Seminar on the Revised Swiss Rules of International Arbitration

6 November 2012

Time: 4:30 - 6:30pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London, 67-69 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3JB

Hosted by the School of International Arbitration at Queen Mary, University of London.

• 16:30 Registration
• 17:00 Welcome
  Professor Dr Loukas Mistelis, Clive M Schmitthoff Professor of Transnational Commercial Law and Arbitration and Director, School of International Arbitration, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London.
• 17:05 Revision of the Swiss Rules 2012: Institutional Changes and Amended Powers of the Arbitration Court
  Anne-Véronique Schläpfer, Schellenberg Wittmer, Geneva; Chair of the Arbitration Court of the Swiss Chambers' Arbitration Institution
• 17:25 Where the Swiss Rules make a difference: Consolidation, Joinder, Set-Off, Interim Measures
  Dr Christian Oetiker, VISCHER, Basel; Member of the Arbitration Court of the Swiss Chambers' Arbitration Institution
• 17:50 Expedited Procedure, Emergency Relief
  Dr Philipp Habegger, Walder Wyss, Zürich; Vice-Chair of the Arbitration Court of the Swiss Chambers’ Arbitration Institution
• 18:10 Comments for the Perspective of the Foreign User
  Professor Dr Julian D M Lew QC, 20 Essex Street and Head, School of International Arbitration, Queen Mary University of London
• 18:30 Discussion – moderated by Professor Dr Loukas Mistelis / Anne-Véronique Schläpfer
• 19:00 End of Seminar followed by cocktail reception

Contact

Katherine Zaim k.zaim@qmul.ac.uk