Swiss Arbitration Decisions

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Arbitration clause must clearly express the intent to submit to arbitration
June 3, 2015

The case involved a dispute between a Dutch foundation, an American company and various other players, arising from an investment agreement allegedly breached by one of the parties. The state court in California was seized first and this produced a default judgment in 2007 ordering the restitution of the amount invested and awarding punitive damages.

 

Case information

Docket number: 
4A_676/2014
Original language: 
French
Parties
Appellant: 
A.__
Respondent: 
B.__
C.__
Counsel
Appellant: 
Schifferli Pierre
PDF version of the translation: 
PDF icon 3 juin 2015 4A 676 2014.pdf
Chairman: 
Voser Nathalie
Arbitrator (s): 
Scherrer Mathias
Frey Harold
Agreed upon rules of procedure do bind the parties
April 26, 2016

The case involved a 2003 contract for the sale of certain shares, governed by Turkish law, and a distributorship agreement concluded a few days later. The share purchase agreement contained an arbitration clause providing for ICC arbitration in Zürich.

 

Case information

Docket number: 
4A_342/2015
Original language: 
French
Published: 
ATF 142 III 360, 35 ASA Bull 178 (2017)
Parties
Appellant: 
1. X1.__
2. X2.__
3. X3.__
4. X4.__
Respondent: 
Z.__ GmbH
Counsel
Appellant: 
Lachenal Bernard
Stoyanov Léonard
Respondent: 
Voser Nathalie
George Anya
PDF version of the translation: 
PDF icon 26 Avril 2016 4A 342 2015.pdf
Chairman: 
Peter Wolfgang
The Swiss Supreme Court addresses the difference between treaty claims and contract claims
October 6, 2015

Although the Federal Tribunal did its best to “anonymize” the judgment, it is immediately apparent that it involved the dispute between Eléctricité de France (EDF) International SA and the Republic of Hungary.

 

Case information

Docket number: 
4A_34/2015
Original language: 
French
Published: 
ATF 141 III 495
Parties
Appellant: 
Republic A.__
Respondent: 
B.__ International
Counsel
Appellant: 
Geisinger Elliott
Voser Nathalie
Respondent: 
Brown-Berset Dominique
Ritter Dominique
PDF version of the translation: 
PDF icon 6 octobre 2015 4A 34 2015.pdf
Chairman: 
Böckstiegel Karl-Heinz
Arbitrator (s): 
Dupuy Pierre-Marie
van den Berg Albert Jan
Valid waiver of appeal in an arbitration agreement
October 17, 2017

Readers interested in investment arbitration will recognize the case of Croatia v. MOL Hungarian Oil and gas PLC and may also wish to look up the interim decision (equally interesting) at  https://www.italaw.com/sites/default/files/case-documents/italaw94017_0.pdf.

Case information

Docket number: 
4A_53/2017
Original language: 
French
Parties
Appellant: 
X.__ Republic
Respondent: 
Z.__ PLC
Counsel
Appellant: 
Berger Bernhard
Molina Martin
Respondent: 
Voser Nathalie
George Anya
Cremades Anne-Carole
PDF version of the translation: 
PDF icon 17 octobre 2017 4A 53 2017.pdf
Chairman: 
Kaplan Neil
Arbitrator (s): 
Barbic Jaksa
Paulsson Jan
Normative interpretation excluded by the factual findings
October 2, 2013

The case involved a 1999 Distribution Agreement between a German company (and presumably its subsidiary in Egypt) on the one hand and an Egyptian company on the other hand.

Case information

Docket number: 
4A_305/2013
Original language: 
German
Parties
Appellant: 
X.__ AG
X.__ Technologies S.A.E
Respondent: 
Y.__
Counsel
Appellant: 
Voser Nathalie
Liatowitsch Manuel
Stark-Traber Sonja
Respondent: 
El-Shalakany Khaled
PDF version of the translation: 
PDF icon 2 octobre 2013 4A 305 2013 .pdf