Get to know Manuel Liatowitsch
Manuel Liatowitsch is a partner in our Dispute Resolution Group in Zurich, where he also heads our Private Clients Group. He acts as counsel in commercial disputes before Swiss courts and international arbitral tribunals and also as an arbitrator. He further advises private clients and entrepreneurs in Switzerland and abroad on all aspects of estate and succession planning, philanthropy and in inheritance disputes.
In 1997, Manuel Liatowitsch graduated summa cum laude from the University of Basel before serving as a legal secretary / staff attorney to the Claims Resolution Tribunal for Dormant Accounts in Switzerland. He subsequently was a Visiting Fellow with Yale University’s International Security Studies in New Haven. In 2001 he received his doctorate summa cum laude from the University of Basel and then worked as a foreign associate with Debevoise & Plimpton in New York. After joining our firm as an associate in 2003 he became a partner in 2008.
He has authored and co-authored various publications on private international law and arbitration, including a leading Swiss text book on private international law and international litigation. He is also a lecturer in private international law at the University of Zurich and a frequent conference speaker. Manuel Liatowitsch is a member of various professional associations, including the Zurich Bar Association, the Swiss Arbitration Association, LCIA, YIAG and ICC YAF. He is a Vice-Chair of the International Arbitration Committee of the American Bar Associations' International Section and a Vice-Chair of the International Private Client Committee of the American Bar Associations' International Section.