Lukas Rusch, LL.M.
Partner | Attorney at Law
T. +41 58 510 92 70 | +41 78 797 80 77
lukas.rusch@advestra.ch
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Lukas supports clients in corporate and commercial disputes and investigations. He provides strategic counsel in critical negotiations and represents clients before all Swiss courts and in domestic and international arbitration proceedings. His practice includes setting-aside proceedings and the enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards. He also serves as arbitrator in selected cases.
Lukas advises clients across various industries, including pharmaceuticals and medtech, banking, insurance, construction, energy and automotive.
He has many years of experience in disputes involving distribution, supply chains, infrastructure, post-M&A, and joint venture – among other complex commercial conflicts. He also regularly represents athletes, clubs, and sports organizations.
Lukas frequently speaks and publishes in his area of expertise. He is recognized in major legal directories as one of Switzerland's leading dispute resolution lawyers of his generation.
- Partner at Advestra (since 2025)
- Partner at Pestalozzi (2021 - 2025)
- President / Vice-President of AIJA International Arbitration Commission (2019-2024)
- Regional Coordinator DIS40 Zürich (German Arbitration Institution) (2021-2023)
- Associate at Pestalozzi (2013 - 2020)
- Lecturer at University of St. Gallen (2013-2019)
- Bar admission: Switzerland (2013)
- Secondment at a leading global medical device company (2012)
- Queen Mary, University of London: LL.M. (2010)
- Junior Associate at Pestalozzi (2010 - 2012)
- Legal Trainee at WilmerHale, London (2009)
- University St. Gallen: M.A. HSG in Law (2009)
- Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
- Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA)
- Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
- Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit (DIS)
Academic publications
- Lukas Rusch
Der Werkvertrag (contract for work and services), Kommentar zu Art. 363-379 OR
in: Jolanta Kren Kostkiewicz, Stephan Wolf, Marc Amstutz, Roland Fankhauser (Hrsg.), Kommentar zum Schweizerischen Obligationenrecht, Orell Füssli Kommentar (OFK), Zurich, 2023
- Lukas Rusch
- Michelle Lindholm
- Cyrill A.H. Chevalley
in: Fristen und Fristenberechnung im Zivilprozess (ZPO-BGG-SchKG), 31 July 2021
- Lukas Rusch
Basler Commentary on Swiss Private International Law Act, article 179 (appointment of arbitral tribunal) (co-author)
in: Grolimund/Loacker/Schnyder (eds.), 4th ed., Basel, 2020
- Lukas Rusch
- Matthias Lerch
- Matthias Lerch
Commentary on Articles 53-60 CISG, Commentary on the UN Sales Law (CISG)
in: Kluwer Law International, 2019
- Lukas Rusch
- Matthias Lerch
Artikel 53-60 CISG (Pflichten des Käufers), Brunner (Hrsg.), UN-Kaufrecht – CISG
in: Kommentar zum Übereinkommen der Vereinten Nationen über Verträge über den internationalen Warenkauf von 1980, 2. Aufl., Bern, 2014
Newsletters and trade publications
- Lukas Rusch
- Andrea Huber
- Beat Schwarz
- Markus Winkler
London, 2023
- Lukas Rusch
- Dario Marzorati
in: Aktuelle juristische Praxis 09/2025, September 2025
- Lukas Rusch
in: Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA), London, 8 May 2024
- Lukas Rusch
- Björn P. Ebert
- Stephan Wilske
The View From Europe: What's New in European Arbitration?
