The ALTENBURGER Dispute Resolution Team provides comprehensive services in the field of dispute resolution and prevention. Over many years of practice, we have developed an extensive and sound expertise that encompasses national and international litigation, in civil or criminal matters, as well as arbitration. In addition, we are one of the leading firms in Switzerland in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), and, particularly, in mediation.

In order to advise and represent our clients to the best of their interests, we systematically perform an in-depth analysis of the matter and balance the risks, strengths, and weaknesses of each situation. We are committed to identifying, together with our clients, the most adequate strategy and consider for that purpose a wide range of options, including the opportunities offered by ADR, as may be appropriate.

As a multilingual and multicultural team, we are qualified to conduct procedures in both common law and civil law jurisdictions, either directly or through our solid network of correspondent firms.

We advise and represent our clients before State courts, both in civil and criminal (mainly white-collar crime) proceedings. We also have extensive experience advising clients in civil and criminal mutual legal assistance matters.

For every dispute, we perform an in-depth analysis of the matter at stake so as to define, together with our clients, a comprehensive and cost-efficient strategy, in order to meet their needs and to effectively achieve the contemplated goals.

For more information, see Litigation

We work as both arbitrators and counsel in domestic and international arbitration. Our skilled professionals have handled numerous ad hoc or institutional arbitration proceedings under a wide variety of arbitral rules (ICC, Swiss Rules, Zurich Chamber of Commerce etc.) and they dispose of good knowledge in common law acquired at prominent universities, notably in the US.

For more information, see Arbitration

Many disputes can be settled out of courts, which entails opportunities to reach constructive and win-win outcomes in the interests of all the involved parties. Such a result can be achieved by using modern dispute management and resolution tools, which are efficient by the very reason that they embrace elements which exceed the rigid frame of a court litigation.

ALTENBURGER is a leading firm in Switzerland in the field of ADR and, particularly, in commercial, civil and criminal mediation (eg complex family- and inheritance-related matters). Several of our lawyers are sworn and/or accredited mediators by international leading institutions.

For more information, see Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

We offer information sessions as well as specific trainings in dispute management (dispute prevention/resolution) to companies and to those possibly facing such issues.

For more information, see Trainings