Get to know Georg von Segesser
Georg von Segesser is a partner in our Dispute Resolution Group as well as our Private Clients Group in Zurich. He has acted as chairman, co-arbitrator, sole arbitrator and counsel in over two hundred domestic and international arbitrations (ICC, Swiss Rules, DIS, VIAC, LCIA, UNCITRAL and others) and as co-director of the Claims Resolution Tribunal for Dormant Accounts in Switzerland. He is one of the permanent chairpersons for domestic arbitrations of the Zurich Chamber of Commerce.
In 1972, Georg von Segesser graduated from Lucerne College and Zurich University. After serving as a district court clerk in 1971-72, he worked as an associate and partner in a large Zurich law firm from 1973 until 1982, and in 1974-75 served as a foreign associate in a leading New York law firm. In 1982, Georg von Segesser as one of the founding partners established Schellenberg Wittmer.
He has authored publications on international arbitration, property and trust law, and cultural and art law. He is a member of the Swiss Arbitration Association, IBA, LCIA, the German Institution of Arbitration, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Fellowship), and arbitration institutions in Austria, Kuala Lumpur, and Hong Kong, the ICDR of the American Arbitration Association, and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. He is President of the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law.