James Menz is a founding partner of rothorn legal in Zurich. His practice focuses on complex disputes in the construction, energy, transportation, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology sectors. He has acted as counsel, arbitrator, and arbitral secretary in dozens of arbitrations under a variety of applicable institutional rules and substantive laws. Prior to founding rothorn, James practiced international arbitration and litigation with major law firms in New York and Zurich, worked as senior litigation expert at a major multinational company, and served as Deputy Secretary General and Head of Case Management at an arbitral institution. James currently serves as board member of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) and the German Arbitration Institute (DIS). He regularly speaks at conferences and lectures at universities and seminars on issues in international commercial arbitration.