Dr Paolo Michele Patocchi > Patocchi & Marzolini > Geneva, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

Dr Paolo Michele Patocchi

+41 22 718 33 10 patocchi@patocchimarzolini.com

Position

2014 –  Partner with PATOCCHI & MARZOLINI, Geneva

2013 –  Lecturer (International Commercial Arbitration), Faculty of Laws, İ. D. Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey

Career

Partner with Lenz & Staehelin, Head of Arbitration, Geneva (1997-2013)

International Arbitration (as Counsel or Arbitrator: more than 240 arbitrations; drafted 95 Awards as President or Sole Arbitrator to date; see details, p. 5 et seq. below)

Litigation and International Business Transactions, as Counsel, amicus curiae, expert witness: some twenty Affidavits, Opinions or similar briefs

Member of the Arbitration Court of the Swiss Chambers’ Arbitration Institution (2013-2016)

Member of the Arbitration Committee of the Chamber of National and International Arbitration of Milan (2005-2011)

First Chairman of the National Arbitration Committee and of the Special Committee of the Swiss Chambers of Commerce (2004-2006)

Member of the Committee of the Swiss Arbitration Association (2001-2019)

Lecturer in Law (Introduction to the Common Law Tradition), Faculty of Laws, University of Geneva (1989-2006)

Lecturer, ETI (Ecole de Traduction et d’Interprétation), Geneva University Legal Translation English/Italian (1990-1993)

Member of the Arbitration Committee (Appointing Authority) of the Lugano Chamber of Commerce (1997-2007)

Member of the Arbitration Committee of the Geneva Chamber of Commerce (1999-2002)

Associate with Pestalozzi Gmür & Patry, Zurich (1992-1994)

Associate with Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, London/Washington D.C., Assistant to Arthur L. Mariott (1989-1991)

Trainee and junior associate with Lalive & Budin, Geneva (1982-1986)

Languages

English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese (reading only: Swedish, Dutch and Romanian )

Education

1987     LL.M., University of London (King’s College)

1985     Member of the Bar of Geneva (Bar of Zurich: 1992)

1983     Ph.D., Faculty of Laws, University of Geneva, magna cum laude

1982     Diploma of the Hague Academy of International Law (Mention: Conflict of Laws)

1980     Diplôme d’études supérieures en droit (DES), Faculty of Laws, University of Geneva, magna cum laude

1977     Licence en droit (English equivalent: MA), Faculty of Laws, University of Geneva

1974     Liceo cantonale, Lugano, A-Levels, Classics (Latin and Greek)