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Tobias Zuberbühler
Tobias Zuberbühler has over 25 years of experience in dispute resolution and has acted as arbitrator and counsel in more than 80 international and domestic arbitration proceedings under various rules (ICC, Swiss Rules, DIS, CEPANI, VIAC, HKIAC). He has also rendered over 300 UDRP decisions as WIPO Domain Name Panelist.
Tobias is a member of the Arbitration Court of the Swiss Arbitration Centre, co-editor of the Commentary on the Swiss Rules of International Arbitration (3rd ed 2023) and co-author of a leading commentary on the IBA Rules of Evidence. He is recommended by Who’s Who Legal as one of the world’s foremost practitioners in international arbitration (Thought Leaders – Arbitration 2023).
After 17 years as partner in an arbitration/litigation boutique, Tobias Zuberbühler has started his own practice as independent arbitrator and counsel in order to focus more on his arbitrator work.
Tobias graduated from the University of Zurich Law School (lic. iur.) and holds an LL.M. degree in International Legal Studies from Golden Gate University, San Francisco. He is fluent in German, English (7 years USA) and French.
Experience & Education
2005 - 2023
Partner at Lustenberger + Partners, Zurich
2011 - 2012
Anti-Corruption Officer, Credit Suisse AG, Zurich
1999 - 2005
Senior Associate at MME Partners, Zurich
1997 - 1998
Junior Associate at Wyler & Lustenberger, Zurich
1999
Zurich Bar, Admitted to all Swiss Courts
1996
LL.M. International Legal Studies, Golden Gate University, San Francisco
1994
lic. iur., University of Zurich
Album of the Month
BAND – Nirvana
ALBUM – MTV Unplugged in New York
For those of you who also belong to the “MTV Generation” (i.e. remember the days when MTV was an innovative music channel and not a joke), Nirvana’s acoustic performance on 18 November 1993 will continue to be one of the most memorable live concerts of all times. Sitting on stage with his acoustic guitar and a worn out ugly sweater the color of vomit, Kurt Cobain and his band threw out a rather obscure set of their own songs and some cover versions that single-handedly launched careers of befriended (completely unknown) bands such as the Meat Puppets or the Vaselines.
The combination of an acoustic performance and an exhausted lead singer (who took his life five months later at the age of 27 years like many other musicians such as Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix or Janis Joplin) lead to one the most intimate and authentic performances ever, laying bare the unique emotional intensity of NIrvana’s songs.
Kurt Cobain, who always hated publicity and the life as a rock star, is the antithesis of today’s teflon stars (Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande etc) and their “economy of attention”. You will therefore not be surprised that I agree with the comments by Kurt Cobain’s ex-wife Courtney Love (who was a remarkable musician herself with the band Hole) that “Taylor Swift is not interesting as an artist” and that she “does not like Beyoncé’s music”.
While I cannot turn back the time, I will be happy to continue trying to explain what really matters in music. Stay tuned.
