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Expertise

Disputes

We have forged a reputation for thorough and tenacious advocacy as counsel in a great number and variety of international commercial arbitration and litigation cases.

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In arbitration, we act both as counsels and as arbitrators. We have developed the skills to conduct hearings under both civil and common law procedures (discovery, rules of evidence, witness examination, etc.).

We have handled hundreds of arbitration cases, under all major arbitration rules (including UNCITRAL, ICC; LCIA, Swiss Chambers, SCIA, etc.), with seats in Switzerland, Europe, the United States, Canada, China, Singapore, the Middle East and Australia, and pertaining, among others, to M&A, IT, telecom, energy (oil and gas, electricity, etc.), life science and pharma, luxury industry, machine industry, construction, trading, sport.

In litigation, we conduct Swiss court cases in all types of corporate and commercial disputes, including corporate governance, shareholders’ disputes, directors’ liability, joint-ventures, commercial contracts, in particular licensing agreements, distribution agreements, e-commerce, banking, real estate, construction, unfair competition, and enforcement of foreign judgments.

As our firm operates as one team in a fully integrated manner, our dispute lawyers enjoy the full support of the entire firm to develop theories and research, share expertise, and deal with large submissions and witness hearings as needed.