in: Dispute Resolution Journal, Vol 76 No 3, 2023
- Lukas Rusch
- Hannes F. Baumgartner,
- Svenja Balla
- Aline Haas
Zurich, 3. January 2022
- Lukas Rusch
- Mercedes Chiabotti
- Charlotte Rosenkranz
- Myrtha Talirz
in: Pestalozzi Arbitration Digest 2020, Zurich, 18 August 2021
- Lukas Rusch
- Christine Möhler
- Cyrill Chevalley
18. Juni 2021
- Lukas Rusch
- Florian Mohs
- Irene Röthlisberger
in: Swiss Federal Tribunal 4A_332/2020, LexisNexis, 14 May 2021
- Lukas Rusch
- Irene Röthlisberger
- Yves Ammann
Zurich, 06 April 2021
- Lukas Rusch
in: MAA Inaugural Speaker Series, Zurich, 24 February 2021
- Lukas Rusch
- Florian Mohs
- Charlotte Rosenkranz
- Irene Röthlisberger
17 December 2020
- Lukas Rusch
- Beat Mumenthaler
- Alain Muster
in: International Law Office, 11. September 2020
- Lukas Rusch
- Gilles Steiger
Zurich, 24 April 2020
- Lukas Rusch
- Franz Schubiger
- Céline Spahn
Zurich, 13 March 2020
- Lukas Rusch
- Beat Mumenthaler
- Alain Muster
in: International Law Office, 13 March 2020
- Lukas Rusch
- Florian Mohs
- Pascal Steingruber
Zurich, 12 March 2020
- Lukas Rusch
- Florian Mohs
in: LexisNexis, 30. September 2019
- Lukas Rusch
- Florian Mohs
- Luca Bossard
Zurich, 31 July 2019
- Lukas Rusch
- Beat Mumenthaler
in: International Law Office, 18 January 2019
- Lukas Rusch
- Luke Peterson
Brandes Investment Partners, LP v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (case summary)
in: Investment Arbitration Reporter, 5 January 2009
Speaking Engagements
- Lukas Rusch
Legal 500 Webinars, 21. Juni 2021
- Lukas Rusch
Drafting and negotiating R&W and liability clauses (disputes perspective)
AIJA Seminar, Criminal and civil liability in M&A transactions (panelist), Krakow, 30 September 2022
- Lukas Rusch
Arbitration clauses in insurance contracts: is this a (good) thing?
AIJA 13th Annual Arbitration Conference (panelist), Athens, 15 September 2023
- Lukas Rusch
Price mechanism: How to minimize litigation risk
AIJA Joint M&A and Arbitration Winter Seminar, Post M&A Disputes – when the deal becomes the target (panelist), Davos, 26 January 2023
- Lukas Rusch
Introduction Arbitration
Kolloquium Privatrecht, University of St. Gallen, 17 Otober 2022
- Lukas Rusch
Impact of the Global Pandemic on Construction Disputes
AIJA Half-Year November Conference (moderator), Dubai, 18 November 2021
- Lukas Rusch
Umgang mit Komplexität in Baustreitigkeiten (handling complexity in construction disputes)
DIS40 Webinar, 25 November 2020
- Lukas Rusch
Parallel proceedings and third party claims in post-M&A disputes, panelist at ASA below 40 Fall Seminar, The deal is closed – let the dispute begin!
Post‐M&A disputes, 25 Oktober 2019
- Lukas Rusch
Who pays the bill? Separate deposits, security for costs and allocation of costs
11th AIJA Annual Arbitration Conference, Zurich, 29 June 2019
- Lukas Rusch
13th Annual Generations in Arbitration Conference (speaker), Hong Kong, 31 March 2019
- Lukas Rusch
Challenges to Arbitrators – Recent Trends and Practice
X Belgrade Arbitration Conference (panelist), Belgrade, March 2018
- Lukas Rusch
Lecture on CISG (Suspension, Anticipatory Breach, Installment Contracts, Effects of Avoidance), Vis Moot School Switzerland
University of Zurich, 3. Oktober 2017
- Lukas Rusch
Enforcement of Annulled Arbitral Awards
9th AIJA Annual Arbitration Conference (panelist), Stockholm, June 2017
- Lukas Rusch
Buyer's Obligations, Seller's Remedies and Passing of Risk
Lecture at the Vis Moot School Switzerland, University of Zurich, 29 September 2015
- Lukas Rusch
Role of State Courts in the Gathering of Evidence in Arbitration
AIJA 53rd Congress 2015 (panelist), London, September 2015
- Lukas Rusch
- Matthias Gstoehl
National Report of Switzerland, AIJA 53rd Congress, London, 16 March 2015
- Lukas Rusch
- Florian Mohs
Resisting Enforcement of Arbitral Awards (video lecture)
Module Dispute Resolution at the Swiss International Law School, 2015
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