Swiss Arbitration Decisions

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Renunciation to appeal against the award

March 6, 2008

This decision is dated March 6, 2008 and its object was an appeal against an award issued by an Arbitral tribunal composed of three arbitrators, Dr. Cesare Jermini, Chairman, Prof. Sergio Carbone and Mr Charles Poncet. Since I was one of the arbitrators, I would rather not comment the decision, for reasons you will understand.

Criticism against the conduct of the procedure by the arbitrator (rejected)

February 19, 2009

The case involved a consortium between an Italian and a Dutch company to build some heat recovery steam generators for two electrical power plants in Egypt. On October 17, 2006, the Italian company, by then in liquidation, claimed some amounts from the other party. The sole arbitrator, Sebastien Besson, sitting in Geneva, granted part of the claim in an award of October 8, 2008 and an appeal to the Federal Tribunal was filed by the Italian company.

Admissibility of appeal against interlocutory decision (procedural order)

October 29, 2008

The Federal Tribunal refers to two arbitrations. As it happens, I was one of the arbitrators in one of the two and it might not be fully appropriate for me to comment or criticize the decision.

Accordingly, I will simply point out the issues the Federal Tribunal dealt with:

(i) Section 3 of the opinion deals with jurisdiction. The interesting part is at 3.3.1.2 at pages 10 – 11.

No breach of pre-arbitral procedures; failure to deal with an argument based on the expiry of an absolute time limit

May 16, 2011

The case involved a contract governed by Swiss law for the delivery of a production line for certain materials. Arbitration proceedings began in Geneva in January 2009 and an ad hoc arbitral tribunal was created with Pierre Tercier as Chairman, and Laurent Hennes and Werner Wenger as arbitrators.

An international arbitral tribunal seating in Switzerland is generally not barred from addressing the same matter again when the award was annulled; fundamental distinction between a decision rejecting the challenge of an arbitrator by a State Court, as opposed to that of the administrative body of an arbitral institution

May 2, 2012

This very interesting opinion involved a contract governed by Swiss law for the delivery of a production line of certain materials. Ad hoc arbitration proceedings started in Geneva in January 2009. An award was issued and on December 16, 2011 I sent you the English translation of a first decision that the Federal Tribunal took in this matter on May 16, 2011. A copy of the first decision of the Federal Tribunal is enclosed and you will find here 4A_46/2011.

Arbitral clause as contract in favor of a third party (binding)

April 19, 2011

The case involved a complicated dispute between the partners of a private bank a plan to carry out a complex set of agreements. This triggered the first arbitration, held in Geneva on the basis of the applicable arbitration clause. In July 2009, a new arbitration was initiated.

Decision of the arbitral tribunal not capable of appeal (procedural order)

April 6, 2011

The case involved a contract signed in 2006 (“the Protocol”) by which certain shares were assigned by a Luxemburg company to a French company. Litigation in French Courts ensued and in November 2009, the Luxemburg company initiated arbitration proceedings in Switzerland pursuant to an ICC clause contained in the Protocol.

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