Dr. iur. Irma Ambauen Partner, Attorney

Career

2025- present
Partner, Kaufmann Rüedi Attorneys at Law

2023 - present
Co-Chair ASA Local Group Central Switzerland

2018 - present
Member of the bar exam committee of Lucerne

2016
PhD from the University of Lucerne

2015 - present
Attorney at Law, Kaufmann Rüedi Attorneys at Law

2014 - 2018
Coach of the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court Team (University of Lucerne)

2012 - 2015
Research assistant, University of Lucerne

2012
Bar exam of attorneys and for notaries, canton of Zug

2009 - 2011
Attorney practice internships, law firms in Zurich and Zug

2009
Internship, District Court of justice of Kriens (“Bezirksgericht Kriens”)

2008
Master of Law, University of Lucerne

2008
Certificate of Transnational Law, University of Geneva

Memberships

  • ASA - Swiss Arbitration Association
  • Swiss Bar Association SAV/FSA
  • Lucerne Bar Association LAV
  • ALUMNI Organisation of the University of Lucerne

Publications

  • Kommentar zu Art. 176–194 IPRG
    in: Andreas Furrer/Daniel Girsberger/Rodrigo Rodriguez (Hrsg.), Handkommentar zum Schweizer Privatrecht, Internationales Privatrecht, Schulthess Verlag 4. Aufl., Zürich 2024 (mit Daniel Girsberger)
  • Awarding More or Different Than Claimed by the Parties: Arbitral Awards Ultra or Extra Petita
    in: ASA Bulletin 2/2022, p. 332–343
  • Das erfolgsabhängige Honorar des Anwalts in der Schweiz und in England, Gedanken zu den restriktiven Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten des pactum de palmario mit rechtsvergleichenden Hinweisen zum englischen Recht
    in: Juana Vasella (Hrsg.), Von A wie Arbitration über T wie Transport bis Z wie Zivilprozess, Liber discipulorum für Professor Dr. Andreas Furrer zum 55. Geburtstag, Stämpfli Verlag, Bern 2018
  • Irrungen und Wirrungen um die anwendbare lex arbitri, Bemerkungen zum Urteil des Bundesgerichts 4A_600/2016 vom 29. Juni 2017 (Michel Platini gegen FIFA)
    Jusletter vom 6. November 2017
  • 3. Teil ZPO versus 12. Kapitel IPRG, Eine Gegenüberstellung im Kontext der Opting-out-Möglichkeiten – Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der zwingenden Bestimmungen, der Schiedsfähigkeit und der Anfechtbarkeit von Schiedssprüchen
    Diss. Luzern, Schulthess Verlag, Zürich 2016

Dr. iur. Irma Ambauen 

Dr. iur. Irma Ambauen
Partner
Attorney

Registered with the attorneys' registry LU (admitted to practise in all of Switzerland)

Expertise
Arbitration, , Mediation, IT/ICT and Data Protection , Compliance

Languages
German, English, French

+41 41 417 10 70
irma.ambauen@krlaw.ch
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