Pierre-Yves Gunter

Lawyer information

Practice Areas

Pierre-Yves Gunter is co-heading the arbitration practice at Bär & Karrer. He has been acting since 1991 in the field of international commercial arbitration. Pierre-Yves Gunter has extensive experience as Counsel and Arbitrator in the fields of agency, sales, distribution, joint-venture, construction and complex projects, oil & gas, telecommunications and IT, intellectual property, pharmaceutical, real estate, hotel management, commodity and international trade as well as corporate/post M&A. He also regularly acts before state courts for litigation cases. He was for several years a Member of the Board of Directors at the SIAC and Co-Chair of the International Arbitration Committee of the ABA (Section International Law and Practice).

Career

LL.M. Harvard (1991), Neuchâtel University Law School (Law Degree, summa cum laudae, 1987)

Professional Memberships

ICCA, LCIA, International Bar Association (IBA), American Bar Association (ABA), Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA), Swiss Bar Association (SAV/FSA)

Publications

He regularly speaks and publishes in the field of international commercial arbitration.

Personal

Pierre-Yves Gunter speaks French and English.