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Arbitration - Switzerland
What the Team is Known For
Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler is a Geneva-based specialist arbitration boutique with a superb track record in international arbitrations. The lawyers are particularly well known for acting as arbitrators in international cases involving shareholder and construction disputes. The law firm also handles sport arbitration.
Strengths
Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler has very good people and the quality is outstanding.
Notable practitioners
Star individual Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler is highlighted for her experience as an arbitrator. She has acted as an arbitrator in ICC and ICSID tribunals, in both commercial and investment disputes.
She is at the prime of her career and has seen it all. She is very astute, hard-working and one of the top ten arbitrators in the world.
Laurent Lévy enjoys a strong reputation in international arbitration. He is regularly appointed to sit in ICC and ICSID tribunals. He handles disputes from the energy and finance sectors.
Sébastien Besson acts as both counsel and arbitrator in a wide range of arbitrations, including sport, post-M&A and construction disputes.
He is very commercial as well as legally sound.