Litigation & Arbitration

Partner

Diana Akikol holds a law degree from the University of Fribourg and a doctorate degree from the University of Lucerne, both summa cum laude. She was admitted to the bar in 2002, ranked first of her class, and initially served as a law clerk in the White-Collar Crime Division of the High Court of Berne. From 2007 to 2014, she specialised in international arbitration with the Geneva office of a leading national law firm. As of 2014, she continued her arbitration practice as a co-founder of a Geneva-based law firm.

Diana Akikol regularly speaks and publishes in her field. Several of her contributions deal with proceedings for the setting aside of arbitral awards before the Swiss Federal Supreme Court. She has published a doctoral thesis on the warranty regime under Swiss law and the UN Sales Convention (CISG) and co-authored a commentary on the CISG.