In a decision dated 26 July 2018 and published on 29 August 2018, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (the "Supreme Court") dismissed an appeal to set aside an arbitral award as it found that Swiss…
The Swiss Federal Supreme Court, in a rare appeal against an award in a bilateral investment treaty arbitration, confirmed its statutory restraint in reviewing arbitral awards pursuant to article 190…
and Katherine Bell, Schellenberg Wittmer
In decision 4A_554/2014 dated 15 April 2015, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court considered an application to set aside an award on the ground of violation of the…
and Katherine Bell, Schellenberg Wittmer
In 2014, the Swiss Supreme Court rendered 32 decisions on petitions to set aside international arbitral awards. Consistent with a traditionally low success…
co-authored by Georg von Segesser and Mirina Grosz, Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd.
In a recent decision, the Swiss Federal Tribunal rejected an appeal to set aside a final award of the Court of…
By Georg von Segesser / Elisabeth Leimbacher / Katherine Bell, Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd.
In two almost identical German language decisions dated 27 March 2014 (Decisions 4A_362/2013 and 4A_448/2013)…
Co-authored by Georg von Segesser, Benjamin Moss and Aileen Truttmann, Schellenberg Wittmer
An arbitral tribunal's relationship to state courts remains a complex and often contested topic. A…
In a French-language decision dated 18 June 2012 in Case 4A_488/2011, the Swiss Supreme Court considered as "convincing" the view that the Court of Arbitration for Sport has jurisdiction to hear an…
With its decision of 27 March 2012, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court held unlawful a disciplinary sanction by which FIFA threatened the football player Matuzalem with a lifetime ban in case he failed…
