Joachim Knoll
LALIVE
Rue de la Mairie 35
PO Box 6569
1211 Geneva 6
Switzerland
Brown & Page, Partner, Geneva (2008-2012); Lalive, Associate, International Arbitration Group (2006-2008); Shearman & Sterling LLP, Associate, International Arbitration Group, Paris (1999-2006); ICC International Court of Arbitration, Intern (April-June 1998); University of Cologne, Chair for International Business Law, assistant to Professor Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel (1996-1998).
Swiss Arbitration Academy (member of the Academic Council & head lecturer), Former co-chair, ASA Below 40 (the Swiss Arbitration Association’s group of young arbitration practitioners); Member, New York State Bar Association, Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA), International Arbitration Institute (IAI), German Institution of Arbitration (DIS).
Acting as counsel and arbitrator in over 60 arbitration proceedings under a variety of arbitration rules, including ICC, ICSID, LCIA, Swiss Rules, DIAC, and ad hoc (e.g., UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules). The proceedings involved private companies, individuals, States and State-owned entities in cases relating, inter alia, to construction and infrastructure projects, international investments, international sale of goods, agency, distribution agreements, and joint venture agreements. The laws applicable to the merits of the disputes included the laws of Switzerland, France, Germany, New York,
Texas, Turkey, Lebanon, as well as general principles of contract law, such as the UNIDROIT Principles.
Past member of the Arbitration Court of the Swiss Chambers’ Arbitration Institution, which administers arbitrations subject to the Swiss Rules of International Arbitration.
Commentary on Articles 182 and 185 of the Swiss Private International Law Act, in: Manuel Arroyo (ed.), Arbitration in Switzerland: The Practitioner’s Guide, Kluwer Law International (tbp, 2012); Commentary on Article 45 of the Swiss Rules of International Arbitration, in: Tobias Zuberbühler, Christoph Müller, Philipp Habegger (eds.), Swiss Rules of International Arbitration – Commentary, Kluwer Law International, Schulthess (2nd ed., tbp, 2012); Editor (with Marcus Wirth and Christina Rouvinez, ASA Special Series No. 35, The Search for ‘Truth’ in Arbitration – Is Finding the Truth what Dispute Resolution is About? (October 2011); Editor (with Michael E. Schneider), ASA Special Series Nr. 30, Performance as a Remedy: Non-Monetary Relief in International Arbitration (May 2011); Switzerland, Global Arbitration Review Know-how, 2011, http://www.globalarbitrationreview.com/know-how/topics/61 /jurisdictions/29/switzerland/; (co-authored with Dominique Brown-Berset, Dominique Ritter, Isabelle Hering and Dirk Langer); Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards against Sovereigns – Switzerland, in: Doak Bishop (ed.), Enforcement of Arbitral Awards against Sovereigns, Juris Publishing, 2009 (co-authored with Michael E. Schneider); Switzerland, in: Robert Peckar (ed.), Construction 2008 in 21 jurisdictions worldwide, Getting the Deal Through, 2008 (co-authored with Michael E. Schneider and Matthias Scherer).