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Pierre-Yves Tschanz

Address: 

Tavernier Tschanz
11-bis, rue Toepffer
1206 Geneva
Switzerland

Phone Number: 
(41-22) 704 3700
Fax Number: 
(41-22) 704 37 77
Born: 
1952, Geneva
Languages: 
French English German
Nationalities: 
Swiss
Irish
Education: 
Licence en droit 1975, Geneva Law School
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Admitted to Canton of Geneva 1977, New York bar 1981, as Conseil Juridique, Paris 1988
Present Position: 
Partner, Tavernier, Tschanz, Geneva
Professional Experience: 

Partner, Tavernier Tschanz, Geneva (since 1989); Associate, then Counsel, White & Case, New York (1983 1986), Paris (1986 1989); Associate, Lalive & Budin, Geneva (1980 1983); Foreign associate, Curtis, Mallet, New York (1978 1980); Trainee, Lalive & Budin, Geneva (1975 1977).

Professional Associations: 

American Society of Int’l Law; Swiss Arbitration Assoc.; International Bar Assoc.; Geneva Bar Assoc.

Panels of Arbitrators: 

AAA; Swiss Committee of ICC

Arbitration Experience: 

Acted as chairman, co-arbitrator as well as sole arbitrator in ad hoc, Swiss Rules, ICC, ICSID and other institutional cases; and as counsel in ad hoc (including UNCITRAL) arbitrations as well as ICC, Swiss Rules, and other institutional rules.

Areas of Specialization: 
Contracts
Joint Ventures
Licensing
Publications from JURIS: 
Selected Questions regarding Arbitrator's Initiatives - Chapter 7 - The Arbitrator's Initiative: When, Why and How Should It Be Used? - ASA Special Series No. 45
Switzerland - Chapter 7 - The Art of Advocacy in International Arbitration
Malicorp Limited v. Arab Republic of Egypt, ICSID Case No. ARB/08/18 (UK/Egypt BIT), Award (February 7, 2011)
Enron Corporation and Ponderosa Assets, L.P. v. Argentine Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/01/3 (United States/Argentina BIT), Decision on Jurisdiction (Ancillary Claim)
Enron Corporation and Ponderosa Assets, L.P. v. Argentine Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/01/3 (United States/Argentina BIT), Award (May 22, 2007)
Enron Corporation and Ponderosa Assets, L.P. v. Argentine Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/01/3 (United States/Argentina BIT), Decision on Rectification
An Introduction to the Revised Arbitration Rules of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Geneva - Vol. 2 No. 2 ARIA 1991
Publications: 

The Aminoil Arbitration Award and the Law of State Contracts, 18 Int’l Law. (1984); Contrats d’Etat et mesures unilatérales de l’Etat devant l’arbitre international, 74 Rev. Crit. Droit Int’l Privé (1985); Co‑author, with Andreas Bucher, International Arbitration in Switzerland (1989); Commentaire Romand de la Loi fédérale sur le Droit international privé (LDIP) et Convention de Lugano (CL) (chapters on Art 7, 177-181, and 190 al. 2 lit. a and b PIL Act) (2011); yearly review of Swiss arbitration cases in the French Revue de l’arbitrage; articles on Swiss arbitration law in Bull. ASA.