Alexis is a Swiss-qualified attorney-at-law, with considerable experience as both arbitrator and counsel in complex commercial and sport proceedings with high financial and media implications.
Over the last 15 years, he has been advising and representing individuals, companies, and international sports organisations in international commercial and sport disputes.
In particular, he has advised and represented high profile athletes, agents as well as some of Europe's biggest football clubs.
Alexis has acted as lead or co-counsel in more than 50 commercial and sports-related proceedings, before the main commercial arbitral institutions, as well as before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
He also advises clients on contractual, governance, organisational and strategic issues and has gained considerable experience in commercial operations through his roles in management and as a board member of various international companies.
He is a recognised arbitrator, appointed to the list of arbitrators of several arbitration institutions and is a member of the UK Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (FSIArb).
Over the past 10 years, Alexis has been regularly appointed as an arbitrator in international commercial disputes involving, among others, construction, agency, distribution, licensing, joint venture and media contracts.
Since 2018, he has been a member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over which time he has been appointed in over 80 CAS proceedings. He has also sat as arbitrator in more than 20 proceedings before arbitral tribunals of international sports federations (including UCI, AIBA, FIVB, etc.).
Outside of the office, Alexis regularly speaks on topics related to international sport law and arbitration at both conferences and university programs around the world.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Commercial Arbitration
Sports Arbitration
Commercial Contracts
Mergers & Acquisitions
Corporate Law
Sports Law
INDUSTRY SECTORS
Sports
Media & entertainment
Events, Hospitality
Retail, Luxury Goods & Fashion
Web 3.0, Blockchain &
Cryptocurrencies Trading
Commodities Trading
REPRESENTATIVE CASES
Lead counsel in a > USD 150 million dispute representing a trader in an ICC arbitration against one of the leading cryptocurrencies’ centralised exchanges.
Lead counsel for a top bicycle brand in a dispute related to major sponsorship agreements.
President of a tribunal in a football-related TV Rights dispute of over USD 50 million.
Co-counsel for FC BARCELONA in a CAS arbitration proceeding involving the Uruguayan player Luis SUAREZ.
Lead counsel for a majority shareholder in the M&A operations related to the acquisition of the Haute Route Series by the Ironman Group.
Lead counsel for a professional cycling team in the sale of the shares of its managing entity and the takeover of the UCI WorldTour licence.
Lead counsel in a successful anti-doping dispute involving an Olympic and world champion athlete.
QUOTES
Alexis Schoeb wins plaudits as “a renowned and well-experienced
CAS arbitrator”, with peers singling him out as “one of the very best
in Switzerland”.
WWL THOUGHT LEADERS, Sports & Entertainment 2022
Alexis Schoeb receives applause for his “strong reputation as a go-to sports lawyer”, acting across a broad range of sports matters in arbitration proceedings.
WWL THOUGHT LEADERS, Sports & Entertainment 2020
According to his clients, Alexis Schoeb is “tactically and strategically one of the best lawyers in Switzerland”. He has particular expertise in cycling and football issue.
WWL THOUGHT LEADERS, Sports & Entertainment 2015
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James (Jim) Morrison is a specialist in international arbitration, acting as arbitrator and counsel, as well as having extensive experience working in multiple arbitral institutions.
An Australian-qualified lawyer, Jim has worked at leading international law firms, representing leading companies in a wide variety of complex high-stakes commercial and investor-state disputes, including in the fields of construction, infrastructure, energy and resources, M&A, intellectual property, shipbuilding and joint ventures.
Jim is formerly Counsel at the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris and Counsel at the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration in Sydney where he managed teams of lawyers responsible for the conduct of hundreds of international arbitrations taking place all over the world (but particularly in Asia). He holds a Master's Degree in International Commercial Arbitration Law from the University of Stockholm.
