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Andrea E. Rusca

Address: 

ISA-Lex Avocats
15, avenue de Sécheron
CH-1202 Geneva
Switzerland

2, Rue de la Porcelaine
CH-1260 Nyon
Switzerland

Phone Number: 
+ 41 (0)22 518 14 70
Fax Number: 
+ 41 (0)22 518 14 74
Email: 
andrea.rusca@isa-lex.ch
Skype: andrea.rusca
Born: 
1967, Lugano Switzerland
Languages: 
Italian French English Spanish
Nationalities: 
Swiss
Italian
Education: 
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., LL.M. (Common Law Studies) (1996 – 1997)
Foundations of American Law and Legal Education (July-Aug.1995)
University of Neuchatel Law School, Switzerland
Licence en droit – (J.D. equivalent), French speaking University (1987-1991)
Liceo Cantonale Di Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland (1984-1987)
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Geneva bar 1995, New York bar 1998
Present Position: 
Founder/Managing Partner, ISA-Lex Avocats: International-Swiss Attorneys, Geneva and Nyon (Switzerland), specialized in International Litigation including Arbitration and ADR, Corporate, Business Law, Real Estate, Automotive and Contracts, since 2013
Professional Experience: 

Of Counsel, Ochsner & Associés, Geneva (2011-2013); Of Counsel, Naef & Piantino, Geneva (2009-2011); Managing Director, Westcore Sàrl, Lausanne, Switzerland, overseeing European operation of a Real Estate company, (2008-2009); Area Manager (Western Europe), Fiat Auto S.p.a., Turin, Italy, automotive sector, focused on management, distribution, contracts, sales (2004-2008); International Senior Counsel, SGS Société Générale de Surveillance SA, Geneva (2001 – 2004); International Associate, Jeantet & Associés, Paris (1999 – 2001); Counsel, Secretariat of the Court, ICC International Court of Arbitration, Paris (1998 – 1999); International Associate, Lawyers-from-Abroad Program, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C. (1997 – 1998); Legal Consultant, ICSID, The World Bank, Washington, D.C. (1997); Associate, Pirenne Python Schifferli & Peter, Geneva (1996).

Professional Associations: 

ASA (since 1993); ASIL (since 1998); International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA) (since 1998); IBA (since 2000).

Panels of Arbitrators: 

ICC Swiss Committee and Italian Committee, OHADA, Milan Chamber of Commerce.

Arbitration Experience: 

Arbitrator: 1 ad hoc; Co-arbitrator: 3 ad hoc; Administrative secretary: 3 ICSID, 7 ICC, 3 ad hoc; Co-counsel: 19 ICC, 3 ICSID, 5 Geneva Chamber of Commerce and Industry and 10 ad hoc, ICC ADR proceedings 2, various mediations.

Areas of Specialization: 
Arbitration & ADR
Construction Contracts
Foreign Investment & Joint Ventures
International Litigation
Investment Contracts
Publications from JURIS: 
Switzerland: Conciliation and Mediation under the New Provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure - WAMR 2015 Vol. 9, No. 1
Publications: 

Switzerland: Conciliation and Mediation under the New Provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, in World Trade Arbitration & Mediation Review (WAMR), 2015 Vol. 9, No 1; Comparaisons entre le Règlement d’arbitrage CCJA et ceux de la CCI et du CIRDI; Frais d’arbitrage : comparaison des barèmes CCI et CCJA, in Bulletin du Centre pour le Recherche et l’Étude du Droit Africain Unifié (CREDAU), Janvier 2001, N°1; L’Arbitrage : une stimulation à l’investissement [Arbitration: a Stimulation to Invest], in Revue Camerounaise de l’Arbitrage, N° 7, Octobre-Novembre 1999; La nouvelle loi sur la protection des données et la bonne foi [The new law of data protection and the bona fide], L’abus de droit et le principe de la bonne foi; IIIème Cycle de Droit, Lausanne, 1994.