FACTSHEET
International Arbitration
International Representation
at the Highest Level
SWISS LAW FIRM
OF THE YEAR 2016
Who’s Who Legal
The Practice
Group
«–––Schellenberg Wittmer has ‘strong industry
knowledge that means it provides a level of
expertise that other firms cannot match’.–––»
Legal 500
Our International Arbitration Group is composed of lawyers
property related disputes;
with diverse backgrounds, training and practices, all of whom
> Licensing, technology transfer and distribution agreements;
have a distinctly international outlook. As a result, we offer
> Hotel and hospitality;
our clients a special combination of skills and resources:
> Sports-related commercial disputes;
> Our team includes very high-profile arbitration practitioners
> Investment disputes;
who have long-standing and extensive experience in a wide
> F inance and banking transactions;
range of industries and complex matters.
> Transportation, aviation, shipping and maritime disputes.
> Our team has extensive expertise not only in arbitration in
Switzerland under Swiss law, but also in Europe, North
Deals and Cases
America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, where we have
We have acted in cases under all leading arbitration and ad
an office in Singapore.
hoc with places of arbitration around the globe, including:
> Our team is multi-cultural and multi-lingual, with lawyers
> Representation of many leading engineering and construction
having very diverse legal backgrounds. This enables us to
companies in a wide variety of fields including infrastructure
understand our clients’ perspective, and to handle matters
projects, industrial facilities, oil refining and gas terminals,
governed by a wide range of laws and in several languages.
mining and major hotel projects, under several different
> O ur team focuses on our clients’ needs not only in terms
of legal advice and litigation strategy, but also in terms of
business and industry focus, and of alternative disputeresolution opportunities that each case may present.
> Our team includes several practitioners who also act as
applicable laws (Swiss, French, German, Russian, Emirati,
Polish, Filipino, Saudi, etc.);
> Representation of a leading European pharmaceutical group
against a major U.S. pharmaceutical company in a multibillion dollar WIPO arbitration arising out of a patent
arbitrators. This gives us valuable insight on what arbitrators
license agreement covering one of the world’s bestselling
recognize to be effective advocacy and on the decision-
pharmaceutical products and concerning the validity of a
making processes of arbitral tribunals.
U.S. patent, and several other high-profile cases in the
pharmaceutical and life-science industries;
Expertise
> Representation of a Swiss client in the energy sector in a
Our expertise enables us to achieve our clients’ objectives
high-stakes arbitration seated in Paris and governed by
effectively and efficiently in a broad spectrum of cases, from
Senegalese law.
straightforward matters to complex large-scale disputes.
> Representation out of our Singapore office of an Indonesian
steel manufacturer against a Swiss commodities trader
We have acted in disputes involving parties from around the
concerning the sale/purchase of prime steel billets .
globe and many types of commercial transactions such as:
> Representation of a developer and producer of complex
> Infrastructure, construction and engineering;
automotive parts in a number of high-value arbitrations
> Mergers and acquisitions;
concerning research and development joint ventures and
> Joint ventures, consortium agreements and shareholders’
claims deriving from recalls due to defective parts.
disputes;
> Energy upstream and downstream;
Recognitions
> P harmaceuticals & Life Sciences;
Our International Arbitration Group is highly ranked in
> A utomotive;
Chambers, Legal 500 and GAR, as well as other leading
> Mining & minerals;
registries. Many of our team’s specialists are recognized
>C
ommodities trading;
individually in these publications, as well as in Who’s Who
> L uxury and consumer goods;
Legal and Expert Guides.
> I nformation technology, patent and other intellectual
Your Key
Contacts
Elliott Geisinger
Partner
Practice Chair
Philippe Bärtsch, LL.M.
Partner
Vice-Chair of Practice
Dr. Christopher Boog
Partner
Vice-Chair of Practice
Dr. Martin Bernet
Partner
Philipp Groz, LL.M.
Partner
Alexander Jolles
Partner
Dr. Stefan Leimgruber
Partner
Dr. Manuel Liatowitsch
Partner
Roland Mathys, LL.M. (LSE)
Partner
Andrea Mondini, LL.M.
Partner
Prof. Dr. Nathalie Voser, LL.M.
Partner
Dr. Urs Hoffmann-Nowotny
Partner
Prof. Dr. Alexander von Ziegler, LL.M.
Partner
Anne-Carole Cremades, LL.M.
Counsel
Julie Raneda
Counsel
«–––Outstanding firm. The client service is terrific.–––»
Chambers Europe
At a
Glance
Schellenberg Wittmer’s International Arbitration Group is
Drawing on an outstanding combination of skills and
composed of leading specialists with the experience and
resources, we are committed to providing our clients with
expertise to provide representation at the highest level in a
creative and result-oriented advocacy in international
broad range of complex cases, be it under Swiss law or
arbitration, from critical pre-arbitration injunctions to
under the laws of other major jurisdictions worldwide.
effective enforcement strategies.
Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd is a leading Swiss business law firm with:
> Over 140 highly skilled lawyers providing in-depth expertise to you;
> Offices in Zurich and Geneva covering all of Switzerland;
> An office in Singapore as a gateway to and from the Asia-Pacific region;
> A client base of domestic and international companies and high-net-worth individuals;
> A full range of services, from focused advice to project management.
Who’s Who Legal Swiss Law Firm of the Year 2015 and 2016
Chambers Europe Swiss Law Firm of the Year 2014
SCHELLENBERG WITTMER LTD / Attorneys at Law
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