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Elliott Geisinger heads Schellenberg Wittmer's International Arbitration Group. Since 1995, his practice has focused on international commercial and investor-state arbitration. Elliott has acted as counsel and arbitrator in complex commercial disputes involving international construction contracts, consortia and joint venture agreements, sponsorship contracts, sales and distribution contracts, among others. He has also acted as lead counsel in several of the most high-profile investor-state cases of the last decade. Elliott regularly represents clients in arbitration-related court proceedings, and several of his cases have been reported on in the official collection of leading Swiss Supreme Court cases and in arbitration journals.

Expertise

Dispute Resolution International Arbitration Construction

Energy Investment Protection & Investor-State Dispute Resolution Sanctions Group

Experience

Elliott has acted as counsel and arbitrator in complex commercial disputes involving international construction contracts, consortia and joint venture agreements, sponsorship contracts, sales and distribution contracts, among others.
He regularly represented clients in arbitration-related court proceedings, and several of his cases have been reported on in the official collection of Swiss Supreme Court cases and in arbitration journals

Career

Professional Experience

2002

Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer

1996

Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer

1995

Associate in a Swiss law firm

Education and Admission

1994

Bar Admission in Switzerland

1990

Master of Law, University of Geneva

Additional Professional Activities

Member of the Board of FRANCARBI (since 2018)
Honorary President of the Swiss Arbitration Association (“ASA”) (since 2020)
Member of the Advisory Board of Trustees of FIAA (Foundation for International Arbitration Advocacy) (since 2020)
Member of the Board of Trustees of FIAA (Foundation for International Arbitration Advocacy) (2014-2020)
President of the Swiss Arbitration Association (“ASA”) (2014-2019)
Author and co-author of several publications in the fields of international arbitration and private international law
Gave the Clayton Utz / University of Sydney International Arbitration Lecture in November 2016 on International Arbitration and Independence – Off the Beaten Track

Recognitions

Chambers and Partners Global/Europe: International Abitration since 2010; Arbitration Counsel since 2020; Arbitrators since 2020
The Legal 500: Hall of Fame in Dispute Resolution: Arbitration since 2022; Key Lawyer in Real Estate and Construction
Who's Who Legal: Thought Leader in Arbitration since 2017; Thought Leader in Construction & Real Estate since 2018
Leaders League: International Arbitration
LMG Expert Guides: Construction, Arbitration

Languages

French
English
German
Spanish
Italian

Selected Publications

GAR Know How Construction Arbitration – Switzerland Switzerland chapter in "The European & Middle Eastern Arbitration Review 2011" International Arbitration in Switzerland: A Handbook for Practitioners, 2nd ed.

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Speaking Engagements

Elliott Geisinger: Speaker at the 2nd Annual Construction Law Conference in Istanbul, Türkiye Elliott Geisinger and Christopher Boog: Speakers at the joint event of Schellenberg Wittmer and Kabine Law Office in Turkey Elliott Geisinger: Speaker at the 2024 Geneva Summit on Commercial Dispute Resolution in China

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Elliott Geisinger