Jim has been regularly recognised in the WWL: Arbitration and Thought Leaders - Arbitration. He has participated in working groups to revise various institutional and ad hoc arbitration rules, including as co-chair of the committee revising the ACICA Rules 2021. He regularly speaks and lectures at arbitration conferences and universities. Jim is a former Co-Chair of Young ICCA, a co-author of the first English language text book on Korean arbitration law and regularly publishes in international dispute resolution.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Arbitration / Litigation
Private International Law
Investment Law
INDUSTRY SECTORS
Construction & Engineering
Infrastructure
Energy & Resources
M&A
Intellectual Property
Shipbuilding
Joint Ventures
REPRESENTATIVE CASES
represented a major mining and metallurgy consortium in an ICC arbitration with more than USD 500 million in dispute, under Swiss law;
represented an Australian mining company in a high value and complex ad hoc arbitration concerning iron ore tenements;
represented a well-known Korean retail store in a dispute with its Japanese joint venture counterparty in Tokyo seated JCAA arbitration;
represented a large Korean construction company in an ICC Singapore seated arbitration against a US developer concerning a mega-development project in Korea;
represented a European hedge fund in a SIAC Singapore seated arbitration against a Thai insurance company concerning an M&A transaction;
represented the principal of one of the most significant LNG projects in the world concerning a multi-billion dollar ICC arbitration seated in Singapore;
represented a major steel company in a SIAC Singapore seated arbitration against liquidated damages and defects claims in the design and supply of steel for a major infrastructure project in Australia;
represented an international consortium of oil producers in a SIAC arbitration in Singapore against a contractor concerning change orders, defects and delays in the construction of an FSO facility in Vietnam;
represented a consortium of insurers in a complex high-value dispute concerning defective and delayed works in the construction of a water desalination plant in Australia;
represented one of the world’s leading hotel operators in a joint venture dispute concerning hotel development in India - ICC arbitration seated in Singapore;
represented the owner of one of Indonesia’s largest gas pipeline transmission systems in an UNCITRAL arbitration seated in London concerning the effect of certain regulations on pipeline operations;
represented a large steel manufacturer in an ICC arbitration in London concerning the alleged wrongful termination of an iron slab off-take agreement;
represented a well-known shipbuilding business in an arbitration before the LMAA in London concerning the construction of ship hulls;
represented a leading construction company in a number of related ICC London and Zurich seated arbitrations for delays and defects in power plant and water treatment projects in the Middle East;
represented a major welding products supplier in an ICC arbitration seated in Zurich in a dispute concerning the termination of a joint venture agreement;
represented a leading engineering and construction firm in an ad hoc arbitration in London concerning delays and defects in the construction of an offshore oil platform.
RANKING
Who’s Who Legal (WWL): Thought Leaders Arbitration
WWL: Arbitration and National Leader: Australia – Arbitration
QUOTES
WWL (Arbitration, 2021) says:
“James Morrison is applauded by peers for his ‘extensive knowledge’ of
international arbitration as well as his ‘sharp mind’ and ‘pragmatic and strategic’ approach”
Tom Moxham was admitted to the bar in 1987 and has had decades of experience as an attorney practicing in Australia, Europe and Asia. He has specialist experience working in both arbitral institutions and leading firms in international arbitration. He has acted as counsel in international arbitrations under various rules, including ICC, ICSID, KCAB, CAS, SCC and SIAC. He was the first international counsel appointed to the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board.
In parallel with his legal practice, he has extensive experience in agriculture and agribusiness, including dispute resolution, financing, production, government policy and environmental management.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Arbitration
Commercial Contracts
Joint Ventures
INDUSTRY SECTORS
Construction/Infrastructure
Energy
Sport Law
Water/Environment
Agribusiness
REPRESENTATIVE CASES
Representing a European investment fund in a SIAC Singapore seated arbitration involving an M&A deal in Thailand, including emergency arbitration proceedings;
Representing the International Olympic Committee in a CAS arbitration involving the banning of athletes competing at the 2006 Turin Olympic Games for various doping activities;
Representing the constructor in relation to delays and defects in construction of a nuclear power plant (ICC Rules);
Representing several companies involving the expropriation of international utility investments by Argentina (ICSID Rules);
Representing an Australian company involved in a share sale dispute for the controlling interest of a listed Australian company in the Supreme Court of NSW, Australia; and
Negotiation and settlement of a long running insurance licencing and regulation dispute on behalf of a leading not-for-profit association against various Australian governmental authorities.