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Practice areas

Education

  • Admitted to the bar (Canton of Geneva, 1998)
  • Doctorate (PhD, Nottingham University, 1998)
  • LLM (Nottingham University, 1994)
  • Law degree (University of Neuchâtel, 1993)

Practice

  • Intern, UNEP, Nairobi (1995), UNDP, Nairobi (1996)
  • Attorney-at-law (since 1998); 
  • Research fellow and recipient of Swiss National Scientific Research Fund, University of Nottingham / University of Oxford (2001-2003)
  • Lecturer, UNIL (since 2019, arbitration); EPFL (2011-2019, energy), UNIL (2009-2014, energy); University of Glasgow, UK (2005-2009, arbitration)
  • Deputy judge, First Civil Law Court of the Swiss Federal Tribunal (2012-2014)
  • Member of the arbitration committee for swimming of the Swiss Swimming Federation (since 2018)
  • Arbitrator, Court of Arbitration for Sport (general list) (since 2019)

Further information

Broad expertise as counsel and arbitrator in various industries, including oil and gas, renewable energy , construction, luxury products, pharmaceuticals

Memberships

  • Schweizerischen Vereinigung für Umweltrecht
  • Fédération Suisse des Avocats
  • Swiss Arbitration Association
  • Associazione Italiana per l’Arbitrato
  • International Arbitration Institute
  • Lagos Court of Arbitration
  • Kigali International Arbitration Centre
  • African Arbitration Association
  • Association Suisse de Droit du Sport

Publications

Transfert d'entreprise et responsabilités environnementales

Droit et gestion d’entreprise – Le cadre juridique et réglementaire de l’activité des entreprises, 2., édition augmentée, DIKE, 2020
ISBN 978-3-03891-155-5

Paramètres généraux de répartition des frais d’investigation, de surveillance et d’assainissement des sites pollués

Umweltrecht in der Praxis, 2018

La sanzione per il mancato rispetto di una clausola multistep conciliazione/arbitrato e le conseguenze per gli atti già compiuti dal tribunale arbitrale?

2017

Developments under the CO2 emission reduction regulation

European Energy Journal, 2015

All publications