| 1961 – 1966 |
Studies of Law University of Berlin University of Munich |
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| 1966 – 1976 | Assistant at the University of Munich | |
| 1970 | Bar Examination | |
| 1972 | Doctor of Jurisprudence University of Munich | |
| 1976 | Habilitation for Legal History, Civil Law and Civil Procedure University of Munich | |
| Since 1977 | Professor for Civil, Commercial and Banking Law at the University of Bern, Director of the Institute for Civil Law | |
| 1981 – 1982 | Dean of the Faculty of Law and Economics at the University of Bern | |
| Since 1993 | Director of the Institute of Banking Law | |
| Since 2001 | Head of the Private Law Department | |
| September 2005 | Professor emeritus |
| 1976/1977 | at the University of Göttingen |
| 1979/1980 | at the University of Geneva |
| 1991/1992 | at the University of California at Berkeley |
| 1999 | at the University of Basel |
| 2005-2006 | at the University of Luzern |
| 2011 | at the Bilkent University Ankara |
Having studied and taught law in Germany, I was appointed as full time Professor for Civil Law and as
Director of the Civil Law Institute at the University of Bern in 1977, teaching mainly Contracts and
Property, Commercial and Banking Law. In addition, I was Director of the Institute of Banking Law
(since 1993) and Head of the Private Law Department (since 2001).
I have taught and given courses or seminars at the Universities of Munich, Göttingen (Germany), Geneva,
Basel and Lucerne (Switzerland), Bilkent University Ankara and at the School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley
where I was also a visiting scholar in 1991/92. I have given invited lectures at numerous universities
and institutions.
I am member of several academic and professional organizations and associations. I have been –
for example – on the Executive Board of the Zivilrechtslehrervereinigung (Association of the Civil
Law professors of the German speaking countries) since 1993 and on the Advisory Board of the Bankrechtliche
Vereinigung (Association of Banking lawyers of Germany, Austria and Switzerland) since 1997. I am member
of the ASA (Association Suisse de l’Arbitrage) and on the list of Arbitrators of the Commission Suisse
d’Arbitrage de la Chambre de Commerce Internationale. I am also a member of the DIS (Deutsch Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit). From 2003 until 2011 I was a member of the Arbitration Committee of the Swiss Chambers of Commerce. Further, I was the Swiss delegate at Uncitral for the project “Security Interests” dealing with international financial transactions.
I have published about 150 articles and written and edited over 40 books including the leading commentaries on the Swiss Code of Obligations (the “Basler Kommentar”) and on the German Civil Code (“Staudinger”) as well as numerous books on banking law.
I have served on domestic and international arbitral tribunals as sole arbitrator, chairman or co-arbitrator in numerous cases especially dealing with transnational contracts, commercial and banking law and as expert witness on Swiss and German Law. Further, I have worked as consultant on commercial and telecommunication law and was, in that capacity, involved in major mergers and privatizations of state owned industry.
For further information including a list of publications see www.wolfgangwiegand.ch/de/publikationen/index.asp
