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2009

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With Peter Straub, Switzerland,
in Practitioner's Handbook on International Arbitration, Ed. Frank-Bernd Weigand, 2nd edition 2009, pages 815-876.

Party Autonomy and Judicial Remedies – How much is too much?
Croatian Arbitration Yearbook, 2009, pages 49-53.

La Preuve dans l'Arbitrage International (in French, "Proof in international arbitration"),
in Actes du colloque du CEPANI du 12 novembre 2009, pages 219-232.

International Arbitration Do’s and Don’ts,
Sixth edition, ASA Special Series No. 31, 2009.

Glossary of Arbitration and ADR Terms and Abbreviations,
Fourth edition, ASA Special Series No. 32, 2009.

2008

The Work of the Property Claims Commission of the German Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and the Future”
in 22 ADR & the Law, Developments in the Law: 2005, 2008, pages 225 – 352.

The Civil Law and Common Law Divide:  An International Arbitrator Tells It Like He Sees It
Dispute Resolution, Journal of the American Arbitration Association, 2008, pages 72 – 81.

Responsibility of Arbitrators and Arbitral Institutions – Let Sleeping Dogs Lie,
in The Leading Arbitrators’ Guide to International Arbitration, Ed. L. Newman, R. Hill, New York, second edition 2008, pages 607-620.

Chess Clock Arbitration – Questions and Answers about Time management in International Arbitration,
in Międzynarodowy i Krajowy Arbitraz Handlowy u Progu XXI Wieku, Księga Pamiątkowa Dedykowana Doktorowi
Habilitowanemu Tadeuszowi Szurksiemu (“International and Domestic Commercial Arbitration on the Threshold of the 21st Century, Liber Amicorum Tadeusz Szurski), 2008, pages 41 – 47.

Le contrat d’arbitrage et l’autonomie de la lex arbitri – Un monde à part (in French, “The arbitration contract and the autonomy of the lex arbitri – A world apart ")
in Mélanges Pierre Tercier, 2008, pages 837 – 850.

Winning the Moot: What do Arbitrators want? in The Vis Book, A Participant’s Guide to the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Editor: Janet Walker, 2008, pages 99-112

Glossary of Arbitration and ADR Terms and Abbreviations,
Third edition, ASA Special Series No. 30, 2008.

2007

Arbitration Clauses in Swiss Arbitration Law – Favor arbitri reigns supreme, well, almost
Croatian Arbitration Yearbook, 2007, pages 107-115 (pages 183-184, summary in Croatian).

Article 187 (in German)
in Basler Kommentar Internationales Privatrecht, 2nd edition, Ed. Honsell, N.P. Vogt, et al., 2007, pages 1675-1727.

Anti-Arbitration Injunctions– Theory and Practice
ICCA Congress Series No. 13 (2006), Montréal, 31 May – 3 June 2006, Ed. Albert Jan van den Berg, 2007, pages 228-232.

Tibor Várady, Language and Translation in International Commercial Arbitration - From the Constitution of the Arbitral Tribunal through Recognition and Enforcement Proceedings ASA Bulletin, 2007, pages 220-221.

The Under 45s versus the Heavyweights,
Transcript of Roundtable of September 7, 2006, Global Arbitration Review, 2007, pages 15 – 30.

With Christoph Liebscher, Barbara Raeschke-Kessler, Hilmar Raeschke-Kessler and Klaus Sachs,
IBA Regeln zur Beweisaufnahme in der internationalen Wirtschaftsschiedsgerichtsbarkeit (German translation of the “IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Commercial Arbitration”)
SchiedsVZ , 2007, pages 40-44.

2006

Parallel proceedings – A Thing to be Avoided?
in Festschrift Horn, Zivil- und Wirtschaftsrecht im Europäischen und Globalen Kontext, Ed. Klaus Peter Berger, Georg Borges, Harald Herrmann, Andreas Schlüter, Ulrich Wackerbarth, 2006, pages 977-988.

Switzerland’s Transnational Public Policy
Sans Frontières, the bi-annual newsletter of SJ Berwin’s International Arbitration Group, Issue 3 2006

Naives Sparen birgt Gefahren (in German, „Don’t be penny-wise and pound-foolish“),
SchiedsVZ, 2006, pages 113-119.

Internationale Schiedsordnung der Schweizerischen Handelskammern (in German, „Swiss Rules of International Arbitration“),
in Institutionelle Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit, Ed. Rolf A. Schütze (Hrsg.), 2006, pages 309-344.

