About
Pierre-Yves Gunter is co-head of the arbitration practice at Bär & Karrer.
He has been acting in the field of international commercial arbitration since 1991. Pierre-Yves Gunter has extensive experience as Counsel and Arbitrator in the fields of agency, sales, distribution, joint-venture, construction and complex projects, oil & gas, telecommunications and IT, intellectual property, pharmaceutical, real estate, hotel management, commodity and international trade as well as corporate/post M&A. He also regularly acts before state courts for litigation cases.
He is a board member of the Swiss Arbitration Center and previously served as a co-chair of the international arbitration committee of the American Bar Association (section of international law and practice) and is a former board member of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), where he also was part of the rules revision committee.
- Co-counsel in an ICC gas arbitration case.
- Co-counsel in an ICC arbitration case in the automotive sector.
- Co-counsel in an UNCITRAL arbitration case concerning non-solicitation issues.
- Co-counsel in an ICC arbitration case concerning an international gas sales contract and gas price review.
- President of the Arbitral Tribunal in two parallel ICC arbitration cases concerning a design-build construction project in Latin America.
- President of an ICC Arbitral Tribunal in a dispute concerning the development of a large industrial plant.
- President of an LCIA Arbitral Tribunal in a dispute over a share purchase agreement in the renewable energy sector.
- President of two consolidated Swiss Rules arbitration cases concerning a dispute between shareholders.
- President of a Lebanese Arbitration Center case relating to a dispute over a subordination agreement relating to a telecom operator in the Middle East.
- President of an ICC arbitration case relating to the construction of highways in Eastern Africa.
- Co-arbitrator in an ICC arbitration case relating to a large industrial project in Eastern Europe.
- Co-arbitrator in an ICC arbitration case relating to a large construction project in North Africa.
- Co-arbitrator in an ICC arbitration case relating to a construction dispute in the Middle East.
- Partner at Bär & Karrer (since 2017)
- Partner at a Swiss law firm (1999-2016)
- Associate at two Swiss law firms (1995-1999)
- Associate at Clifford Chance (1993-1995)
- Associate at a Swiss law firm (1991-1993)
- LL.M. Harvard (1991)
- Neuchâtel University Law School (Law Degree, summa cum laudae, 1987)
- Teaching Assistant at Neuchâtel University Law School
- ICCA
- LCIA
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- American Bar Association (ABA)
- Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
- Swiss Bar Association (SAV/FSA)
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Pierre-Yves Gunter
P: +41 58 261 57 00
pierre-yves.gunter@baerkarrer.ch
Bär & Karrer Ltd.
12, quai de la Poste
CH-1211 Geneva 3
Switzerland
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![]() Partner Pierre-Yves GunterAboutPierre-Yves Gunter is co-head of the arbitration practice at Bär & Karrer. He has been acting in the field of international commercial arbitration since 1991. Pierre-Yves Gunter has extensive experience as Counsel and Arbitrator in the fields of agency, sales, distribution, joint-venture, construction and complex projects, oil & gas, telecommunications and IT, intellectual property, pharmaceutical, real estate, hotel management, commodity and international trade as well as corporate/post M&A. He also regularly acts before state courts for litigation cases. He is a board member of the Swiss Arbitration Center and previously served as a co-chair of the international arbitration committee of the American Bar Association (section of international law and practice) and is a former board member of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), where he also was part of the rules revision committee. Recent Work Highlights
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