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Professor Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler
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Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler is professor of law at the University of Geneva, where she teaches international arbitration and private international law. She is also partner in a Geneva law firm where she practices as an arbitrator in commercial, investment and sports arbitration. She has acted in over 140 international commercial and investment disputes and regularly ranks among the top ten arbitrators in the world. She presided the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s ad hoc division for the Olympic Games. Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler also is Honorary President of the Swiss Arbitration Association, a member of the ICC International Court, of the Board of the American Bar Association and of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA). She has authored and edited many books and articles in the field of dispute settlement, and heads several research projects financed by the Swiss National Research Fund in this area (including e.g. online dispute resolution, arbitration in China) focusing her research on the evolution of transnational arbitration in all parts of the world and on improving the efficiency of dispute resolution. She holds a summa cum laude Ph.D. from the University of Basle, a J.D from the University of Geneva and is admitted to the bar of Geneva and New York.
Key works:
- Arbitrage international: droit et pratique à la lumière de la LDIP, with A. Rigozzi, Bern: Weblaw, 2006, 381 pages.
- Online Dispute Resolution: Challenges for Contemporary Justice, with T. Schultz, The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2004, 384 pages.
- Arbitration at the Olympics – Issues of Fast-Track Dispute Resolution and Sports Law, The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 162 pages.
Full list of publications
Professor Kaufmann-Kohler’s webpage at the Law School (in French)
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