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Andreas Bucher

Address: 

16 ch. des Prés de la Gradelle
CH-1223 Cologny
Geneva
Switzerland

Phone Number: 
(41-22) 349-54-63
Fax Number: 
(41-22) 348-58-33
Born: 
1946, Zurich
Languages: 
French German English
Nationalities: 
Swiss
Education: 
Licence en droit 1970, Univ. of Zurich; Ph.D. 1974, Univ. of Basel
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Admitted to Geneva bar 1981
Present Position: 
Professor of Law, Univ. of Geneva; Associate Member of the Institute of International Law
Professional Experience: 

Professor of Law, Univ. of Geneva (1983- ); Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, Univ. of Freiburg (1983-1987);

Professional Associations: 

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Völkerrecht; Société Suisse de Droit Int'l; Swiss Arbitration Assoc.

Panels of Arbitrators: 

ICC, Swiss national committee ; ICSID

Arbitration Experience: 

Chairman and Co-arbitrator in ICC and ICSID cases. Arbitration ad hoc.

Areas of Specialization: 
Contracts
International Law
Publications from JURIS: 
Urbaser S.A. and Consorcio de Aguas Bilbao Bizkaia, Bilbao Biskaia Ur Partzuergoa v. The Argentine Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/07/26, Decision on Jurisdiction (December 19, 2012)
Urbaser S.A. and Consorcio de Aguas Bilbao Bizkaia, Bilbao Biskaia Ur Partzuergoa v. Argentine Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/07/26 (Spain/Argentina BIT), Decision on Claimants' Proposal to Disqualify Professor Campbell McLachlan, Arbitrator (August 12, 2010)
Phoenix Action, Ltd. v. Czech Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/06/5 (Israel/Czech Republic BIT), Decision on Provisional Measures (April 6, 2007)
Phoenix Action, Ltd. v. Czech Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/06/5 (Israel/Czech Republic BIT), Award
Ceskoslovenska Obchodni Banka, a.s. v. The Slovak Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/97/4 (Czech Republic/Slovak Republic BIT), Decision of the Tribunal on Objections to Jurisdiction
Ceskoslovenska Obchodni Banka, a.s. v. The Slovak Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/97/4 (Czech Republic/Slovak Republic BIT), Second Award on Jurisdiction
Ceskoslovenska Obchodni Banka, a.s. v. The Slovak Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/97/4 (Czech Republic/Slovak Republic BIT), Final Award
Is there a Need to Establish a Permanent Reviewing Body? - Part II - The Review of International Arbitral Awards
Publications: 

Le Nouvel Arbitrage International en Suisse (Basel 1988); Die Neue Internationale Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit in der Schweiz (Basel 1989); International Arbitration in Switzerland, with P.-Y. Tschanz (Basel 1989); Droit international privé suisse, Vol. I/1 (1998), I/2 (1995), II (1992); Droit international privé, with A. Bonomi; articles on international commercial arbitration and other subjects.