Andreas Frischknecht

Andreas Frischknecht has been with the Chaffetz Lindsey since its founding in May 2009. Andy has more than 19 years of dispute resolution experience and has litigated a broad range of cases in the state and federal courts in New York and elsewhere, in trial courts and on appeal. He regularly represents corporate clients in transnational cases, including complex commercial contract and financial disputes, as well as sovereign clients in disputes arising under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. Additionally, Andy has represented clients in international arbitrations under the ICC, SIAC and NAI Rules and in subsequent award enforcement proceedings. Before joining Chaffetz Lindsey, Andy was with Clifford Chance for over three years and, prior to that, with Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP. He is a bilingual English and German speaker and a dual Swiss-American citizen and regularly represents German-speaking clients in U.S. proceedings