Preparing Witnesses for Oral Testimony
in The Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration, 2006, pages 207-214.

Glossary of Arbitration and ADR Terms and Abbreviations,
Second edition, ASA Special Series No. 27, 2006.

2005

Must an Arbitral Tribunal Really Ensure that its Award is Enforceable?
in Global Reflections on International Law, Commerce and Dispute Resolution, Liber Amicorum in honor of Robert Briner, ICC Publishing, 2005, pages 429-435.

La Convention d’Arbitrage en Droit Suisse – Forme, Validité, Portée (in French, „The Arbitration Argreement in Swiss Law – Form, Validity, Scope“),
in Mélanges en l’Honneur de François Knoepfler, Ed. par François Bohnet et Pierre Wessner, 2005, pages 177-189.

Mass Claims Proceedings in Practice – A Few Lessons Learned,
in Berkeley Journal of International Law – A tribute to Professor Richard M. Buxbaum, Vol. 23, 2005, pages 463-473.

With Nataša Murić Maier, New Swiss Rules of International Arbitration in Switzerland,
in Croatian Yearbook of International Arbitration, Vol. 12, 2005, pages 223-236.

Verrechnung und Widerklage vor Schiedsgericht (in German, "Setoff and Counterclaims in Arbitration"),
in Festschrift Kellerhals, Rechtsetzung und Rechtsdurchsetzung – Zivil– und schiedsverfahrensrechtliche Aspekte, Festschrift Prof. Franz Kellerhals zum 65. Geburtstag, Ed. Monique Jametti Greiner, Bernhard Berger, Andreas Güngerich, 2005, pages 49-54.

Mass Claims to Provide Rough Justice – The Work of the Property Claims Commission of the German Foundation
“Remembrance, Responsibility and Future”,
in Festschrift Schlosser, Grenzüberschreitungen, Beiträge zum Internationalen Verfahrensrecht und zur Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit, Festschrift für Peter Schlosser zum 70. Geburtstag, herausgegeben von Birgit Bachmann et al., 2005, pages 329-339.

Unbestimmtheit und Unvollständigkeit in Vereinbarungstexten (in German, „Imprecise and Incomplete Agreements – Arbitration helps“),
in Vagueness in Normative Texts, ed. Peter Lang, 2005, pages 97-108.

New Rules of International Arbitration in Switzerland (in Russian),
"International Commercial Arbitration“ , Moscow, 2005, pages 123-133.

With Christiana Fountoulakis, Anfechtung von Teil- und Zwischenentscheiden internationaler Schiedsgerichte vor dem Schweizerischen Bundesgericht (in German, „Challenge of Partial and Preliminary Awards before the Swiss Federal Supreme Court“),
IDR Journal of International Dispute Resolution, 2005, pages 99-105.

Internationale Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit in der Schweiz (in German, „International Arbitration in Switzerland“),
in Handbuch des Internationalen Wirtschaftsrechts, Ed. Kronke, Melis, Schnyder, 2005, pages 2081-2097.

International Arbitration Do’s and Don’ts,
Fifth edition, ASA Special Series No. 25, 2005.

2004

Awards and Orders – Labels Matter After All,
Tijdschrift voor Arbitrage, 2004, pages 57-62.

Responsibility of Arbitrators and Arbitral Institutions – Let Sleeping Dogs Lie,
in The Leading Arbitrators’ Guide to International Arbitration, Ed. L. Newman, R. Hill, New York, 2004, pages 479-493, second edition 2008, pages 607-620.

Internationalization of Civil Procedure – Beyond the IBA Rules of Evidence,
in 35th Anniv. of Bär & Karrer, p. 127-132.
Reprinted, Uniform Law Review, 2004, pages 893-897.

Arbitration in Switzerland under the Swiss Rules of Arbitration,
IDR Journal of International Dispute Resolution, 2004, pages 49-62.

Arbitration and Language – Look for the Purpose,
Croatian Arbitration Yearbook, 2004, pages 7-14.

Innovation to Speed Mass Claims - The Work of the Property Claims Commission of the German Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future”,
The Journal of World Investment and Trade, 2004, pages 57-62.

Knoepfler/Schweizer, Arbitrage International – Jurisprudence Suisse commentée depuis l’entrée en vigueur de la LDIP, 2003,
Schweizerische Juristen–Zeitung, 2004, page 403 (in French).

