PDF of Title Page and T.O.C.

Message by the General Editors 
About the General Editors     
Table of Abbreviations     
Table of Cases Reported and Translated     
Table of Cited Cases 
Table of Treaties, Statutory Instruments, Arbitration Rules and other Private Regulations     
Reported and Translated Cases     

Appendix: Swiss Federal Private International Law Act, 1987     
Cumulative Index 2007 and 2008     
Consolidated Tables 2008 Nos. 1 & 2    

Paolo Michele Patocchi, a Partner with Lenz & Staehelin, was a lecturer at the University of Geneva for over 15 years, and was also the first Chairman of the National Arbitration Committee as well as the Special Committee of the Swiss Chambers’ of Commerce (administering arbitrations under the Swiss Rules of International Arbitration). He is currently a member of the Arbitral Council of the Chamber of National and International Arbitration of Milan.

Matthias Scherer, a Partner with Lalive, is a member of the Arbitration Committee of the Swiss Chambers’ of Commerce and of the Geneva Chamber of Commerce and Industry, associate member of the ICC Institute, Chair of the conflicts subcommittee of the IBA Arbitration Committee and serves as Co-Editor of the Swiss Arbitration Association Bulletin (ASA Bulletin). He regularly represents parties before the Swiss Federal Supreme Court.

Praise for The Swiss International Arbitration Law Reports:

"Practitioners all over the world should be grateful to the editors of The Swiss International Arbitration Law Reports for making the wealth of Swiss case law on international arbitration, scattered until now, so easily accessible in English, the language used in the vast majority of international arbitrations having their seat in Switzerland."
-Pierre A. Karrer, Honorary President of ASA (Swiss Arbitration Association); Vice President, Arbitration Institute of Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC)

"Switzerland is one of the leading centres of international arbitration and decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court are therefore of considerable interest. By providing English translations of these decisions the editors make them much more accessible to arbitration practitioners worldwide. Messrs Patocchi and Scherer are to be congratulated on this exciting initiative."
-Michael Pryles, Council member ICCA

"This welcome publication, available in the English language, is not only an indispensable tool for all those interested in transnational arbitration in Switzerland; but also, given the long and successful traditions of Swiss jurisprudence on international arbitration, a most useful tool for all those interested in arbitration everywhere."
-V.V. Veeder, member of Essex Court Chambers

"This is an extremely valuable resource, meticulously prepared by two leading Swiss international arbitration practitioners, and will prove invaluable on both sides of the Atlantic. It will be essential for all practitioners in the field, whether in Switzerland or abroad."
-Gary Born, Partner, WilmerHale, London

"Switzerland is one of the most popular centres for international arbitrations in Europe. It follows that the supervisory legal regime applicable to such arbitrations held in that jurisdiction is of considerable interest to international arbitration practitioners around the world, and their clients. The case reports will appear in the original language as well as in English translation, and deserve a warm welcome by the international arbitration community."
-Martin Hunter, Professor of International Dispute Resolution at Nottingham Law School

"The Swiss International Arbitration Law Reports are bound to become indispensable for international arbitration practitioners because of the importance of Switzerland as a seat of arbitration and the high regard in which decisions of the Federal Supreme Court are held. I appreciate, in particular, the very helpful head notes and summaries which guide busy practitioners to the material they require."
-Judith Gill, Partner, Allen & Overy, London; Director of the LCIA; member of the LCIA Court and member of the ICC UK Arbitration Group

Review of The Swiss International Arbitration Law Reports:

"The present publication will, for the first time, make Swiss Federal Supreme Court decisions relevant to the arbitration practitioner available in the lingua franca of the 21st century and thus allow the international arbitration community to benefit from the Swiss jurisprudence on international arbitration more widely. [...]

This new publication is recommended to anyone involved in arbitration work at the international level. In future, neither practitioners nor researchers will be able to do without it."
-Arbitration (The International Journal of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators); Review by Gordon Blanke