Arbitration (International)
Europe Guide 2024 : Europe-wide
Band 5
About
Provided by Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
Our International Arbitration Group, which is one of the largest in Switzerland, comprises leading arbitration practitioners with extensive experience in a wide range of industries and complex arbitration matters not only in Switzerland and under Swiss law, but globally and under different laws. Our team is multicultural and multilingual, with diverse legal backgrounds. This enables us to understand our clients’ diverse perspectives and needs, and to handle matters governed by a wide array of laws, in various languages. We meet our clients’ expectations in terms of legal advice and strategy, and business and industry focus.
We act as lead counsel in disputes of all types and magnitude, including large, complex, multi-jurisdictional commercial, investment and sports disputes, seated in common law and civil law jurisdictions around the world. We act for states, state entities, multinational corporations, small and medium-size businesses and individual commercial players. Our team also has unrivalled experience in setting-aside proceedings before the Swiss Supreme Court.
Our representations range from pre-litigious advice over negotiation strategies to mediation, conciliation, adjudication, dispute boards, arbitration, arbitration-related litigation and (pre-trial) discovery to enforcement proceedings and strategies in Switzerland and elsewhere.
Chambers Review
Schellenberg Wittmer houses a widely respected Swiss practice with practitioners acting as counsel and arbitrators from its Geneva and Zürich bases. The department regularly assists with commercial arbitrations, often under ICC rules, on behalf of both private companies and states. The team is well placed to handle a considerable variety of rules, including Swiss Rules and those of the SCC and UNCITRAL. Additionally, Schellenberg Wittmer stands out for its work in set-aside proceedings before the Swiss courts, including within the context of major European investor-state disputes. The firm supplements its offering with its expertise in Court of Arbitration for Sports cases.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Schellenberg's lawyers are highly intelligent thinkers who have excellent communication skills across language barriers and legal cultures."
"They are always on time and effective."
"They have a brilliant team and they are really strong."
"Schellenberg's lawyers are highly intelligent thinkers who have excellent communication skills across language barriers and legal cultures."
"They are always on time and effective."
"They have a brilliant team and they are really strong."
Notable Practitioners
Elliott Geisinger acts as counsel in commercial and investor-state arbitrations under ICC and SCC rules as well as arbitration-related litigation in front of Swiss courts. He is also renowned for his role as chair and co-arbitrator in shareholder and energy disputes.
"Elliott is a very impressive advocate and he commands the room, but is also an impressive drafter and analytical thinker."
"He is goal-oriented and meets expectations every time."
Christopher Boog operates from Zürich and Singapore and is often mandated for his expertise in commercial and investor-state disputes seated across Europe. He is particularly attractive for Germany-based clients and also assists with sport arbitration cases.
"Christopher Boog is very thorough."
"He knows how to bring his point to the tribunal without overplaying things. He's very efficient and nice to work with."
Ranked Lawyers at
Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
Europe-wide
Members
Provided by Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
Alexander Jolles
Anna Kozmenko
Anya George
Head of Department
Julie Raneda
Manuel Liatowitsch
Philippe Bärtsch
Head of Department
Stefan Leimgruber
Urs Hoffmann-Nowotny
Industries
Provided by Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
Automotive
Commodities trading
Energy upstream and downstream
Finance and banking transactions
Hotel and hospitality
Information technology, patent and other intellectual property related disputes
Infrastructure, construction and engineering
Investment disputes
Joint ventures, consortium agreements and shareholders’ disputes
Licensing, technology transfer and distribution agreements
Luxury and consumer goods
Mergers and acquisitions
Mining & minerals
Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences
Sports-related commercial disputes
Transportation, aviation, shipping and maritime disputes