Dr. Petra Rihar

Dr. Petra Rihar ist auf Prozessführung und Schiedsrichtertätigkeit spezialisiert. Sie berät und vertritt Privatpersonen und Unternehmen vor staatlichen Gerichten und Schiedsgerichten in inländischen und grenzüberschreitenden Streitigkeiten, in Verfahren des einstweiligen Rechtsschutzes sowie bei der Anerkennung und Vollstreckung ausländischer Urteile. Sie berät auch im nationalen und internationalen Handels-, Vertrags- und Gesellschaftsrecht, Arbeitsrecht und internationalen Privatrecht.

Petra Rihar war als Parteivertreterin, Schiedsrichterin, Rechtsexpertin und Sekretärin des Schiedsgerichts in zahlreichen institutionellen und ad hoc Schiedsverfahren, unter verschiedenen materiell- und verfahrensrechtlichen Regeln, tätig. Ihre Arbeitserfahrung umfasst ein breites Spektrum von Branchen und Verträgen, komplexe grenzüberschreitende Streitigkeiten und ausländische Investitionen in staatliche Infrastruktur (Investor-Staat-Streitigkeiten).

Petra Rihar wird als „Global Leader” in der Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit empfohlen.
WWL Arbitration 2023: «Peers and clients say: ‘She is an excellent practitioner with great knowledge of Eastern European markets’, ‘She has an impressive track record in the industry’».
WWL Arbitration 2022: «Peers and clients say: ‘Petra is an excellent arbitrator’, ‘She combines an extremely quick analytical mind with excellent knowledge of the law’, ‘She is a prominent arbitration mind’, ‘There is a lot to be learned from her’».
WWL Arbitration 2021 – Future Leaders: «Peers and clients say: ‘Petra is a highly experienced arbitration practitioner who is valued for her thorough work, excellent legal knowledge and talent for efficient procedural solutions in complicated situations’, ‘She is excellent arbitrator and counsel’, ‘Petra is an absolutely reliable and highly professional lawyer, with an outstanding work ethic and friendly approach’».
WWL Arbitration 2020 – Future Leaders: «Petra Rihar is ‘an outstanding arbitrator’ who is well acquainted with handling complex commercial and investment-related disputes».
Petra ist auch in WWL Switzerland 2022 und 2023 empfohlen.

KARRIERE

Sprachen

Deutsch
Englisch
Slowenisch
Kroatisch
Serbisch

Tätigkeitsschwerpunkte

Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit (institutionelle und ad hoc, Handels- und Investitionsstreitigkeiten)
Gerichtsverfahren (inländisch und grenzüberschreitend)
Gesellschafts- und Handelsrecht
Vertragsrecht
Arbeitsrecht
Internationales Privatrecht

Publikationen

Shareholder Disputes Arising From Shareholders’ Agreements, Protection of Minority Shareholders in Multiparty Proceedings Through Emergency Measures and Joinder – Case Study, Austrian Yearbook on International Arbitration 2023, S. 190 ff.

Scope and Interpretation of Arbitration Agreements under Swiss Law, ICC Dispute Resolution Bulletin 2021, Issue 2 (June 2021), S. 55 ff.

Kluwer Arbitration Blog:

• 2022 Year in Review: Switzerland (Part I: Arbitrator’s Independence and Impartiality, Enforcement), 8 Feb 2023
• 2022 Year in Review: Switzerland (Part II: Revision, Treaty Shopping and Legislative Developments), 8 Feb 2023
• Decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court in 2020, 5 Feb 2021
• Decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court in 2019 – Part I, 9 Feb 2020
• Decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court in 2019 – Part II, 9 Feb 2020
• Decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court in 2018: Part I, 9 Feb 2019
• Decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court in 2018: Part II, 9 Feb 2019
• Swiss Federal Supreme Court Confirms the Principles for the Admissibility of a Success Fee, 7 Oct 2018 (co-author)
• The right to a tribunal appointed expert, 9 Aug 2011 (co-author)
• Swiss Federal Supreme Court Denies the Applicability of an Arbitration Clause in the Articles of Association to Liability Claims Against Board of Directors of an Insolvent Company, 7 July 2010 (co-author)
• The Swiss Federal Court Dismisses Two Appeals Concerning the Constitution of an Arbitral Tribunal, 7 July 2010 (co-author)
• The Swiss Federal Court Confirms an Award Granting Damages for the Violation of an Arbitration Clause, 7 July 2010 (co-author)
• New Rules on Domestic Arbitration and Their Relation to the Rules Governing International Arbitration in Switzerland, 19 Feb 2010 (co-author)
• Piercing the Corporate Veil – Effect on the Arbitration Clause and Jurisdiction, 24 Nov 2009 (co-author)
• A decision based on a written submission of a third party does not violate the right to be heard if the parties to the proceedings had enough time to comment on it, 15 Oct 2009 (co-author)

LexisNexis:

• Case Analysis of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court Decision 4A_187/2020 of 23 Feb 2021, 1 April 2021

Practical Law Arbitration:

• Right to be heard not violated by arbitrator’s refusal to hear witness whose evidence anticipated to be irrelevant, 2 May 2012 (co-author)
• Supreme Court finds that right to appointment of expert by arbitral tribunal was not violated as request made out of time and not in proper form, 4 Aug 2011 (co-author)
• Swiss Supreme Court dismisses appeal to set aside CAS award for lack of jurisdiction, 30 Jun 2011 (co-author)
• Swiss Federal Supreme Court dismisses appeal to set aside decision of the FEI Tribunal and CAS award, 30 Sep 2010 (co-author)
• Swiss Federal Supreme Court dismisses an appeal to set aside a CAS award, 31 Aug 2010 (co-author)
• Swiss Federal Supreme Court is bound by factual findings of lower courts, 13 Aug 2010 (co-author)
• Swiss Federal Supreme Court dismisses appeal without examining the merits where the party filing the appeal declined to pay advance on costs, 4 Aug 2010 (co-author)
• Directors cannot rely on arbitration clause in articles of association of an insolvent company for liability claims by company’s creditors, 30 Jun 2010 (co-author)
• Swiss Federal Supreme Court dismisses two appeals concerning the (irregular) constitution of an arbitral tribunal, 5 May 2010 (co-author)
• Swiss Federal Supreme Court confirms award granting damages in principle for breach of an arbitration clause, 5 May 2010 (co-author)
• Switzerland: anticipated arbitration developments of 2010, 4 Feb 2010 (co-author)
• Switzerland: important arbitration developments of 2009, 16 Dec 2009 (co-author)
• Court of Arbitration for Sport amends its rules, 5 Nov 2009 (co-author)
• Effect on arbitration agreement of piercing the corporate veil, 2 Oct 2009 (co-author)
• Swiss Federal Supreme Court holds right to be heard not violated, 3 Sep 2009 (co-author)
• Law firm providing services to an arbitral tribunal is exempt from VAT, 3 Sep 2009 (co-author)
• Ongoing international arbitration discontinued vis-à-vis insolvent co-respondent, 13 Aug 2009 (co-author)
• Award based on matters not directly addressed in submissions does not violate the right to be heard, 12 Aug 2009 (co-author)

Petra Rihar, Das Einzelunternehmen im Schweizer Privatrecht (The Sole Proprietorship in Swiss Private Law), Luzerner Beiträge zur Rechtswissenschaft, Band 17, Zurich 2007

Petra Rihar, Obseg varstva pravic blagovnih in storitvenih znamk (The Scope of Protection of Trade and Service Marks in Swiss and Slovene Law), 11 Pravnik 717, Ljubljana 1997