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Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler

 

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Organisation
Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler
I practise/work in
  • International Arbitration
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Title (Mr/Mrs/Miss/Dr)
Professor
How you'd like your name to appear in the directory
Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler
Suffix
Prof.
Gender
Female
Country
Non-African Country
Non-African Country (Please Specify)
Switzerland
Country of Birth
Switzerland
Nationalities
Swiss
If non-African, how do you promote Africans in international arbitration/ADR?
As Honorary President of ICCA (since April 2020), I continue to promote diversity and inclusiveness in general and with respect of Africa in particular.
Languages
English, French, Spanish, German.
Individual Member Profession (see note below)
  • Academic
  • Arbitrator
Number of Cases as Counsel in international arbitration/ADR
20+
Number of Cases as Sole Arbitrator in international arbitration
6-20
Number of Cases as Co-Arbitrator in international arbitration
20+
Number of Cases as International Tribunal Chair
20+
Number of cases as Arbitration/ADR Expert Witness
  • 1-5
Areas of Speciality
  • Agency
  • Competition
  • Construction & Infrastructure
  • Corporate Law / M&A
  • Distribution / Franchising
  • Energy & Natural Resources
  • Finance & Banking
  • Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals
  • Hospitality & Leisure
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • International Commercial Disputes
  • International Investment Disputes
  • Investment law
  • Joint Venture
Degrees/Qualifications, Institutions and Dates Obtained
New York State Bar, 1982
Geneva Bar, 1976
Doctorate, University of Basel (summa cum laude; 1979)
Law degrees, University of Basel (1977) and University of Geneva (1974)
List Arbitration/ADR Panels you belong to
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
American Arbitration Association (AAA)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO/OMPI)
International Investment Disputes of the Beijing International Arbitration Center (BIAC)
China Maritime Arbitration Commission (CMAC)
Singapore International Arbitration Center (SIAC)
China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC)
Shanghai International Arbitration Center (SHIAC)
Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (SCIA)
Hainan International Arbitration Court (HIAC) and HIAC International Mediation Center
Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA)
Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (JCAA)
Russian Arbitration Association (RAA)
Centro de Arbitraje y Conciliación (CAC) de la Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá
BVI International Arbitration Centre
Jerusalem Arbitration Center (JAC)
Arbitral Center of the Federal Economic Chamber of Vienna (VIAC)
Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA)
Cour Commune de Justice et d'Arbitrage de l'Organisation pour l'harmonisation en Afrique du droit des affaires (OHADA)
Dispute Resolution Expert on the Panel of Recognised International Market Experts in Finance (P.R.I.M.E. Finance)
Member of the Inaugural IAAF Disciplinary Tribunal (2017-2019)
President of the Arbitral Tribunal (BAT) of the International Basket Ball Federation (FIBA) (until 2011)
Chair, Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS), ad hoc Division at the Olympic Games (Atlanta 1996, Nagano 1998, and Sydney 2000)
Chair, Court of Arbitration for Sports, Ordinary Division (1994-2001)
Member of the International Jury of the XXXIIth America’s Cup (2004-2006)
Professional Experience (Job Title, Organisation and Dates)
International Arbitrator, Founding Partner, Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler (from 2008)
Professor, University of Geneva Law School (from 1993); Emerita since 2018
Honorary President of the International Council of Commercial Arbitration (ICCA); President from 2018 to 2020
Biography
She is a partner of Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler and practices international commercial and investment arbitration, having acted in over 275 international arbitrations. She regularly ranks among the top ten arbitrators worldwide; a study of investment arbitration released in 2016 concluded that she was the “most influential arbitrator in the world”. She appears on numerous institutional panels (including ICC, ICSID, SIAC, CIETAC).

Professor Emerita at Geneva University, Gabrielle is the founder of the Geneva LLM in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS). She is currently a visiting professor at Georgetown Law, Sciences Po Paris, the MIDS, National University of Singapore and Tsinghua Beijing.

Honorary President of ICCA (since 2020) and of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA), Gabrielle is also among others a former member of the ICC Court, LCIA Court, and AAA Board, and a member of the Swiss delegation to UNCITRAL.
Legal Background
  • Civil Law
  • Common Law
  • International Law
Types of agreements from which disputes in your practice most frequently arise
  • Concessions
  • Energy Pricing
  • Partnership
  • Public-Private Partnerships
  • Sale of Business
List arbitration/ADR articles, book chapters, books and where published
List available on website: www.lk-k.com
Website Address
www.lk-k.com



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