Dr Xavier Favre-Bulle > Lenz & Staehelin > Geneva, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile
Lenz & Staehelin Offices
ROUTE DE CHÊNE 30
1211 GENEVA 6
Switzerland
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Dr Xavier Favre-Bulle
Work Department
Litigation and Arbitration, Commercial and Contracts, Sports
Position
Partner, Head of Arbitration
Career
Joined Lenz & Staehelin (1994), Admission to Geneva Bar (1997), Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England & Wales (2000), Partner at Lenz & Staehelin (2003)
Languages
French, English, German
Memberships
Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA), London Court
of International Arbitration (LCIA), SIAC Users
Council, Comité français de l’arbitrage, Associazione
Italiana per l’Arbitrato (AIA), Swedish Arbitration
Association (SAA), International Council for
Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), International
Arbitration Institute (IAI), International Bar
Association (IBA), Union Internationale des Avocats
(UIA), The Law Society of England & Wales, Geneva
Bar and Swiss Bar Associations, Société suisse des
Juristes, Association of International Business
Lawyers (AIBL), Association suisse de droit du sport
(ASDS) etc.
Member of the Panels of Arbitrators of, among
others, ICC Switzerland, Singapore International
Arbitration Centre (SIAC), Hong Kong International
Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), Asian International
Arbitration Centre (AIAC), Dubai International
Arbitration Centre (DIAC),Cairo Regional Centre for
International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA),
Tehran Regional Arbitration Centre (TRAC),
Russian Arbitration Association (RAA), Arbitration
Centre at the Russian Union of Industrialists and
Entrepreneurs (RSPP) and Russian Arbitration
Center (RAC) at the Russian Institute of Modern
Arbitration (RIMA).
Education
University of Geneva (Licence en droit (LLB) 1988), University of Geneva (Diplôme d’études supérieures en droit (LL.M.) 1991), Academy of European Law, European University Institute, Florence, Italy (1992), University of Geneva (Ph.D. 1998), College of Law, London, UK (1999)
Lawyer Rankings
Switzerland > Healthcare and life sciences
Lenz & Staehelin’s practice and experience covers a full spectrum of legal support, ranging from complex patent litigations, with a particular emphasis on pharmaceutical patent litigation, through to projects and M&A. Notable names include Xavier Favre-Bulle , Andreas Rötheli, Guy Vermeil , Thierry Calame , Harold Frey and Stephan Erni .
Switzerland > Sports law
(Leading individuals)Lenz & Staehelin’s practice caters to athletes and sports organisations, in addition to a range of private client services. The team specialises in the resolution of sport disputes, alongside its vast experience of structuring events and providing legal advice to international and national bodies, as well as athletes, agents, event organisers, sponsors, and the media. Xavier Favre-Bulle has expertise on sports law, arbitration, international litigation and ADR, whereas Stephan Erni specialises in real estate transactions, domestic and international M&A transactions. Lucien Masmejan advises his clients from a tax, contractual and sport’s law perspective.
Switzerland > Dispute resolution: litigation
The ‘large, very experienced and first-class‘ team at Lenz & Staehelin has notable strength in banking and financial litigation, corporate disputes, private client matters, employment issues and contentious real estate work. The practice acts in key economic sectors, including the construction and trusts and estates spaces, and has expertise in money laundering and white-collar crime issues. Daniel Tunik handles all forms of commercial disputes and leads the team in Geneva. Harold Frey heads up the litigation and arbitration practice in Zurich, and acts for a range of multinational companies and financial institutions. Martin Burkhardt has a diverse commercial litigation practice, which includes disputes relating to complex family fortunes, while Dominique Müller leads the investigations practice and has expertise in matters related to white-collar crime. Hikmat Maleh and Xavier Favre-Bulle are key names in Geneva.
Switzerland > Dispute resolution: arbitration
Praised as ‘one of the best law firms in Europe for international arbitration’, Lenz & Staehelin handles disputes under the rules of all major institutions, as well as ad-hoc arbitration proceedings. The group fields practitioners qualified in a range of foreign jurisdictions, and has experience in a diverse range of sectors, including the pharmaceuticals industry, state contracts, and construction and engineering projects. Construction and M&A dispute specialist Harold Frey co-leads the practice alongside ‘fabulous arbitrator’ and president of the Arbitration Court of the Swiss Arbitration Centre Xavier Favre-Bulle. Other key team members include commercial dispute expert Martin Burkhardt, IP specialist Thierry Calame, and counsel Martin Aebi. Counsel Hanno Wehland has expertise in commercial and investment treaty arbitration proceedings.
Lawyer Rankings
- Dispute resolution: arbitration Switzerland
- Dispute resolution: litigation Switzerland
- Leading individuals Switzerland > Sports law
- Healthcare and life sciences Switzerland
- Sports law Switzerland
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance: Geneva
- Banking and finance: Zurich
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution: arbitration
- Dispute resolution: litigation
- Employment
- Intellectual property
- Leading firms: French-speaking Switzerland
- Leading firms: German-speaking Switzerland
- Private client
- Public law
- Real estate and construction
- Tax