Werner Jahnel
| Address | Stampfenbachplatz 4, PO Box 212, 8042 Zurich, Switzerland |
| Phone | (+41) 58 105 21 00 |
| Fax | (+41) 58 105 21 60 |
| wjahnel@lalive.ch | |
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| Nationality | Austrian |
| Education | – Ph.D. from the University of Graz in Austria, awarded in 2001 with distinction – Master’s degree in international studies (specialisation in public international law and international business law) from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva (1996-1998) – The University of Lyon II, France – 1995, Magister der Rechtswissenschaften from the University of Graz, Austria |
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| Work Experience | Werner Jahnel joined LALIVE in 2008 and has been based in the Zurich office since 2010. He specialises in international arbitration and commercial law. He also regularly advises private clients on international estate planning and inheritance law matters. Werner Jahnel has extensive experience as counsel and arbitrator in ad hoc and institutional proceedings (ICC, Swiss Rules, LCIA, CEPANI, Vienna Rules, SCC, Tribunal Arbitral de Barcelona, and Corte de arbitraje de Ia Camara de Comercio de Madrid), including investment arbitration with a special focus on Latin America. He is a founding member of the Association of Young Austrian Arbitration Practitioners (YMP) and a founding member of the Barcelona branch of CEA-40 (Spanish Arbitration Club). He is also a member of ASA and ASA below 40, CEA (Club Espaf\ol de Arbitraje), the German Institution of Arbitration (DIS) and DIS40 and the Zurich Bar Association. He has been admitted to the list of arbitrators of the International Arbitral Centre of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber. Since 2009, Werner Jahnel has been ranked by Chambers Europe and Chambers Global in the area of dispute resolution (as an Austrian and Spanish attorney practicing in Switzerland). Werner Jahnel previously worked as an associate in arbitration and corporate law at Monereo, Meyer & Marinel-Lo Abogados in Barcelona and Madrid (2006-2008), and in international arbitration with Andreas Reiner & Partners in Vienna (2002-2005). He was a legal counsel (1999-2001) and counsel ad hoc (2006) at the ICC in Paris (International Court of Arbitration, International Chamber of Commerce). He trained as a clerk in various Austrian courts (1996-1998) and was assistant to the Austrian trade commissioner in Montreal, Canada, in 1995. |
| Present Position | – Lecturer, University of Vienna, International commercial arbitration – Lecturer, Northwestern University, Chicago, Executive Master of Laws (EXLL.M.) program on international legal practice International arbitration – Adjunct professor, lnstituto de Empresa (IE) Law School, Madrid Master of Laws (LL.M.) program on international legal practice International arbitration, 2006.2013 |
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| Publications | – Commentary on Articles 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 ICC Rules, Werner AnrH~~Marie 201:3 In: Manuel Arroyo (Ed.), Arbitration in Switzerland -The Practitioner’sGuide: Commentary, Wolters Kluwer, AH Alphen aan den Rijn, 2013 – Revision der Swiss Rules – erhohte Effizienz und Flexibilitat, Bernd Werner ~!ahnet 2012, SchiedsVZ (German Arb. J.) 4/2012, pp. 169-177 – ICC Schiedsgerichtsordnung 2012, Werner, 2012, ECOLEX, Fachzeitschrift tor Wirtschaftsrecht, 1/2012, pp. 35-39 – Freezing of assets held by foreign parties in Swiss banks, Werner 2010 In: Litigation, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution 2010 (Digital Guide, Executiveview.com), pp. 144-146 – Anti-suit and anti-arbitration injunctions in international arbitration: A Swiss perspective, Matthias, Werner Jahne!, 2009,International Arbitration Law Review, Vol. 12, Issue 4, 2009, pp. 66-73 – Specific issues regarding the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in Spain: Can arbitrators still use registered letters with acknowledgement of receipt?, Werner :woe In: “The Award and the Courts”, Chapter Ill, Austrian Arbitration Yearbook 2009, (Ed.) Manzsche Verlags- und UniversiUitsbuchhandlung GmbH, Vienna, 2009, pp. 435-458 |
| Languages | German, English, French, Spanish, Italian |