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Advantages of Arbitration –
A short overview
Dr. Christian Alexander Meyer, lic. eur.

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Overview
1. No Choice: State Courts Abroad
2. Choice: International Arbitration
3. Preparation for Arbitration
4. Choice of Law and Venue
5. Procedure
6. Enforcement of Award
7. Recommendation

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1. No Choice: State Courts Abroad
• Unknown law and culture
• No influence on procedure, development
and appointment of tribunal
• Examples: CH, I, RO, USA
• Judge of Peace Mörschwil

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2. Choice: International Arbitration
• Condition: Commercial dispute
• Choice: Law, arbitrators, venue, arbitration
rules and proceedings
• Timing (own and external resources)
• Costs

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3. Preparation for Arbitration
• 1st hint: CEO‘s duty
• 2nd hint: Avoid midnight clauses
• Understand the foreign culture
• Have a glance at enforceability
• Select your team: Cooperate on
procedural issues and on the merits

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4. Choice of Law and Venue
• Choice of law: civil/common law, neutral
law like the Swiss law
• Choice of venue, consequences, minimum
standards?
• Arbitration under auspice: yes/no, ICC,
LCIA, Swiss Chambers etc.

7. 5. Procedure
• Start of arbitration
• Select arbitrator
• Structure of proceeding
• Submissions, witnesses, experts
• Hearings, witness examination,
settlement?
• Award
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8. 6. Enforcement of Award
• Challenge at venue and or place of
enforcement
• NYC, not Brussels-(Lugano-)convention
• International against Russians in London
• Settlement after award
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7. Recommendation
• Preparation is CEO‘s duty
• Time and cost efficient as from amounts in
dispute of CHF 500‘000-1‘000‘000
• Choice of known law
• Appointment of arbitrator(s) with specifc
skills and experience
• Fast proceeding that preserves secrecy

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Questions?
Dr. Christian Alexander Meyer, lic. eur.
Attorney-at-law and aribtrator
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