since 1995

Professional Associations: 

Member, Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)

Panels of Arbitrators: 

ICC Swiss Country list

Arbitration Experience: 

Counsel in more than 50 international arbitrations, and party appointed arbitrator in more than 10 cases

Areas of Specialization: 
Arbitration & ADR
Civil & Commercial Law
International Commercial Transactions
International Sale of Goods
Joint Ventures
Publications from JURIS: 
The Challenge of an Arbitral Award on the Basis of Para-regulatory Texts (Soft Law) - Chapter 07 - Sense and Non-sense of Guidelines, Rules and Other Para-regulatory Texts in International Arbitration - ASA Special Series No. 37
Publications: 

Die Haftpflicht des Staates; Zürich 1995; Kommentar zu Art. 41, 42, 43 des Schweizer Kartellgesetzes, Zürich 1996; Kommentar zu Art. 20 bis 24 des Gerichtsstandsgesetzes, Zürich 2001; Insider Trading, Market Manipulation, Money Laundering and Legal Assistance in: Securities Trading, London, 2004; Employee Share Plans, London 2008; Kommentar zu Art. 68 bis 96 des Schweizer Obligationenrechts, Basel 2008; Obtaining Documents and Information in Switzerland: the use and abuse of data protection law, London, 2010; M&A disputes and expert determination, getting to grips with the issues, London, 2010; Kommentar zu Art. 70 bis 83 der Schweizer Zivilprozessordnung, Bern 2011.