Milivoje Mitrovic

Milivoje Mitrovic is an associate and member of Pestalozzi's Litigation & Arbitration Group in Zurich. His main areas of practice are commercial litigation and arbitration, debt enforcement and contract law.

Milivoje Mitrovic graduated from the University of St. Gallen in 2019 (M.A. HSG in Law and Economics). During his studies, he worked as a research assistant to Prof. Dr. Anne van Aaken (Chair for Law & Economics), Prof. Dr. Dr. Peter Sester (Chair for International Business Law and Law and Economics) and Prof. Dr. Beat Brändli (Chair of Finance, Financial Law and Law and Economics, former "IFF-HSG") and completed several internships at leading Swiss law firms.

Milivoje completed his academic achievements with a Ph.D. in law (Dr. iur. HSG) in the field of Swiss contract law, focusing on unilateral adaptation clauses in general terms and conditions. Milivoje's dissertation was awarded with the Walther Hug-Price Switzerland 2022/2023, the Walther Hug-Price St. Gallen 2021/2022 and the Rudolf Mäder-Price 2021/2022. During his Ph.D. studies, Milivoje also published articles in the field of international commercial arbitration and international sales law (CISG).

Before joining Pestalozzi as an associate in 2024, Milivoje worked at the Cantonal Court of Zug and as a lecturer for contract law at the University of St. Gallen. He was admitted to the Swiss bar and as a civil notary in the canton of Zug in 2023.

2024

Associate at Pestalozzi

2023

Bar admission: Switzerland

2022

Cantonal Court of Zug: Law Clerk
Junior Associate at Pestalozzi
University of St. Gallen: Dr. iur.

2020

Research Assistant of Prof. Beat Brändli at the IFF (Institut für Finanzwissenschaft, Finanzrecht und Law and Economics)

2019

University of St. Gallen: Master in Law and Economics

2018

Internship at a major Swiss law firm in Zurich
Research Assistant at the Chair for International Business Law and Law and Economics of Prof. Dr. Dr. Peter Sester

2017

Coach of the Willem C. Vis Moot Teams of the University of St. Gallen

2016

Internship at a major Swiss law firm in Zurich
Research Assistant at the Chair for Law and Economics of Prof. Dr. Anne Van Aaken
University of St. Gallen: Bachelor in Law and Economics
Participant at the 24th Willem C. Vis International Arbitration Moot Court for the University of St. Gallen

2015

University of Texas at Austin: Exchange Semester

Sprachen

Englisch, Deutsch, Französisch, Serbisch

Expertisen & Industrien

Prozessführung & Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit

Mitgliedschaften

Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)

Sprachen

Expertisen & Industrien

Mitgliedschaften

Speaking Engagements

Deals and Cases

Publikationen

The Saga Continues: Can Attorneys' Fees be Recovered as Loss under the CISG?

Einseitige Änderungsklauseln in Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen

Surprising Clauses and Content Control under the CISG: A Swiss Perspective

Milivoje Mitrovic

Karriere

Sprachen

Expertisen & Industrien

Mitgliedschaften

Speaking Engagements

Vorlesung an der Universität St. Gallen

Deals and Cases

Pestalozzi advised Swiss Post on the acquisition of a majority stake in T2i group

Pestalozzi advises Nefab in the acquisition of cargopack group

Publikationen