Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. First of all I would like to

express my thanks to the organisers and ASA for this invitation and

also to Ignacio de Castro for the kind introduction.

It is truly a great privilege to be invited here to speak before this

distinguished audience. In the following presentation I would like to

grant you a glimpse behind the institution’s and the Secretariat’s daily

work and responsibilities. The focus of the following presentation lies

on the organisational set up of the institution and the interaction

between the Secretariat and the Arbitration Court of the institution. I

will also provide insight into how cases are administered on a daily

basis with a focus on topics of interest to the users. In addition, I would

like to take up some questions raised earlier this morning.

 

 

The Swiss Chambers’ Arbitration Institution has the following

organisational structure: the Arbitration Court (“Court”) and the

Secretariat. The Arbitration Court is comprised of experienced

international arbitration practitioners and is assisted in its work by the

Secretariat of the Court. It is very important that one distinguishes

between the Court, as the body rendering the administrative decisions

under the Swiss Rules,1 and the Secretariat, as the section of the

institution in charge of communication with the parties and the arbitral

tribunals.

 

We heard earlier this morning that it might be confusing for
foreign users to understand the structure, especially if you have seven