Pierre-Yves Gunter est co-responsable de la pratique de l'arbitrage chez Bär & Karrer.

Il est actif depuis 1991 dans le domaine de l'arbitrage commercial international. Pierre-Yves Gunter a une grande expérience en tant que conseil et arbitre dans les domaines de l'agence, de la vente, de la distribution, des joint-ventures, de la construction et des projets complexes, du pétrole et du gaz, des télécommunications et de l'informatique, de la propriété intellectuelle, de l'industrie pharmaceutique, de l'immobilier, de l'hôtellerie, des matières premières et du commerce international ainsi que des fusions et acquisitions d'entreprises. Il intervient également régulièrement devant les juridictions étatiques pour des affaires contentieuses.

Il a été pendant plusieurs années membre du conseil d'administration du Centre d'Arbitrage de Singapour (SIAC) et co-président du comité d'arbitrage international de l'ABA (Section International Law and Practice).

• 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)