Pierre-Yves Gunter is co-heading the arbitration practice at Bär & Karrer.

He has been acting since 1991 in the field of international commercial arbitration. 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 was for several years a Member of the Board of Directors at the SIAC and Co-Chair of the International Arbitration Committee of the ABA (Section International Law and Practice).

Languages

French, English

Curriculum

• 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

Memberships and Public Offices

• ICCA
• LCIA
• International Bar Association (IBA)
• American Bar Association (ABA)
• Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
• Swiss Bar Association (SAV/FSA)

Contact Details

Pierre-Yves Gunter
Bär & Karrer AG
quai de la Poste 12
CH-1211 Genève
Switzerland

T: +41 58 261 57 00
F: +41 58 261 57 01
pierre-yves.gunter@baerkarrer.ch

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