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Wolfgang Peter

Address: 

Python Schifferli Peter & Partners
9 rue Massot
1206 Geneva
Switzerland

Phone Number: 
(41-22) 702-15-15
Fax Number: 
(41-22) 702-14-14
Email: 
wpeter@psplaw.ch
Born: 
1949, Münster
Languages: 
French English German
Nationalities: 
Swiss
Education: 
Master in Business Administration, 1972, Univ. of Lausanne; Master in Political Science 1974, Graduate Inst. of International Studies, Geneva; Doctorate in Economics 1975, Univ. of Lausanne; Harvard Law School 1982/83; Doctorate in Law 1986, Univ. of Fran
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Admitted to Geneva bar 1979
Present Position: 
Partner, Python Schifferli Peter & Partners
Professional Experience: 

Founding Partner, Pirenne Python Schifferli Peter & Partners, Geneva; Managing Director (1988-1992) and President & Chief Executive Officer (1992-1994), Breguet Watch Manufacturing Group; Advisor, Swiss Federal Minister of Justice and Police (1980-1982); Secretary, Federal
Expert Commission on Swiss Company Law (1979-1980); Managing Director Jaquet-Droz 1995-2000

Professional Associations: 

ASIL; Geneva Assoc. of Business Law; IBA; Swiss Bar Assoc.; The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; LCIA; Executive Committee Member of Swiss Arbitration Association

Arbitration Experience: 

Acted as chairman, party-appointed arbitrator, sole arbitrator and counsel in a total of 96 international and 3 national arbitrations

Areas of Specialization: 
Business Law
International Arbitration
Publications from JURIS: 
Hot Focus on a Cold Day - What Did We Take Away? Recipes/Something New/Profound Thoughts - Chapter 10 - The Arbitrator's Initiative: When, Why and How Should It Be Used? - ASA Special Series No. 45
Background of the 2004 Swiss Rules - Ten Years of Swiss Rules of International Arbitration - ASA Special Series No. 44
Publications: 

Arbitration and Renegotiation of International Investment Agreements (Kluwer, 2nd edition, 1995); plus various articles on business law and arbitration.