Portrait

Michael Kramer is Chair of Pestalozzi and heads Pestalozzi's Litigation and Arbitration group in Zurich. He specializes in national and international commercial litigation, arbitration and judicial assistance in cross-border disputes. Michael Kramer also serves as an arbitrator in international institutional arbitrations under various rules (such as ICC Rules and Swiss Rules) and ad hoc arbitrations. His cases have involved disputes in various industries such as banking, pharmaceuticals, insurance, commodities, telecommunications and construction. In addition, Michael Kramer's practice includes the litigious aspects of debt collection and bankruptcy law, as well as white collar crime matters. He has broad experience in asset tracing and freezing.

Michael Kramer, born 1965, received his degrees from the University of Fribourg (lic. iur., summa cum laude) in 1991 and from the University of Chicago Law School (LL.M.) in 1999. He was admitted to the bar in Switzerland in 1992. Michael Kramer joined Pestalozzi in 1999. He practices in English and German, and he speaks French.

Publications (download PDF list )

24.01.2012 / Gewährt Art. 158 ZPO eine "pre-trial discovery" nach US-amerikanischem Recht?
Detail Gewährt Art. 158 ZPO eine ''pre-trial discovery'' nach US-amerikanischem Recht?, in: Lorandi/Staehelin, Festschrift für Ivo Schwander, Zürich 2011.

19.06.2011 / ZPO Kommentar Art. 130 – 132
Detail Art. 130 – 132, in: Alexander Brunner/Dominik Gasser/Ivo Schwander (Hrsg.), Kommentar zur Schweizerischen Zivilprozessordnung (ZPO), Zürich/St. Gallen 2011.

19.06.2011 / ZPO Kommentar Art. 393 – 396
Detail Art. 393 – 396, in: Brunner Alexander/Gasser Dominik/Schwander Ivo (Hrsg.), Schweizerische Zivilprozessordnung (ZPO), Kommentar, Zürich/St. Gallen 2011

29.11.2010 / ZPO Kommentar Art. 335 – 346
Detail Art. 335 – 346, in: Gehri Myriam A./Kramer Michael (Hrsg.), ZPO Kommentar, Schweizerische Zivilprozessordnung, Zürich 2010

29.11.2010 / ZPO Kommentar Art. 335 – 346
Detail Art. 335 – 346, in: Gehri Myriam A./Kramer Michael (Hrsg.), ZPO Kommentar, Schweizerische Zivilprozessordnung, Zürich 2010

01.01.2009 / Equal Treatment in Multi-Party Arbitration and the Specific Issue of the Appointment of Arbitrators
Detail Equal Treatment in Multi-Party Arbitration and the Specific Issue of the Appointment of Arbitrators, in: Christian Klausegger [et al.] (Hrsg.), Austrian Arbitration Yearbook 2009, Vienna 2009

31.12.2008 / Equal Treatment in Multi-Party Arbitration and the Specific Issue of the Appointment of Arbitrators
Detail Equal Treatment in Multi-Party Arbitration and the Specific Issue of the Appointment of Arbitrators, in: Austrian Arbitration Yearbook 2009, Vienna 2009

31.12.2008 / Equal Treatment in Multi-Party Arbitration and the Specific Issue of the Appointment of Arbitrators
Detail Equal Treatment in Multi-Party Arbitration and the Specific Issue of the Appointment of Arbitrators, in: Christian Klausegger [et al.] (Hrsg.), Austrian Arbitration Yearbook 2009, Wien 2009

31.12.2005 / Der Beginn der zweijährigen Verwirkungsfrist gemäss Art. 292 SchKG für die Anfechtung (Pauliana) im Rahmen des Nachlassverfahrens [an article on insolvency issues relating to the Swissair liquidation]
Detail Der Beginn der zweijährigen Verwirkungsfrist gemäss Art. 292 SchKG für die Anfechtung (Pauliana) im Rahmen des Nachlassverfahrens [an article on insolvency issues relating to the Swissair liquidation], in: AJP Aktuelle Juristische Praxis, 2006, Heft 6

31.12.2005 / Multi-National Enterprise Liability in Insolvency Proceedings in Switzerland
Detail Multi-National Enterprise Liability in Insolvency Proceedings in Switzerland, in: The European Lawyer Reference Series, 2006

31.12.2005 / Der Beginn der zweijährigen Verwirkungsfrist gemäss Art. 292 SchKG für die Anfechtung (Pauliana) im Rahmen des Nachlassverfahrens [an article on insolvency issues relating to the Swissair liquidation]
Detail Der Beginn der zweijährigen Verwirkungsfrist gemäss Art. 292 SchKG für die Anfechtung (Pauliana) im Rahmen des Nachlassverfahrens [an article on insolvency issues relating to the Swissair liquidation], in: AJP Aktuelle Juristische Praxis, 2006, Heft 6, S. 688 ff.

31.12.2005 / Multi-National Enterprise Liability in Insolvency Proceedings in Switzerland
Detail Multi-National Enterprise Liability in Insolvency Proceedings in Switzerland, in: The European Lawyer Reference Series, 2006

contact

Michael Kramer
Partner
Loewenstrasse 1, CH-8001 Zürich
Phone +41 44 217 91 11
michael.kramer(at)pestalozzilaw.com
VCARD

Expertise

Arbitration, Asset Tracing, Bankruptcy, Commercial Disputes, Construction, Contracts, Coverage Claims, Dispute Resolution, Health & Safety, Inheritance, Insurance, International Mutual Assistance, Private International Law / Conflict Of Laws, Licensing & Sponsoring, Litigation, Mediation, Restructuring & Insolvency, Sports, Telecommunication, White Collar Crime

Languages

German, English, French

Admission

Switzerland 1992

Memberships

Swiss and Zurich Bar Association (SAV/ZAV), IBA, ASA (Swiss Arbitration Association), III (International Insolvency Institute), Insolvency Law Association (SchKG-Vereinigung)