International Arbitration Do’s and Don’ts,
Forth edition, ASA Special Series No. 21, 2004.

Swiss Rules of International Arbitration.

2003

So you want to become an Arbitrator – a Roadmap,
The Journal of World Investment, 2003, pages 13-15.

Poudret/Besson, Droit comparé de l’arbitrage international, 2002,
Schweizerische Juristen-Zeitung, 2003 (in French).

2002

"Schiedsverfahrensrecht" – Bitte differenzieren, (in German, "Procedural Law in Arbitration – Differentiate, Please“),
in Festschrift Geimer, Einheit und Vielfalt des Rechts, Festschrift für Reinhold Geimer zum 65. Geburtstag, 2002, pages 383-395.

With Marcus Desax, Security for Costs in International Arbitration – Why, when, and what if ...,
in Festschrift Böckstiegel, Law of International Business and Dispute Settlement in the 21st Century, Liber Amicorum Böckstiegel, Ed. Robert Briner et al., 2002, pages 339-353.

2001

Jurisdiction on Set-off Defenses and Counterclaims,
Arbitration, Journal of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, 2001, pages 176-178.

Arbitral Tribunals or State Courts – Who must defer to whom?
Ed. Pierre A. Karrer, ASA Special Series No. 15, 2001.

Glossary of Arbitration and ADR Terms and Abbreviations,
Ed. Pierre A. Karrer, ASA Special Series No. 16, 2001.

Conflicts of Interests in International Commercial Arbitration,
Ed. Pierre A. Karrer, ASA Special Series No. 18, 2001.

2000

Interim Measures issued by Arbitral Tribunals and the Courts – Less theory, please,
in International Arbitration and National Courts: The Never Ending Story, Ed. Albert Jan van den Berg, 2000, pages 97-110.

Art. 187,
in International Arbitration in Switzerland, Ed. Stephen V. Berti, 2000, pages 479-531.

D Mark Cato, The Expert in Litigation and Arbitration,
ASA Bulletin, 2000, pages 181-189 (in German).

The Claims Resolution Process on Dormant Accounts in Switzerland,
Ed. Pierre A. Karrer, ASA Special Series No. 13, 2000.

International Arbitration Do’s and Don’ts,
Third edition, ASA Special Series No. 17, 2000.

1999

Judicial Review of International Arbitral Awards, up to a point – Local and Transnational Standards,
in Festschrift Schütze, Wege zur Globalisierung des Rechts, Festschrift für Rolf A. Schütze zum 65. Geburtstag, Ed. Reinhold Geimer, 1999, pages 337-346.

Verfahren vor Schiedsgerichten und staatlichen Gerichten – Von falschen und wahren Freunden (in German, „Procedure before Arbitral Tribunals and State Courts – Friends false and true“),
in Festschrift für Otto Sandrock, Ed. Klaus Peter Berger et al., pages 465-473.

Don’t be afraid – A pep talk,
Arbitration, 1999, pages 24-25.

Freedom of an arbitral tribunal to conduct proceedings (also in French),
ICC Bulletin, 1999, pages 14-27.

With Peter Straub, Switzerland,
in Practitioner's Handbook on International Arbitration, Ed. Frank-Bernd Weigand, 1999, pages 1047-1086.

IBA Rules of Evidence.

1998

Why speed is good for arbitrators,
in Liber amicorum Michel Gaudet, Improving International Arbitration, 1998, ed. Benjamin Davis, pages 135-136.

Do Arbitrators and Lawyers do completely different things? – The European Court of Justice Subjects Arbitrators to Value Added Tax in the von Hoffmann Case,
Mealey's International Arbitration Report, 1998, pages 3-9.

Is Arbitration a Window to the Future?
Arbitration, 1998, pages 170-176.

Switzerland’s new Federal Constitution,
Translation by Pierre A. Karrer, Bern, 1998.

International Arbitration Do’s and Don’ts,
Second edition, ASA Special Series No. 12, 1998.

1997

Pathological Arbitration Clauses – Malpractice, Diagnosis, and Therapy,
in Festschrift für Thomas Bär und Robert Karrer, Ed. Nedim Peter Vogt et al., pages 109-126.

Party Autonomy in International Arbitration in Switzerland – Scope and specific limitations (also in French),
Revue de Droit des Affaires Internationales, 1997, pages 253-370.

