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"Stellar bench that excels in all areas of dispute resolution, including sports arbitration."
Chambers Europe 2016
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"Best in class."
Legal 500 2018
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"This excellent litigation and arbitration practice provides top shelf advice combined with excellent availability."
Legal 500 2013
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"Excellent legal technical expertise."
Chambers Europe 2018
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"The team has great analytical skills."
Chambers Europe 2018
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"The firm offers the perfect package of quality, diversity and personal contact."
Chambers Europe 2016
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"Outstanding practice for both arbitration and litigation with a presence across Switzerland."
Chambers Europe 2015
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"The team is active on high-profile and complex disputes work."
Client in Chambers Europe 2015
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"The rates are fair and we had a very positive experience."
Client in Chambers Europe 2016
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"A very skilled team. "
Legal 500 2017
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"Great experience of cross-border matters."
Chambers Europe 2016
Arbitration
Bär & Karrer represents clients in commercial arbitrations and related court and enforcement proceedings. We act in ad hoc and institutional arbitrations governed by Swiss or foreign law. We are experienced in proceedings administered by major arbitral institutions, including the ICC, the Swiss Chambers of Commerce, WIPO, LCIA, the Vienna Center, the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, AAA/IDCR, and CAS.
Members of our arbitration team regularly serve as party-appointed arbitrators, sole arbitrators, and chairpersons of arbitral tribunals, as well as mediators. Partners of the firm are also active members of executive bodies of arbitral institutions (such as the Swiss Chambers). In addition they lecture on arbitration in LL.M. programs and specialized programs such as the courses of the Swiss Arbitration Academy.
The quality, size, and experience of our international arbitration team allow us to handle large and complex cases. We regularly act in cases involving international acquisitions, joint ventures, privatizations, R&D, technology transfers, financing, sales of goods, commodity trading, sports arbitration, oil and gas concessions, and access to networks.
- Party representation as counsel in arbitration proceedings
- Chairman, co-arbitrator or sole arbitrator
- Counsel in the enforcement or challenging of arbitral awards and in preliminary measures supporting arbitration proceedings
- Mediator or counsel in mediation
Key Contact
Daniel Hochstrasser
Partner
Pierre-Yves Gunter
Partner
Team Leaders
Michele Bernasconi
Partner
Aurélie Conrad Hari
Partner
Andrea Gamba
Partner
Nadja Jaisli Kull
Partner
Dr. Cesare Jermini
Partner
Alexandra C. Johnson
Partner
Dr. Jan Kleiner
Partner
Dr. Andreas D. Länzlinger
Partner
Saverio Lembo
Partner
Matthew T. Reiter
Partner
Prof. Dr. Markus Schott
Partner
Anne Valérie Julen Berthod
Counsel
Laura Widmer
Counsel
Team Members
Sarah Affolter
Associate
Martina Athanas
Associate
Nathalie Aymon
Associate
Romana Brueggemann
Associate
Luca Castiglioni
Associate
Cinzia Catelli
Associate
Massimo Chiasera
Associate
Kim Jean Dachtler
Junior Associate
Anaïs Franck
Junior Associate
Dr. Alain Grieder
Associate
Dr. Pascal Hachem
Associate
Shirane Halpérin
Junior Associate
Dominic Hägler
Associate
Anne Valérie Julen Berthod
Counsel
Julia Jung-Utzinger
Associate
Alex Kapsahili
Junior Associate
Léonard Lavanchy
Associate
Sarah Mahmud
Associate
Anya Marinkovich
Associate
Louis Frédéric Muskens
Associate
Maylis Noth
Associate
Cédric Pittet
Junior Associate
Julien Renaud
Junior Associate
Nadia Smahi
Associate
Dr. Predrag Sunaric
Associate
Luca Tarzia
Associate
Claire Tistounet
Associate
David Trachsel
Associate
Alexandra Ulmann
Junior Associate
Vera Waldburger
Junior Associate
Laura Widmer
Counsel
Nadine Wipf
Associate
