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Pierre-Yves Gunter

Address: 

Python & Peter
6 Rue Bellot
Geneva 1206
Switzerland

Phone Number: 
+41 22 702 15 15
Fax Number: 
+41 22 702 15 55
Email: 
pygunter@pplex.ch
Born: 
1965, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Languages: 
English French German
Nationalities: 
Swiss
Education: 
Harvard Law School – LL.M (1991); Neuchâtel University Law School – Law Degree (summa cum laudae) (1987)
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Admitted to the Bar of Neuchâtel in 1989 and to the Bar of Geneva in 1991
Present Position: 
Pierre-Yves
Professional Experience: 

Python & Peter (Partner) (1999– ); Python Schifferli Peter (senior associate) (1997–1999); Lalive (senior associate) (1995–1997); Clifford Chance (foreign associate) (1993–1995); Lalive Budin (junior associate) (1991–1993)

Panels of Arbitrators: 

ICC – LCIA– Swiss Chambers– Vienna Arbitration Centre–SIAC

Arbitration Experience: 

Acting in the field of international and domestic commercial arbitration since 1991. Involved with more than 100 cases as Counsel and arbitrator under the rules of numerous arbitration institutions (ICC, LCIA, FOSFA, WIPO, Vienna Arbitration Centre, Stockholm Chamber of Commerce,
Swiss Chambers) as well as for UNCITRAL and ad hoc cases

Areas of Specialization: 
Agency
Arbitration & ADR
Construction
Distribution & Licensing
Information Technology
Intellectual Property
Joint Ventures
Pharmaceuticals
Real Estate
Publications from JURIS: 
DECISION BY THE SWISS SUPREME COURT RENDERED ON 6 OCTOBER 2004 IN CASE 4P117–2004 - Stockholm International Arbitration Review (SIAR) 2005 No. 2
Transnational Rules on the Taking of Evidence - Part 2 - Chapter 1 - Towards a Uniform International Arbitration Law?
Publications: 

“Transnational Rules on the Taking of Evidence” in “Towards a Uniform International Arbitration Law” IAI publication 2005 pp. 129ff (General Editor : Emmanuel Gaillard); “Panorama de jurisprudence arbitrale suisse” i.e survey of Swiss arbitration case law (in Gazette du Palais, Spécial Arbitrage, now The Paris Journal of International Arbitration yearly contributions since January 2000);Observations on Swiss Supreme Court Decision (in Stockholm International Arbitration Review 2005:2 81–302); “Enforcement of arbitral awards, injunctions and orders” (in the Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Law Journal, December 1999, p. 265ff); "Interpretation of Arbitral Awards" (Swiss Arbitration Bulletin 1996/4, p. 574).