Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Arbitration / Zurich

Dr. Greg Lourie is a Counsel in Schellenberg Wittmer's international arbitration group in Zurich. His main areas of practice are international commercial and investment arbitration. He further specializes in public international law, advising clients in contentious and non-contentious matters and providing investment structuring advice to companies.

Greg also sits as an arbitrator and has significant institutional experience from his tenure as the head of the ICA 3 case management team at the Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration.

Experience

• Acted as counsel in commercial and investment arbitrations under the rules of the leading arbitral institutions, including ICC, ICSID, PCA, DIS, VIAC and WIPO, as well as in UNCITRAL ad hoc arbitrations.
• Advised governments and state-owned entities, in particular sovereign wealth funds, on questions of public international law, including sovereign immunity, diplomatic and consular privileges and immunities, human rights and maritime delimitation.
• Led the ICA3 case management team of the Secretariat of the ICC Court of International Arbitration and supervised in this capacity more than 400 arbitrations primarily in connection with the Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux and Northern Europe.
• Has extensive expertise in arbitrations involving sanctioned entities.

2025 - Counsel at Schellenberg Wittmer

2022 - Counsel at the Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris

2018 - Associate with a leading international law firm in Paris

2017 - Law Clerk at the Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague

2012 - Law Clerk with a leading international law firm in Frankfurt am Main and Washington DC

English, German, Russian, French

Visiting Professor at the University of Torino Lecturer in international arbitration and public international law at the Europa-Institute of the University of Saarbrücken Involved in legal capacity building projects in Eastern Europe and Balkans Former ICC YAF Representative for Europe and Russia (2021-2022) Frequently publishes and speaks on topics of international arbitration and public international law

2017 - Dr. iur. (Ph.D.), Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (summa cum laude)

2017 - Bar Admission in Germany

2017 - Second State Examination, Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt

2012 - First State Examination, University of Mainz