Beat Gino Koenig
Dr. iur., LL.M., Attorney at LawSenior Counsel - also admitted in Virginia (USA)
Gino Koenig has more than 30 years of experience in arbitration and litigation, commercial contracts and corporate law. He has acted in more than 80 international and domestic arbitration proceedings as counsel, president, sole arbitrator and party appointed arbitrator under both ad hoc and institutional rules (ICC, Swiss Rules, DIS, VIAC). Dr. Koenig also has extensive experience in corporate law and commercial contracts, in particular in advising clients in the field of infrastructure projects. From 2006 – 2024, he was president of the Appeals Chamber of the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation (member since 1998) and responsible for more than 340 decisions. Moreover, he was president of an ice hockey club from 1996–2013.
PRACTICE AREAS
Arbitration | Litigation | Corporate & Commercial
- Since 2024: Senior Counsel at Lustenberger + Partners
- 2009–2024: Partner at Lustenberger + Partners
- 1998–2008: Partner at Gloor & Sieger, Zurich
- 1991–1998: Associate at Müller, Wehrli & Partner and Gloor & Sieger, Zurich
- 1989–1990: Associate at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, Washington, D.C. (USA)
- 1985–1987: Associate at Gloor & Sieger, Zurich
- 1983–1984: Law Clerk at the District Court Hinwil (Canton of Zurich)
- 1982–1983: Trainee at Reichenbach Attorneys at Law, Zurich
- 1981–1982: Trainee in the Foreign Exchange Department of a major Swiss Bank
- German
- English
- (French and Italian)
- Zurich and Swiss Bar Associations (ZBA/SBA)
- Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
- German Institution of Arbitration (DIS)
- Swiss Association of Sports Law (ASDS)
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- Virginia State Bar (VSB)
- 1989: Dr. iur., University of Zurich (equivalent to S.J.D.)
- 1988: Virginia State Bar (USA)
- 1988: LL.M., University of Virginia School of Law
- 1985: Zurich Bar, admitted to all Swiss courts
- 1980: lic. iur., University of Zurich (equivalent to J.D.)
- Representing a systems’ supplier of press lines and plants in the wood based panel industry in a dispute with the owner.
- Sole arbitrator in ICC arbitral proceedings between Italian and Swiss parties concerning the liquidation of a joint venture in the engineering and construction industry which the parties settled based upon a proposal of Gino Koenig.
- Who is Who Legal Construction 2020:
“B. Gino Koenig is esteemed for his work on construction disputes with extensive experience in all aspects of the arbitration process.” - Who is Who Legal Switzerland 2020:
B. Gino Koenig is a “great, well-balanced arbitrator” who is “very experienced and skilled”.
- Management of the Proceedings and Quality Control under the Swiss Rules, in: The Swiss Rules of International Arbitration, ASA Special Series No. 22, 2004 (co-author)
- The Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents, in: International Judicial Assistance in Civil Matters, Suzanne Rodriquez and Bertrand Prell (eds.), New York 1999
- Rights and Obligations of Shareholders and Directors in Switzerland, in: Approaching 2000: The Corporation in Transition, Dennis Campbell (ed.), Deventer und Boston 1994
- Bankers’ Liability: Risks and Remedies in Switzerland, in: Bankers’ Liability: Risks and Remedies, Dennis Campbell and Rudolf Meroni (eds.), Deventer und Boston 1993
- Das Kassa- und Termingeschäft im Interbankendevisenhandel, Schriften zum Bankenwesen vol. 31, Thesis, Zurich 1989
- Arbitration Clauses – Pros and Cons, in: Bankruptcy & Commercial Law Adviser, Issue No. 24, Chesterland, Ohio, U.S.A. 1989 (co-author)
Contact
Lustenberger + Partners KLG
Wiesenstrasse 8
P.O. Box
CH-8032 Zurich
T +41 44 387 19 00
F +41 44 387 19 66
office@lplegal.ch
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