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Pierre Tercier

Pierre Tercier

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Prof. Dr. Pierre Tercier is a senior counsel at Peter & Kim in Geneva. He is an Emeritus Professor of the University of Fribourg, a Doctor honoris causa of the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas, the honorary President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, and a prominent international arbitrator with extensive experience in international commercial and investment arbitration. Prof. Tercier has served as party-appointed arbitrator and president in over 150 arbitrations under various rules (ICC, ICSID, LCIA, SIAC, CRCICA, SCC, UNCITRAL) covering a broad range of sectors. He chaired such seminal cases, such as Abaclat and others v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/5) and Desert Line Projects LLC v. Republic of Yemen (ICSID Case No. ARB/05/17). In addition to his arbitrator practice, Prof. Tercier gives lectures on arbitration in several Universities around the world. He has authored numerous articles on international arbitration as well as authoritative treatises, notably on contract law. He is well-known in Switzerland for his contribution to the study and development of contract, tort, construction and competition law.

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Pierre Tercier possesses a longstanding reputation as an arbitrator. He also has experience sitting in ICC tribunals and has acted in commercial and investment cases.

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Pierre Tercier of Peter & Kim often acts as president in complex investor state and commercial arbitration tribunals under ICSID and ICC rules.

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  • Pierre Tercier is very fast at getting to the main issues, knowing what is relevant and what is useless. He knows Swiss law perfectly.

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  • Pierre Tercier is very fast at getting exactly to the main issues, knowing what is relevant and what is useless. He knows Swiss law perfectly.

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