Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Dispute Resolution / International Arbitration / Construction / Energy / Investment Protection & Investor-State Dispute Resolution / Sanctions Group

Elliott Geisinger heads Schellenberg Wittmer's International Arbitration Group. Since 1995, his practice has focused on international commercial and investor-state arbitration. Elliott has acted as counsel and arbitrator in complex commercial disputes involving international construction contracts, consortia and joint venture agreements, sponsorship contracts, sales and distribution contracts, among others. He has also acted as lead counsel in several of the most high-profile investor-state cases of the last decade. Elliott regularly represents clients in arbitration-related court proceedings, and several of his cases have been reported on in the official collection of leading Swiss Supreme Court cases and in arbitration journals.

Experience:

• Elliott has acted as counsel and arbitrator in complex commercial disputes involving international construction contracts, consortia and joint venture agreements, sponsorship contracts, sales and distribution contracts, among others.
• He regularly represented clients in arbitration-related court proceedings, and several of his cases have been reported on in the official collection of Swiss Supreme Court cases and in arbitration journals

2002 - Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer

1996 - Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer

1995 - Associate in a Swiss law firm

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• Member of the Board of FRANCARBI (since 2018)
• Honorary President of the Swiss Arbitration Association (“ASA”) (since 2020)
• Member of the Advisory Board of Trustees of FIAA (Foundation for International Arbitration Advocacy) (since 2020)
• Member of the Board of Trustees of FIAA (Foundation for International Arbitration Advocacy) (2014-2020)
• President of the Swiss Arbitration Association (“ASA”) (2014-2019)
• Author and co-author of several publications in the fields of international arbitration and private international law
• Gave the Clayton Utz / University of Sydney International Arbitration Lecture in November 2016 on International Arbitration and Independence – Off the Beaten Track

1994 - Bar Admission in Switzerland

1990 - Master of Law, University of Geneva