In the 2000s, mortgages in Swiss Franc (CHF) were very popular among consumers in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe for the acquisition of both private and commercial properties, as the CHF…
On 11 January 2017, the Swiss Federal Council proposed a revised version of the Swiss International Private Law Act ("SPILA") relating to international arbitration (art. 176 et seq.) with a view to…
Switzerland is a global hub for commodity traders, and therefore also a significant jurisdiction for disputes arising in the commodities sector. A recent decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (…
On 1 March 2016, the European Court of Human Rights ("ECtHR" or the "Court") rendered a decision in the case of Tabbane v. Switzerland (application no. 41069/12). In that decision, which was…
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…
By Matthias Scherer and Sam Moss, LALIVE
In a judgment dated 7 July 2014, which was made public on 20 August 2014 (case no. 4A_124/2014), the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (the “Supreme Court”)…
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While the…
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…
This post suggests revisiting the issue of whether bankruptcy of a foreign company party to arbitration proceedings pending in Switzerland can prevent the arbitration from moving forward and…
