Thought Leaders

Giovanna Montanaro has long-standing and extensive experience in international trade and transport, as well as in insurance matters, and advises clients in relation to both contentious and non-contentious matters. She represents clients before state courts and arbitral tribunals in domestic and cross-border disputes and advises on drafting and negotiating agreements in her field of expertise, including maritime and aviation law.

Giovanna Montanaro is recognized as "one of the leading individuals" in the field of transport law, well known for her in-depth knowledge of complex maritime and aviation matters and listed as a Thought Leader in Switzerland. She is praised as "excellent lawyer" providing "well-structured advice on complex issues".

Giovanna Montanaro is a partner with Wartmann Merker since 2018. Previously, she was a counsel and associate (2000-2017) with a major Swiss international law firm in Zürich.

Giovanna Montanaro is the Chair of the Landtransport Subcommittee of the International Bar Association (IBA). She serves on the Commission «Law & Insurance» of the Swiss Freight Forwarding and Logistics Association and is a Board Member of the Swiss Association for Aviation and Space Law as well as of the Swiss Maritime Law Association.

Giovanna Montanaro graduated from the University of Zurich in 1994 and was admitted to the bar in 1996. In 2001 she obtained a doctorate in law from the University of Zurich with a thesis in the field of international transport. She worked at the European Commission as assistant in the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG Move) and taught law at the Postgraduate Program for International Logistic Management.

Giovanna Montanaro has long-standing and extensive experience in international trade and transport, as well as in insurance matters, and advises clients in relation to both contentious and non-contentious matters. She represents clients before state courts and arbitral tribunals in domestic and cross-border disputes and advises on drafting and negotiating agreements in her field of expertise, including maritime and aviation law.

Giovanna Montanaro is recognized as "one of the leading individuals" in the field of transport law, well known for her in-depth knowledge of complex maritime and aviation matters and listed as a Thought Leader in Switzerland. She is praised as "excellent lawyer" providing "well-structured advice on complex issues".

Giovanna Montanaro is a partner with Wartmann Merker since 2018. Previously, she was a counsel and associate (2000-2017) with a major Swiss international law firm in Zürich.

Giovanna Montanaro is the Chair of the Landtransport Subcommittee of the International Bar Association (IBA). She serves on the Commission «Law & Insurance» of the Swiss Freight Forwarding and Logistics Association and is a Board Member of the Swiss Association for Aviation and Space Law as well as of the Swiss Maritime Law Association.

Giovanna Montanaro graduated from the University of Zurich in 1994 and was admitted to the bar in 1996. In 2001 she obtained a doctorate in law from the University of Zurich with a thesis in the field of international transport. She worked at the European Commission as assistant in the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG Move) and taught law at the Postgraduate Program for International Logistic Management.

Giovanna Montanaro has long-standing and extensive experience in international trade and transport, as well as in insurance matters, and advises clients in relation to both contentious and non-contentious matters. She represents clients before state courts and arbitral tribunals in domestic and cross-border disputes and advises on drafting and negotiating agreements in her field of expertise, including maritime and aviation law.

Giovanna Montanaro is recognized as "one of the leading individuals" in the field of transport law, well known for her in-depth knowledge of complex maritime and aviation matters and listed as a Thought Leader in Switzerland. She is praised as "excellent lawyer" providing "well-structured advice on complex issues".

Giovanna Montanaro is a partner with Wartmann Merker since 2018. Previously, she was a counsel and associate (2000-2017) with a major Swiss international law firm in Zurich.

Giovanna Montanaro is the Chair of the Landtransport Subcommittee of the International Bar Association (IBA). She serves on the Commission «Law & Insurance» of the Swiss Freight Forwarding and Logistics Association and is a Board Member of the Swiss Association for Aviation and Space Law as well as of the Swiss Maritime Law Association.

Giovanna Montanaro graduated from the University of Zurich in 1994 and was admitted to the bar in 1996. In 2001 she obtained a doctorate in law from the University of Zurich with a thesis in the field of international transport. She worked at the European Commission as assistant in the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG Move) and taught law at the Postgraduate Program for International Logistic Management.