Dr. Marc Blessing
Of Counsel
Marc Blessing has more than thirty years of experience in international arbitration.
Marc Blessing mostly serves as Chairman (or party-nominated arbitrator) of international arbitral tribunals, either in ad hoc arbitations, or in arbitrations under the major Institutional Arbitration Rules (such as ICC, LCIA, AAA-ICDR, Swiss Rules, WIPO Rules, DIS Rules, Singapore (SIAC), Beijing (CIETAC), Vienna Centre, Stockholm Arbitration Institute etc.); he is an accredited Arbitrator of numerous other Institutions. He is also frequently called to serve as mediator in international disputes.
Marc Blessing also advises the parties as counsel or co-counsel in matters of international arbitration, and serves as legal expert on Swiss law and on the practice of international arbitration.
The arbitrations cases handled involved international transactions, mergers & acquisitions, large constructions, finance, joint-ventures, oil & gas, IP-matters (technology trasfer), EC- and US antitrust law, energy contracts, telecom, concessions and procurement contracts with States, pipelines, matters under Bilateral Investment Treaties and the Energy Charter Treaty. Many cases involve States and State-controlled entities.
Marc Blessing has authored some 70 books, articles and published Conference Reports.
Marc Blessing also advises private clients.
Chambers Europe 2010 states that "Arbitration star Marc Blessing is the firm's leading light for this type of work and one of the country's best and most globally celebrated professionals".
- Of Counsel at Bär & Karrer (since 2008)
- Partner of Bär & Karrer (1979-2007)
- University of Zürich: lic.iur. (1969) and Dr. iur. (1973)
- City of London Polytechnic: Postgraduate Studies (1969)
- Admitted to the Zurich and Swiss Bar (1972)
- Honorary President of the Swiss Arbitration Association and Past President 1991 to 1997
- Past Court Member of the LCIA - London Court of International Arbitration (1992-2004)
- Chartered Arbitrator, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London
- Since 1996 regular lecturer at the Universities of Zurich and St. Gallen in LL.M.-, Executive M.B.L.- and MBA Programmes, particularly on EU Competition Law and Arbitration
- Lecture in the programmes of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, in Oxford
- Member of the Arbitration Council of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) (1994-2001)
- Past Vice-President of the International Federation of Commercial Arbitration Institutions (IFCAI)(1991-2001)
- Zurich and Swiss Bar Association
- International Bar Association (IBA); UIA
- Author of some 70 articles, books, published conference reports
- All Swiss Courts
Bär & Karrer AG
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CH-8027 Zurich
Switzerland
M: +44 79 402 55 10
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marc.blessing@baerkarrer.ch
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