Expertise

Litigation, arbitration & dispute resolution

Create early clarity on evidence, forum, remedies, cost and commercial objectives.

Your situation

The quality of the first decisions often determines the options available later.

Typical situations

When this expertise becomes relevant

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Threatened or commenced dispute

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Shareholder, joint-venture or contract conflict

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Swiss court or arbitration proceedings

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Recognition and enforcement of a decision

Our advice

How we can help

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Pre-action strategy

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Evidence preservation

03

Jurisdiction and forum selection

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Interim measures

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Court and arbitration proceedings

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Settlement and enforcement

Approach

How we work

Stabilise

Secure deadlines, evidence, communications and operational risk.

Assess

Integrate legal position, forum, evidence, cost and commercial objective.

Decide

Choose negotiation, interim action, proceedings or settlement deliberately.

Enforce

Align procedural strategy with enforceability.

Bihrer Briefing

Related analysis

Checklist · Switzerland; contracts and proceedings with cross-border elements require separate review · 21 May 2026

The first 72 hours of a commercial dispute

Deadlines, evidence, communications and operational stability determine which legal and commercial options remain available later.

Case note · Switzerland · 10 April 2026

Debt enforcement requests: avoid defects before proceedings begin

Even an apparently simple formal step should be aligned with the claim, parties, limitation position and enforcement objective.

Briefing · Switzerland · 19 February 2026

Construction defects: treat notice, evidence and contract as one system

When defects arise, coordinated records often determine which options remain practical.

Next step

Discuss a dispute

Time-critical points first; confidential documents only after conflict clearance.