Education
New York University School of Law, Master of Comparative
Jurisprudence (MCJ), 1987
University of Geneva School of Law, Law degree, 1983
Professional Experience
Counsel for claimant and respondent parties, sole
arbitrator, party-appointed arbitrator and chairman of arbitral
tribunals in numerous cases (institutional and ad hoc arbitration
matters related to international trade)
Panelist appointed by the WIPO (mostly as sole panelist) for
the settlement of domain name disputes under the Rules for
Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy and under the
Rules for Dispute Resolution Proceedings for .CH and .LI Domain
Names
Consultant with the International Trade Center (ITC/CCI) of
the UNCTAD/WTO (Geneva) since 2001
Visiting Expert at International Development Law Institute
(“IDLI”) in Rome (Italy) on arbitration practice
in 1999 and 2000
Consultancy services provided to the Joint Court of Justice
and Arbitration (Cour Commune de Justice et d'Arbitrage-CCJA)
of the Organisation for Harmonization of Business law in Africa
["OHBLA"]) in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, aiming at establishing
a guide to the CCJA arbitration proceedings under the auspices
of the United Nations Offices for Project Services (UNOPS),
Fall 2001
Panelist in seminars (“PIDA”; study of mock cases)
organised by the Institute of World Business Law of the International
Chamber of Commerce since 1996
Legal Counsel with the Secretariat of the International Court
of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
from 1987 to 1991
Membership
Swiss and Geneva Bar Associations
Geneva Bar Association; Swiss Federation of Lawyers; International
Bar Association (Section on Business Law); American Arbitration
Association (Member of the Panel of Arbitrators); Geneva Chamber
of Commerce and Industry (Member of the Panel of Arbitrators);
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Member; Member of the
Arbitration Committee from 1995 to 1998; Corresponding Member
since 1997); French Committee on Arbitration; London Court
of International Arbitration (Individual Member through LCIA
European Council); Swiss Arbitration Association; Swiss Commission
on ICC Arbitration (Member of the Panel of Arbitrators); Italian
Chamber of Commerce for Switzerland (Member of the Panel of
Arbitrators); ICC Commission on International Arbitration
(Swiss member); ICC Institute of World Business Law (Associate
Member); Independent Chamber of Conciliation and Mediation
of Geneva (Member of the Panel); Arbitration Court of the
Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Member of the
Panel of Foreign Arbitrators); World Intellectual Property
Organisation (Member of the Domain Name Disputes Panelists);
Working Group on International Contracts (under the head of
Prof. Filip de Ly, Rotterdam)
Société Suisse des Vieux Zofingiens (Honorary
member of a Swiss Fraternity); Kiwanis International, Genève-Lac
(President 2000/2001); Municipal Counsellor of the Commune
of Vandoeuvres (President, 2002/2003; Canton of Geneva); Volunteer
Fireman of Commune of Vandoeuvres (Canton of Geneva)
Personal Information
Year of birth: 1959
Nationality: Swiss
Languages: French, English, German, Italian (knowledge)
E-mail:
ci@imhoos-law.ch
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