Georg von Segesser
von Segesser Law Offices
Mühlebachstrasse 173
8008 Zurich
Switzerland
Clerk at the District Court of Meilen, Canton of Zurich, 1971/72; 1973, 1976–1982 Associate and Partner with a large Zurich law firm; 1974–1975 Foreign Associate with a leading New York law firm; 1982–2014 Founding Partner of Schellenberg von Segesser and Müller, now Schellenberg Wittmer; 2015-2016 Of Counsel of Schellenberg Wittmer.
Several professional associations, including notably the Swiss Arbitration Association, the International Bar Association–Sections on Arbitration and Art Law, the American Arbitration Association, the London Court of International Arbitration, the German Institution of Arbitration, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Fellowship), the International Arbitration Centre of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, the International Centre for Dispute Resolution of the American Arbitration Association, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, the Regional Centre for Arbitration Kuala Lumpur, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Committee of Patrons of the SICA-FICA Foundation, Past President of The International Academy of Estate and Trust Law (TIAETL).
Arbitrator, counsel, chairman, party-appointed and sole arbitrator in more than two hundred ICC, Zurich Chamber of Commerce, Swiss Chambers of Commerce, LCIA, DIS, VIAC, ICDR, ICSID and other arbitration cases (including ad hoc, UNCITRAL, etc.); co-director of the Claims Resolution Tribunal for Dormant Accounts, Switzerland, 1998/99; arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Arbitration cases in the following areas: engineering and constructions, trade and sales contracts, mergers and acquisitions, investment treaties, financial transactions, ship building contracts, exploration of natural resources, energy tariffs. design and management contracts for the entertainment industry, joint ventures, shareholder agreements, telecommunication and media, patents and trademarks, license agreements, distributorships, manufacturing agreements, agencies, etc.
Recent Publications: Arbitration of Trust Disputes, in ASA Bulletin Volume 35, No. 1, 2017 (March), co-author, pp. 10-39; Arbitration at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, www.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com, 2016; Arbitrating Trust Disputes: Effect of the Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Trusts and on Their Recognition, in Arbitration of Trust Disputes: Issues in National and International Law, ed. by S.I. Strong, Oxford International Arbitration Series 2016; Concise International Arbitration, 2nd edition, The Swiss Private International Law Act, Twelfth Chapter: International Arbitration, co-author, ed. by Professor Dr. Loukas Mistelis, Kluwer Law 2015; Arbitration World, International Series, 5th edition 2015, The Swiss Arbitration Law, co-author, ed. by Karyl Nairn QC and Patrick Heneghan, Thomson Reuters, London 2015; Arbitration World, International Series, 5th edition 2015, The Swiss Rules of Arbitration, co-author, ed. by Karyl Nairn QC and Patrick Heneghan, Thomson Reuters, London 2015; International Encyclopaedia of Laws – Property and Trust Law – Switzerland, Suppl. 12 (2015), Kluwer Law International; A step forward: addressing real and perceived obstacles to the arbitration of trust disputes – in Trust & Trustees, Vol. 20, No. 1&2, February/March 2014, pp. 37-51; Interim Measures, in International Arbitration in Switzerland – a Handbook for Practitioners, 2nd ed., co-author, eds E Geisinger and N Voser, Kluwer Law International, Alphen aan den Rijn, Feburary 2013; Swiss and Swiss-based Arbitral Institutions, in International Arbitration in Switzerland – a Handbook for Practicioners, 2nd ed., co-author, eds E Geisinger and N Voser, Kluwer Law International, Alphen aan den Rijn, February 2013; Comparison of Major Arbitration Rules, in International Arbitration in Switzerland – a Handbook for Practitioners, 2nd ed., co-author, eds E Geisinger and N Voser, Kluwer Law International, Alphen aan den Rijn, February 2013; The 2012 Swiss Rules of International Arbitration: A Light Revision, co-author, in News and Notes from The Institute for Transnational Arbitration, Vol 26, No 4, Houston, 2012; Equality of Information and Impartiality of Arbitrators – A comment on Adrian Mutu v Chelsea Football Club Ltd – Decision of the Swiss Federal Tribunal of 10 June 2010, in The Practice of Arbitration, Essays in Honour of Hans van Houtte, ed. by Patrick Wautelet/Thalia Kruger/Govert Coppens, Hart Publishing Oxford and Portland, Oregon 2012; Switzerland – The Leading Venue for International Arbitration, co-author, Global Legal Post, London 2012; Arbitration World, fourth edition 2012, The Swiss Arbitration Law, co-author, European Lawyer, London 2012; Arbitration World, fourth edition 2012, The Swiss Rules of Arbitration, co-author, European Lawyer, 2012; The Birth of Modern Arbitration, in The 2011 Guide to Litigation & Dispute Resolution, in association with ICC, HKIAC and AAA, Switzerland chapter p. 57 – 60, co-author, a supplement to the International Financial Law Review IFLR, May 2011; Revised IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration, ASA Bulletin, Vol 28, No. 4, 2010, pp. 145–162, Kluwer Law International; International Encyclopaedia of Laws—Property and Trust Law–Switzerland, Suppl. 12 (September 2010), Kluwer Law International; Concise Commentary on International Arbitration Conventions, Laws and Rules, The Swiss Private International Law Act, Twelfth Chapter: International Arbitration, co-author, ed. by Professor Dr. Loukas Mistelis, Kluwer Law 2010; Arbitration World, third edition 2010, Swiss Rules of International Arbitration, co-author, The European Lawyer, London June 2010; IFLR Global Dispute Resolution Guide 2010 in association with ICC, HKIAC and AAA, Switzerland chapter, co-author, International Financial Law Review, May 2010; Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court on the Exemption of Arbitration Functions from VAT, co‑author, ASA Bulletin Volume 27, No. 4, 2009; Vorsorgliche Massnahmen im internationalen Schiedsprozess (Provisional and Protective Measures in International Arbitration) 25 ASA Bulletin 3/2007 (September), Kluwer Law International, pp. 473-492; Arbitrating Pre-Closing Disputes in Merger and Acquisition Transactions, Arbitration of Merger and Acquisition Disputes, ASA Special Series No. 24 (May 2005), pp. 17–54; The New Swiss Rules of International Arbitration The International Arbitration News of the American Bar Association, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2004 / The Institute for Transnational Arbitration, Vol. 18, No. 3, 2004.