Frank Spoorenberg

Practice Areas

International arbitration, commercial litigation

Career

2023 Partner Niederer Kraft Frey Geneva, 2007 Partner Tavernier Tschanz, 2002 Associate Tavernier Tschanz, 2001 Foreign Associate White & Case New York and Washington D.C., 1996 Associate Tavernier Tschanz, 1993 Trainee Associate Tavernier Tschanz

Professional Memberships

Geneva and Swiss Bar Associations, Swiss Arbitration Association (former board member), Member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, International Bar Association, Inter-Pacific Bar Association, Court of the Swiss Arbitration Centre (former Vice-President and former court member)

Publications

Chronique de jurisprudence étrangère, Suisse, Rev. arb., since 2018 (with Pierre-Yves Tschanz)

Yearly review of Swiss arbitration cases, Turkish Journal of International Trade and Arbitration Law (since 2011)

Regular case notes in arbitration newsletters (www.internationallawoffice.com)

The arbitrators’ initiative: When, why and how should it be used? ASA Special Series No. 45, 2016, co-editor with D. BAIZEAU

An arbitrator’s perspective: A few reflections about the case administration under the Swiss Rules, 10 years of Swiss Rules of International Arbitration, ASA Special Series No. 44, 2014, Ed. Nathalie VOSER

Commentary to the Swiss Rules of International Arbitration

(Art. 1-2) Zürich, Eds. Zuberbühler, Müller, Habegger, 2013, co-author

Energy Agreements – Force Majeure and Hardship Clauses, K. Makuch, R. Pereira (Eds.), Environmental and Energy Law, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Chapter 11, 2012, co-author