1996

Art. 187,
in Kommentar zum Schweizerischen Privatrecht: Internationales Privatrecht,
Ed. Honsell, N.P. Vogt, etc, Basel, 1996, pages 1587 to 1637, English Translation, 2000.

Das IPR der IPRG-Schiedsgerichte in der Schweiz – Lasset tausend Blumen blühen (in German, „The Conflict of Laws of Arbitral Tribunals under the Swiss Private International Law Statute – Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom“),
in Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit, Ed. Andreas Kellerhals, Zürich, 1996, pages 331-344.

With Anne-Catherine Imhoff, Ordre public in International Arbitration – Thema mit Variationen und Schlussakkord (in German, „Note on Swiss Federal Supreme Court“, BG, 30.12.1994 – 4 P.115/1994),
IPRax, 1996, pages 282-287.

With Claudia Kälin-Nauer, Is there a favor iurisdictionis arbitri? – Standards of review of arbitral jurisdiction decisions in Switzerland,
Journal of International Arbitration, 1996, pages 31-37.

1995

Give me the facts, I will give you the law,
American Bar Association Newsletter, 1995.

With Marcus Desax, Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit und MWSt - Fragen und Antworten zu Art. 17 Abs. 4 dritter Satz MWstV: "Die Ausübung von Funktionen der Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit gilt als hoheitlich", (in German, „Questions and Answers re Arbitration and Swiss Value Added Tax“),
ASA Bulletin 1995, Addendum.

1994

With Karl W. Arnold and Paolo Michele Patocchi, Switzerland’s Private International Law,
Deventer, second edition, 1994.

Multi-party and complex Arbitration under the Zurich Rules – Art. 13 and 14 International Arbitration Rules of the Zurich Chamber of Commerce,
in Aspekte des Wirtschaftsrechts - Festgabe zum Schweizerischen Juristentag 1994, Zürich, Ed. H.U. Walter et al., pages 261-271ff.

Buchstabensuche, Buchstabenseuche – Leichte Polemik zu Art. 190 IPRG (in German, „Up and down the alphabet“),
ASA Bulletin, 1994, pages 331-334.

Einstweiliger Rechtsschutz in Schiedssachen – Mut zum freien Ermessen (in German, Note on Channel Tunnel Group v. Balfour Beatty Construction),
IPRax, 1994, pages 56ff.

Internationale Bauverträge – Streitvermeidung und Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit (in German, „International Construction Contracts – Avoiding Disputes and Arbitration“),
in Das private Baurecht der Schweiz, Ed. Martin Lendi, 1994, pages 391ff., second edition, 1994.

Terms of Reference – Storm in to calm the seas,
in International Council for Commercial Arbitration – Planning Efficient Arbitration Proceedings, Ed. Albert J.van den Berg, The Hague, 1996, pages 72-86.

Grigera Naón, Horacio A., Choice-of-Law Problems in International Commercial Arbitration,
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht, 1994, pages 203-205 (in German).

1993

Remedies against arbitral award – Experience under Switzerland’s PIL Statute,
in Yearbook of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce 1993, pages 107-123.

Transnational Rules on Interest in International Arbitration,
in ICC Dossier of the Institute of International Business Law and Practice, Ed. Emmanuel Gaillard, 1993, pages 223-231.

Die Schweiz und das Europäische Übereinkommen über die Handelsschiedsgerichtsbarkeit vom 21. April 1961, in ASA Bulletin, 1993, pages 49-50 (in German).

International Arbitration Do’s and Don’ts,
First edition, ASA Special Series No. 4, 1993.

1992

Internationale Bauverträge – Streitvermeidung und Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit (in German, „International Construction Contracts – Avoiding Disputes and Arbitration“),
in Das private Baurecht der Schweiz, Ed. Martin Lendi, pages 391ff., first edition, 1992, second edition, 1994.

Christoph Graber, Geldwäscherei,
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht, 1992, page 46 (in German).

Kein Moderationsverfahren vor Schiedsgericht,
Note in Bulletin ASA, 1992, pages 199-201 (in German).

Terms of Reference – A Practical Guide,
The ICC International Court of Arbitration Bulletin, 1991, pages 24 – 43.

1991

Anfechtung von Schiedsgerichtsentscheiden vor Bundesgericht – Nichtigkeitsbeschwerde oder staatsrechtliche Beschwerde?
ASA Bulletin, 1991, pages 5-7 (in German).

Pestalozzi Gmuer & Patry, Business Law Guide to Switzerland,
First edition, 1991. Second edition, 1997.

