Thomas Legler is a founding partner of the dispute resolution boutique firm Killias & Legler with offices in Geneva and Zurich.
His practice focuses on sitting as chairman, sole arbitrator or co-arbitrator in international arbitration matters under various institiutional rules or in ad hoc panels; in addition, he also acts as co-counsel in arbitration cases and represents clients in the field of intellectual property and tech matters.
He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and on the roster of various arbitration institutions, for example the list of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) or the IP Panel of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC). In addition, he is a member of the ICC Swiss National Committee and serves as part time judge at the Swiss Federal Patent Court.
After his law studies at the University of Berne, Thomas Legler was admitted in 1988 to the Berne Bar and in 1991 to the Geneva Bar. He obtained in 1993 a DES (LLM) and, in 1996 he graduated (Dr.iur.) from the University of Geneva.
Thomas Legler is author of several publications, in particular in the field of arbitration, IP and emerging technologies, and he is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences.
Thomas Legler is recommended as litigator and arbitrator in professional publications and listings, such as Chambers, Legal 500, WWL-Lexology, WTR, Patent Law Experts and others.
Lastly, Thomas Legler works in English, German and French.
