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Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.

Carl

Baudenbacher

Function: 

Founding Director Executive M.B.L.-HSG, Former President of the EFTA Court

Area of Expertise: 

Antitrust Law

Arbitration

Competition Law

EEA Law

Energy Law

EU Law

International Business Law

IP Law/IT Law

Procedural Law

Vita: 

Carl Baudenbacher is the Founding Director of the Executive M.B.L.-HSG. From 1987 to 2013 he was the Chair of Private, Commercial and Economic Law and the Managing Director of the Institute of European and International Business Law at the University of St. Gallen HSG. In 1995 Baudenbacher was appointed as a Judge of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Court. Since 2003 he has been the President of that court. Between 1993 and 2005 Baudenbacher taught European and International Law as a Permanent Visiting Professor at the University of Texas School of Law. From 1994 to 1995 he served as a member of the Supreme Court of the Principality of Liechtenstein. In 2007 he was a member of the Independent Commission of Inquiry for the Investigation of the Events Surrounding the Hypo Group Alpe‐Adria established by the Government of the Republic of Austria ("Griss Commission").

Carl Baudenbacher is an experienced legal expert and arbitrator. Besides private clients, he has advised the Swiss Parliament and the Swiss Government as well as the Governments of the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Russian Federation, Israel and the Canton of St.Gallen. His research activities encompass Swiss, European and International business and economic law. Special emphasis lies on the law of EU/EEA fundamental freedoms, unfair competition law, antitrust law, IP law, contract law, company law, labor law, comparative law, law of the globalization and dispute resolution.

Website: www.carlbaudenbacher.com