Pascal Hachem has been appointed as the new co-head of Bär & Karrer‘s Arbitration practice, taking over from Pierre-Yves Gunter. Hachem will co-lead the division alongside Nadja Jaisli. Pascal Hachem’s practice focuses on contentious and non-contentious commercial matters as well as corporate internal investigations. He further represents clients in state court, arbitration and in front […]
LALIVE successfully represented Yukos Capital against the Russian Federation’s challenge of an interim and a final award before the Swiss Supreme Court, Switzerland’s highest court. The final award, granting Yukos Capital a compensation of +$5bn, is one of the largest arbitration awards ever examined by the Court. In its decision the Swiss Supreme Court entirely […]
Walder Wyss has successfully represented a Swiss high-tech company both in arbitration proceedings (seated in Geneva and adjudicated under the WIPO Arbitration Rules) and before the Swiss Federal Supreme Court. The law firm has defended a client against a multi-million dollar claim challenging the jurisdiction of the arbitral tribunal. The dispute revolved around the question […]
Bär & Karrer successfully represented a Turkish subsidiary of a globally operating chemical company as Respondent in arbitration proceedings administrated by the Swiss Arbitration Centre against a Turkish company active in the textile business. The dispute concerned an equity joint venture in Turkey. The Claimant argued that the Respondent had breached the joint venture agreement […]
Lenz & Staehelin successfully defended a Swiss industrial company in a post M&A dispute regarding alleged breaches of representations and warranties. The case arose from the sale of a foreign subsidiary. In the final award, claimant’s claims were fully dismissed and our client was awarded compensation of all costs. Lenz & Staehelin’s team was led […]
Nater Dallafior successfully represented an individual against PostFinance. In 2018, PostFinance closed the client’s payment account alleging that US trade sanctions imposed upon the client would make it overly burdensome for PostFinance to operate the account. Nater Dallafior lodged a claim with the Commercial Court of Berne claiming that by denying payment services, PostFinance violated […]
A team from Nater Dallafior consisting of partners Roberto Dallafior (pictured right) and Benjamin Schumacher (pictured left), represents a globally operating corporation – being the policyholder – against one of its insurers in SCAI arbitration proceedings. The dispute concerns a claim for coverage based on a business liability insurance policy. The value in dispute is USD 50 […]
MLL team consisting of dispute resolution partner Urs Boller (pictured), Of Counsel Marcel Lustenberger and senior associate Leonardo Ohlrogge, have successfully represented an international group of companies in ICC arbitration proceedings A three-member ICC arbitral tribunal dismissed the counterparty’s claims in their entirety. The counterparty was a former consultant, who had provided consultancy services with regard to a public tender in the nuclear sector, in which the MLL client had participated as […]
Vischer advised an insurance company and its London-based lawyers in an arbitration revolving around a power plant in South America. The dispute between the manufacturer of the plant and the insurer as the legal successor of the operator was, to a large part, governed by Swiss law. Vischer advised on all relevant substantive and procedural […]
Bär & Karrer successfully defeated a challenge brought against a multimillion LCIA Award for alleged violations of public policy and right to be heard. In its decision dated 15 June 2021 in case 4A_530/2020, the Swiss Federal Tribunal confirmed the Award, dismissing the Appellant’s arguments that their right to be heard was breached by the […]
