Wolfgang Peter is a founding partner of Peter & Kim Ltd, a new global specialist practice in Switzerland, South Korea, Australia and Singapore, dedicated to international commercial and investment arbitration.
Dr Peter represents major companies from Europe and overseas as counsel in large and complex international arbitrations. He also regularly serves as an arbitrator in high-stakes arbitrations under the auspices of various institutions throughout the world.
He has acted, up to now, in over 300 international arbitrations involving M&A; finance and banking; international trade; joint ventures and industrial cooperation; agency and distribution; licensing transfer of technology and natural resources (in particular gas-price adjustment disputes).
Further to his arbitration practice, Dr Peter has been retained as counsel in numerous Swiss and cross-border mergers and acquisitions as well as corporate finance and IPO transactions. He was a member of the board of several companies in the field of finance and industry.
Before founding Peter & Kim, Wolfgang Peter spent more than three decades leading the arbitration and corporate groups of Peter & Partners, a boutique law firm specialised in arbitration, and of Python & Peter, a major Swiss law firm. Dr Peter also held top management executive positions: he was CEO of the Breguet Watch ...
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