Lukas Innerebner, LL.M.

• Swiss Bar Admission (2021)

• Geneva LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement MIDS (2018) (summa cum laude)

• University of Trento, Master Degree in Law (2014)

• Associate (2024-2025) and Senior Associate (since 2026) at Wartmann Merker

• Legal Counsel at the Swiss Arbitration Centre (2021-2024)

• Auditor at the District Court of Uster (2020)

• Trainee at Baker McKenzie in Zurich (2018-2019)

• Junior Associate at Legance-Avvocati Associati in Rome (2015-2018)

• Supporting an Italian company in the automotive sector in relation to claims against a joint venture partner.

• Supporting a global industrial company in ad hoc adjudication proceedings with a long-standing business partner.

• Successfully defended a client against claims in a cross-border, multi-party M&A arbitration.

• Representing a Swiss company in proceedings against a foreign distributor under the Swiss Unfair Competition Act.

• Representing a private individual in a dispute with family members.

• Supporting a global bank in defending itself against liability claims filed in the USA, applying Swiss law.

• Investigation of possible breaches of law associated with the granting of discounts for medical devices.

• ASA b40 (Swiss Arbitration Association)

• DIS40 (German Arbitration Institute)

• AA40 (Italian below40 Arbitration Association, Coordinator of the Swiss Chapter 2020-2024)

• Zurich Bar Association

• Swiss Bar Association

• "Can arbitration also be méthode zurichoise? - An excursion into the jurisdictional system of the Commercial Court Zurich" [in German], in: Colorio/Cozzi (eds.), Origins, Development, and Perspectives of International Arbitration: Typologies and Diachronic Dynamics, 2025

• "La riforma dell'arbitrato internazionale in Svizzera", in: Rivista dell’Arbitrato, No. 04/2020 (together with Giulio Palermo)

• "The Appellate Body Deadlock: Identifying Solutions within the DSU and Beyond", in: Diritto del Commercio Internazionale, No. 01/2019 (together with Tania Singla)

• "Politicization of a future International Investment Tribunal’s appointment and how to avoid it", in: Trento Student Law Review, No. 1/2019

• Comment on Swiss Supreme Court decision 4A_56/2017: "L’applicazione del principio iura novit arbiter in Svizzera", in: Rivista dell’Arbitrato, No. 03/2018

• "International arbitration and its use in finance transactions to face distressed situations: current trends", panelist, AIJA Conference, Rome, March 2024

• "Are arbitrations today considerably greener than before?", panelist, MIDS Alumni Association Annual Conference, Geneva, September 2023

• "Institutional Arbitration", panelist, 64. DACH Conference, Paris, Mai 2023

• "First Arbitrator Appointments – How to get there and how to get it right", panelist, ASA b40/RAI, Zurich, February 2023

• "Italy and Switzerland: A Comparative Perspective on Recent Arbitration Law Reforms (Provisional Measures)", moderator, Italian Arbitration Association AIA, webinar, April 2022

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