About

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Our International Arbitration Group, which is one of the largest in Switzerland, comprises leading arbitration practitioners with extensive experience in a wide range of industries and complex arbitration matters not only in Switzerland and under Swiss law, but globally and under different laws. Our team is multicultural and multilingual, with diverse legal backgrounds. This enables us to understand our clients’ diverse perspectives and needs, and to handle matters governed by a wide array of laws, in various languages. We meet our clients’ expectations in terms of legal advice and strategy, and business and industry focus.

We act as lead counsel in disputes of all types and magnitude, including large, complex, multi-jurisdictional commercial, investment and sports disputes, seated in common law and civil law jurisdictions around the world. We act for states, state entities, multinational corporations, small and medium-size businesses and individual commercial players. Our team also has unrivalled experience in setting-aside proceedings before the Swiss Supreme Court.

Our representations range from pre-litigious advice over negotiation strategies to mediation, conciliation, adjudication, dispute boards, arbitration, arbitration-related litigation and (pre-trial) discovery to enforcement proceedings and strategies in Switzerland and elsewhere.

Chambers Review

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Arbitration (International) - Europe-wide

5
Band 5

What the Team is Known For

Schellenberg Wittmer houses a widely respected Swiss practice with practitioners acting as counsel and arbitrators from its Geneva and Zürich bases. The firm regularly assists with commercial arbitrations, often under ICC rules, on behalf of both private companies and states. The team is well placed to handle a considerable variety of rules, including the Swiss Rules and those of the SCC and UNCITRAL. Additionally, Schellenberg Wittmer stands out for its work in set-aside proceedings before the Swiss courts, including within the context of major European investor-state disputes. The firm supplements its offering with its expertise in Court of Arbitration for Sports cases.

Work Highlights

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  • Schellenberg Wittmer represented StakeHound in a Swiss arbitration concerning a crypto dispute. The matter is valued at USD126 million.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Elliott Geisinger
3
Elliott Geisinger
3
Band 3

Elliott Geisinger acts as counsel in commercial and investor-state arbitrations under ICC and SCC rules, as well as in arbitration-related litigation in front of Swiss courts. He is also renowned for his role as chair and co-arbitrator in shareholder and energy disputes.

Elliot is highly qualified, experienced and analytical.

Elliott Geisinger is an excellent lawyer with great communication skills and a very strong commercial perspective. He is always attentive, caring and focused on the client's needs.

Elliott is highly commercial and an excellent written and oral advocate.

His experience as an arbitrator is also of great benefit to clients hiring him as counsel.

Christopher Boog
5
Christopher Boog
Head of Arbitration (International)
5
Band 5
Christopher Boog operates from Zürich and Singapore and is often mandated for his expertise in commercial and investor-state disputes seated across Europe. He is particularly attractive for Germany-based clients and also assists with sport arbitration cases.

Christopher Boog has very strong advocacy skills and is brilliant in cross-examinations. He is the type of lawyer that clients trust and rely on.

Christopher Boog is probably one of the best international arbitration practitioners of his generation. He is an exceptional talent who is just very good at what he does.

Philippe Bärtsch
5
Philippe Bärtsch
5
Band 5

Philippe Bärtsch acts for clients ranging from private individuals to oil and gas companies and international bodies. His expertise includes post-M&A disputes and sports arbitration proceedings as well as setting-aside proceedings and commercial disputes under UNCITRAL and ICC rules.

Philippe Bärtsch is an outstanding counsel. His submissions are elaborate enough to make the point but also simple enough to be completely understandable.

Philippe is highly skilled, very experienced and has a great strategic mind.

Philippe Bärtsch is an excellent lawyer with particularly strong strategic advice.

Ranked Lawyers at
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Arbitration (International)

Christopher Boog
5
Christopher Boog
Head of Arbitration (International)
5
Band 5
Elliott Geisinger
5
Elliott Geisinger
5
Band 5
Philippe Bärtsch
5
Philippe Bärtsch
5
Band 5
International Arbitration: Most In Demand Arbitrators

Elliott Geisinger
3
Elliott Geisinger
3
Band 3

Members

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Anna Kozmenko

Anya George

Christopher Boog

Christopher Boog

Head of Department

Elliott Geisinger

Elliott Geisinger

Head of Department

Julie Raneda

Peter Burckhardt

Philipp Groz

Philippe Bärtsch

Philippe Bärtsch

Head of Department

Stefan Leimgruber

Urs Hoffmann-Nowotny

Industries

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Automotive

Commodities trading

Energy upstream and downstream

Finance and banking transactions

Hotel and hospitality

Information technology, patent and other intellectual property related disputes

Infrastructure, construction and engineering

Investment disputes

Joint ventures, consortium agreements and shareholders’ disputes

Licensing, technology transfer and distribution agreements

Luxury and consumer goods

Mergers and acquisitions

Mining & minerals

Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences

Sports-related commercial disputes

Transportation, aviation, shipping and maritime disputes