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Matthias SCHERER |
IAI Young Practitioner |
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Lalive
35, rue de la Mairie
P.O. Box 6569
CH-1211 Geneva 6
Switzerland
Tel: +41.22.319.87.00
Fax: +41.22.319.87.60
mscherer@lalive.ch
http://www.lalive.ch
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| Languages |
German (native); French, English (fluent); Italian (knowledge) |
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| Nationality |
Switzerland |
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| Bar Admission |
Bern - 1992
Geneva - 1994 |
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| Education |
University of Bern Law School (Law Degree - 1992); University of Lausanne Law School (LLM European Law - 1993) |
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Experience
as Arbitrator |
Sole arbitrator, Chair or member of the tribunal in numerous international arbitration proceedings, ad hoc (including UNCITRAL) and under the Rules of the ICC, LCIA, SCC and under the Swiss Rules |
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Experience
as Counsel |
Numerous international and domestic arbitration proceedings, ad hoc (including UNCITRAL) and under the Rules of ICSID, ICC, the Swiss Rules, LCIA and other (international contracts and investments, construction, agency, distribution, joint ventures, licensing, lease and sales agreements, pharma/life sciences and mergers & acquisitions disputes) |
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Publications
Relating to
Arbitration |
• Member of the Editorial Committee (1994-) and Editor (2000-), Bulletin of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA Bulletin)
• Co-editor, Swiss International Arbitration Law Reports (2007-)
• Member of the Editorial Board, International Arbitration Law Review (2001-)
• "Introduction to the Case Law Section," 30(1) ASA Bull.(2012)64
• "Court Proceedings in Violation of an Arbitration Agreement: Arbitral Jurisdiction to Issue Anti-Suit Injunction and Award Damages for Breach of the Arbitration Agreement," 14(2) Int’l Arb. L. Rev. 43 (2011)
• "Domestic Review of Investment Treaty Arbitrations: the Swiss Experience," 27(2) ASA Bull. 256 (2009) (with V. Heiskanen and S. Moss)
• "The IBA guidelines on conflicts of interest in international arbitration: the first five years 2004–2009," 4(1) Dispute Resolution Int’l 5 (2010)
• "The use of the UNIDROIT principles in international arbitration," in Commentary on the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts (PICC) 81 (S. Vogenauer and J. Kleinheisterkamp eds., Oxford University Press, 2009)
• "International construction contracts under Swiss law: An introduction," in 23(8) Constr. L.J. 559 (2007) (with M. Schneider)
• "Anti-suit and anti-arbitration injunctions in international arbitration: a Swiss perspective," 12(4) Int’l Arb. L. Rev. 66 (2009) (with W. Jahnel)
• "An analysis of international construction contracts: Switzerland," in FIDIC – An Analysis of International Construction Contracts 313 (R. Knutson ed., Kluwer, 2005) (with M. Schneider)
• "Arbitration of international M&A disputes," 47 IPBA J. 23 (2007)
• "New Rules of International Arbitration in Switzerland," 7 Int. Arb. L. Rev. 119 (2004)
• "Principais CaracterÃsticas do Novo Regulamento SuÃço sobre Arbitragem Internacional," 2004(2) Rev. Bras. Arb.
• "Circumstantial Evidence in Corruption Cases Before International Arbitral Tribunals," 5(2) Int'l Arb. L. Rev. 29 (2002)
• "Three Recent Decisions of the Swiss Federal Tribunal Regarding Assignments and Transfer of Arbitration Agreements," 20(1) ASA Bull. 109 (2002)
• "Beweisfragen bei Korruptionsfällen vor internationalen Schiedsgerichten [Corruption and Arbitration]," 2001(4) ASA Bull. 684
• "When Should an Arbitral Tribunal Sitting in Switzerland Confronted with Parallel Litigation Abroad Stay the Arbitration?," 2001(3) ASA Bull. 451
• "Quelques remarques à propos de l’interprétation de la clause compromissoire et de son efficacité [Construction of arbitration agreements]," 2000(2) ASA Bull. 350
• "La Convention de Bruxelles et les mesures provisoires en présence d’une clause compromissoire [Interim measures in arbitration and EC law]," 1998(1) ASA Bull. 60
• "Der Ausländerarrest nach revidiertem SchKG – Ausreichende Binnenbeziehung durch Wahl eines schweizerischen Schiedsortes oder des Schweizer Rechts? [Attachments and Arbitration]," 1997(1) ASA Bull. 13
• "Chronologie de droit international privé Suisse 1989-1994 [Case law of the Swiss Supreme Court on private international law matters 1989-1994]," 123 JDI 689 (1996)(with P. Lalive) |
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