Lawyers

Xavier Favre-Bulle

Lenz & Staehelin, Switzerland

Work Department

Litigation and Arbitration, Commercial and Contracts, Sports

Position

Partner, Head of Arbitration

Career

Research assistant, Commercial Law Department, University of Geneva (1988-194), Joined Lenz & Staehelin (1994), Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England & Wales (2000), Partner at Lenz & Staehelin (2003)

Languages

French, English, German

Memberships

Panels of Arbitrators of ICC Switzerland, International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC), Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC), Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA), Tehran Regional Arbitration Centre (TRAC), Russian Arbitration Association (RAA), Arbitration Centre at the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entre-preneurs (RSPP) and Russian Arbitration Center (RAC) at the Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration (RIMA). Advisor to Japan Institute for International Arbitration Research and Training (JIART), Gulf Cooperation Council Commercial Arbitration Centre (GCCCAC) and Borneo International Centre for Arbitration and Mediation (BICAM). Member of, among others, Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA), London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), SIAC Users' Council, DIFCLCIA Users' Council, Comité français de l'arbitrage (CFA), Associazione Italiana per l'Arbitrato (AIA), International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), International Arbitration Institute (IAI), International Bar Association (IBA), Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA), The Law Society of England & Wales, Geneva Bar and Swiss Bar Associations, Société suisse des Juristes, Association of International Business Lawyers (AIBL), Association suisse de droit du sport (ASDS) etc.

Education

University of Geneva (Licence en droit (LLB) 1988), University of Geneva (Diplôme d'études supérieures en droit (LL.M.) 1991), Academy of European Law, European University Institute, Florence, Italy (1992), Admission to Geneva Bar (1997), University of Geneva (Ph.D. 1998), College of Law, London, UK (1999)

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