Micha Bühler is a partner at Walder Wyss. He specialises in commercial litigation and international arbitration, particularly in disputes arising from infrastructure and construction projects, M&A transactions, banking and finance, as well as distribution contracts. In addition, he represents Swiss and foreign clients in recognition & enforcement proceedings, international legal assistance and fraud & white collar crime litigation. Moreover, he advises on international insolvency issues and represents foreign parties and trustees in Swiss recognition and bankruptcy proceedings.

Micha Bühler studied at the Universities of Basel and Lausanne (lic. iur. 1997; summa cum laude) and received his master’s degree in international commercial law from the University of Cambridge (LL.M. 2003). He joined Walder Wyss as an attorney in 2000. He regularly publishes and lectures in his fields of specialisation.

Micha Bühler speaks German, English and French. He is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and admitted to practice in all Switzerland.

Bar Admissions
He is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and admitted to practice in all Switzerland.

Significant Accomplishments

Walder Wyss successfully defended the Municipality of Budva (Montenegro) before the Swiss Federal Supreme Court

WWL ranking - Arbitration Switzerland 2023

Walder Wyss successfully represents client in ICC arbitration

Chambers and Partners has moved Walder Wyss’s Arbitration Team up to Band 2 in its 2023 Global Ranking

Who’s Who Legal has again recognized a record number of Walder Wyss arbitration practitioners as leaders in their field

Neuer Handkommentar zum Schweizerischen Beschaffungsrecht

Record number of arbitration practitioners of Walder Wyss featured in Who’s Who Legal 2020

Erfolg vor Bundesgericht – Walder Wyss wehrt eine Schiedsbeschwerde in einem USD 35 Millionen ICC-Schiedsverfahren ab

Walder Wyss ernennt drei neue Partner

Commentary on Articles 10 (Appointment of a Sole Arbitrator) and 11 (Appointment of Arbitrators) of the Swiss Rules
Doing Business in Switzerland – A Practical Guide
Handkommentar zum Schweizerischen Beschaffungsrecht: Kommentierung von Art. 52 bis 54
Doing Business in Switzerland – A Practical Guide
Das revidierte GPA ist in Kraft getreten
Kommentar zu Art. 194 IPRG
Commentary to Art. 5 to 8 of the Swiss Rules of International Arbitration
Kostenfragen in internationalen Schiedsverfahren
Anerkennung und Vollstreckung von Schiedsurteilen
Country Answer for Switzerland
Wechselwirkungen zwischen Beschaffungs- und Privatrecht
Öffentliches Beschaffungsrecht in der Schweiz
Indemnity for Goodwill and Termination of Distribution Contracts under Swiss Law
Handbuch zum Internationalen Rechtsvergleich: Vergaberecht 2009
Nichtbezahlung des Kostenvorschusses durch die beklagte Partei – Gibt es dagegen wirklich eine Abhilfe?
Kommentar zu Art. 5–8 der Internationalen Schiedsordnung der Schweizerischen Handelskammer
New Swiss Rules of International Commercial Arbitration
Kosten und Parteientschädigungen in der internationalen Handelsschiedsgerichtsbarkeit
Corporate Criminal Liability Comes to Switzerland
Choice of Swiss Law – No Escape Route To Avoid Application of International Sanctions