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Nathalie Voser

Address: 

Löwenstrasse 19
P.O. Box 1876
Zurich CH-8021
Switzerland

Phone Number: 
+41 44 215 5280
Fax Number: 
+41 44 215 5200
Email: 
nathalie.voser@swlegal.ch
Born: 
1963, Basel
Languages: 
German English French Italian
Nationalities: 
Swiss
Education: 
Since 2005, Venia docendi ("Privatdozent") at the University of Basel in Swiss private law, international private law and comparative law from the University of Basel; LLM with honours, Columbia University, New York, 1994
doctoral dissertation in the area of private international law summa cum laude, University of Basel, 1992; law degree summa cum laude, University of Basel, 1988.
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Switzerland (Canton Basel- Landschaft), 1990
Present Position: 
Partner, Schellenberg Wittmer
Professional Experience: 

Since 2005, Assistant Professor ("Privatdozentin") at the University of Basel; since 1999, part-time lecturer at the Universities of Basel, St. Gallen and Zurich; 1991-1993, University of Basel, Faculty of Law (Prof. F. Vischer); 1988-1990, Training with law firm (Basel) and Law Clerk at the Appellate Court level (Basel-Landschaft)

Professional Associations: 

Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA), Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit (DIS), International Bar Association (IBA), London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)

Panels of Arbitrators: 

Board of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC) 2012-2014, Member of the IBA Conflicts of Interest Subcommittee 2012 – 2013, Drafting Subcommittee of the ICC Task Force on the Revision of the ICC Rules of Arbitration 2010-2012, Advisory Committee of the Swiss Arbitration Academy, Rapporteur of the IBA Working Group on Conflicts of Interest 2004

Arbitration Experience: 

As arbitrator: Repeated appointments as chair and coarbitrator under ICC Rules, Swiss Rules and other institutional rules; As counsel: Regularly acting as lead counsel or co-counsel in arbitration cases. Frequent general advises on arbitration issues; As expert: Party-appointed expert on Swiss arbitration law, Swiss general contract law and law on unjust enrichment

Areas of Specialization: 
International Arbitration
Construction
Mergers & Acquisitions
Joint Ventures
Pharmaceuticals
Publications from JURIS: 
10 Years of Swiss Rules of International Arbitration - ASA Special Series No. 44
Removal, Resignation, Dismissal and Replacement of Arbitrators - Chapter 5 - Arbitral Institutions Under Scrutiny: ASA Special Series No. 40
Document Production in International Arbitration: What Does it Have to Do with Discovery? - WAMR 2009 Vol. 3, No. 4-5
Mandatory Rules of Law as a Limitation on the Law Applicable in International Commercial Arbitration - Vol. 7 No. 3-4 ARIA 1996
Revision of Arbitral Awards - Chapter 3 - Post Award Issues: ASA Special Series No. 38
Publications: 

 

Best Practices: What Has Been Achieved And What Remains To Be Done? ASA Special Series No. 26, Zurich 2006, p. 1 – 40; Besondere Aspekte des Schiedsverfahrens – Schiedsverfahren und anwendbares Recht; Praxishandbuch Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit, Wien 2007, 275 – 299 (co-authored); Interim Relief in International Arbitration: The Tendency Towards a More Business-Oriented Approach; Dispute Resolution International of IBA, Vol. 1 No 2, pp 171 – 185, December 2007; Joinder of Parties or the Need to(Sometimes) Be Inefficient; Austrian Arbitration Yearbook 2008, Wien 2008, 115 – 123 (co-authored); Die Wahl des Schweizer Rechts – was man wissen sollte, RIW Vol. 55 (2009), No. 3, p. 126 – 139 (co-authored); Multi-party Disputes and Joinder of Third Parties; 50 Years of the New York Convention - ICCA International Arbitration Conference Dublin, International Council for Commercial Arbitration Congress series no. 14, Wolters Kluwer 2009, p. 343 – 410; Document Production in International Arbitration: What Does is Have to Do with Discovery?, World Arbitration & Mediation Review, Vol. 3:4/5 (2009), p. 481 – 490; New Rules on Domestic Arbitration in Switzerland, 28 ASA Bulletin 4/2010 (December), p. 145 – 158; Overview of the Most Important Changes in the Revised ICC Arbitration Rules, 29 ASA Bulletin 4/2011 (December), p. 783 – 822; Revision of Arbitral Awards, 38 ASA Special Series 2011, Post Award Issues, p. 43 – 74, co-authored; International Arbitration in Switzerland; 2nd edition, English language textbook litera B series, Schulthess, Zürich 2012) (co-authored)