1990

Reiner Andreas, Handbuch der ICC-Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit,
Schweizerische Juristen-Zeitung, 1990, pages 75-76 (in German).

Felix Dasser, Internationale Schiedsgerichte und lex mercatoria,
Schweizerische Juristen-Zeitung, 1990, page 219 (in German).

Jahrbuch für die Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit, Band 2, Ed. Ottoarndt Glossner
Schweizerische Juristen-Zeitung, 1990, page 240 (in German).

The Guide to International Arbitration and Arbitrators,
Schweizerische Juristen-Zeitung, 1990, page 312 (in German).

Flurin von Planta, Der Interessenkonflikt des Verwaltungsrates der abhängigen Konzerngesellschaft,
Schweizerische Zeitung für Wirtschaftsrecht, 1990, pages 115-117 (in German).

1989

With Karl W. Arnold and Paolo Michele Patocchi, Switzerland’s Private International Law,
Deventer, Boston, 1989. Second edition, 1994.

Switzerland’s New Law of International Arbitration in the Private International Law Statute,
The Journal of Business Law, 1989, pages 169-175.

The Position of the Arbitration Chapter in Switzerland’s Private International Law Codification,
ASA Bulletin, 1989, pages 13-26.

The Relationship between Arbitral Tribunal, State courts, and Arbitral Institutions (also in French),
Revue de droit des Affaires internationales, 1989, pages 761ff.

Festschrift Nagel, Beiträge zum Internationalen Verfahrensrecht und zur Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit (in German),
Schweizerische Juristen-Zeitung, 1989, page 54.

Constantin Calavros, Das UNCITRAL-Modellgesetz über die internationale Handelsschiedsgerichtsbarkeit,
Schweizerische Juristen-Zeitung, 1989, page 90 (in German).

Jahrbuch für die Praxis der Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit, Band 1, Ed. Ottoarndt Glossner,
Schweizerische Juristen-Zeitung, 1989, pages 199-200 (in German).

Bucher/ Tschanz, Die neue internationale Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit der Schweiz / Bucher: Le nouvel arbitrage international en Suisse / International arbitration in Switzerland,
Schweizerische Juristen-Zeitung, 1989, pages 407-408 (in German).

International Arbitration Rules of Zurich Chamber of Commerce.

1988

Menno Aden, Internationale Handelsschiedsgerichtsbarkeit,
Schweizerische Juristen-Zeitung, 1988, page 370 (in German).

Switzerland – New PIL Statute, Arbitration Rules,
Note in International Banking & Financial Law Bulletin, 1988, page 408.

No need to fear Swiss Arbitration Law,
Financial Times, December 19, 1998.

1987

International arbitration in Switzerland - Switzerland has taken a large Step towards preventing its national courts from interfering with international arbitration awards,
International Financial Law Review, 1987, page 24.

Die internationale Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit und die Schweiz – Nach dem Durchbruch im Ständerat (in German, „International Arbitration – Breakthrough in the Swiss Senate“),
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, August 17, 1987.

Günter Henn, Schiedsverfahrensrecht,
Schweizerische Juristen-Zeitung, 1987, page 70 (in German).

1986

Arbitration Saves! – Costs: Poker and Hide-and-Seek,
Journal of International Arbitration, 1986, pages 35-46.

Daniel Wehrli, Rechtsprechung zum Schweizerischen Konkordat über die Schiedsbarkeit,
Schweizerische Juristen-Zeitung, 1986, page 363 (in German).

1985

Zurich votes to join concordat,
Note in International Financial Law Review, 1985, page 44.

1984

Starting International Arbitration – Pitfalls in the Runway,
in Swiss Essays on International Arbitration, Ed. Claude Reymond / Eugène Bucher, Zürich, 1984, pages 139-145.

1981

Arbitration Procedure in Switzerland – Zurich and Geneva Compared,
The International Contract, Law & Finance Review, 1981, pages 49-51.

1980

Liquidated Damages and Penalty Clauses – A comparative Study,
The International Contract, Law & Finance Review, 1980, pages 225-230.

The Enemy Inside the Multinational Fortress – Preparing for the Worst,
The International Contract, Law & Finance Review, 1980, pages 396-398.

1968

Der Fahrniserwerb kraft Guten Glaubens im Internationalen Privatrecht (in German, „Protection of the bona fide purchaser of movables in Private International Law“),
Zurich, 1968.