Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler

Practice Areas

Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler practices international commercial, investment and sports arbitration and has acted in over 280 international arbitrations, mainly as arbitrator. She appears on numerous institutional arbitration panels (including ICC, ICSID, AAA, LCIA, SIAC, CIETAC) and conducts arbitrations under the rules of all major institutions.

Career

Partner, LKK Arbitration (since 2007); partner, Schellenberg Wittmer (1996-2007); partner (1985-1995) and associate (1981-1985), Baker & McKenzie.

Former President and now Honorary President of ICCA, the International Council for Commercial Arbitration.

Former President and now Honorary President of the Swiss Arbitration Association.

Former member of the ICC Court, LCIA Court, and AAA Board.

Founder of the FIAA (Foundation for International Arbitration Advocacy) and President of its Advisory Board.

Member of the Swiss delegation to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), including within Working Group II on transparency (until 2014), and (since 2017) Working Group III on the reform of investor-state arbitration.

Chair, Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS), Ordinary Division (1994-2001), and Ad Hoc Division at the Olympic Games (Atlanta 1996, Nagano 1998, Sydney 2000).

Professor Emerita, and former professor (international arbitration, 1997-2018) and assistant professor (private international law, 1993-1997) at the University of Geneva Law School.

Languages Spoken

English, French, Spanish, German, reading knowledge of Italian.

Publications

Gabrielle has authored numerous publications, including the well-known book "International Arbitration - Law and Practice in Switzerland" (OUP, 2015, co-authored with Antonio Rigozzi). A full list of her publications is available at https://lk-k.com/publications/.

Awards