Pierre-Yves GUNTER

Pierre-Yves Gunter is a partner of Gunter Arbitration Ltd, an arbitration boutique Firm which he founded on April, 1st 2023.

He was previously, Partner and co-head of the international arbitration group of the Swiss law Firm at Bär & Karrer AG for 6 years and Partner of the arbitration group of the Swiss law Firm Python & Peter (today PYTHON) for 19 years. He was previously as associate with LALIVE in Geneva, and a foreign associate for two years in London and Paris with the International Arbitration Group of Clifford Chance.

He has been acting since 1991 in the field of international commercial and investment arbitration. Up to 31 December 2023, he has acted as Counsel and Arbitrator (Chairman, Sole Arbitrator and Party Appointed Arbitrator) in Switzerland and abroad in a total of 245 arbitration proceedings both ad hoc (including UNCITRAL) and administered (ICC, Swiss Rules, LCIA, ICSID, ICDR, WIPO, FOSFA, Vienna International Arbitral Center, Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, etc.).

He is regularly appointed Arbitrator by the leading arbitration institutions.

His experience involves in particular the following fields: construction and complex projects, oil & gas, automotive industry, agency, sales, distribution, joint-venture, telecommunications and IT, intellectual property, pharmaceutical, real estate, hotel management, aircraft/military, commodity and international trade, corporate/post M&A.

He also frequently represents parties in arbitration matters before the Swiss Supreme Court (appeals filed against arbitration awards) and before other Swiss courts. He is sitting as Board Member of the Swiss Arbitration Centre. He is a member of the Teaching Staff (International Arbitration) of the LL.M. International Business Law of the University of Lausanne.

Between 1996 and 1999, he was a member of the Arbitration Committee of the Geneva Chamber of Commerce and Industry (which is today part of the Swiss Arbitration Centre) and between 1991 and 1998 he was a member of the editorial board of the Swiss Arbitration Bulletin ("Bulletin ASA"). Between 2007 and 2009 he was Co-chair of the International Arbitration Committee of the American Bar Association (Section International Law and Practice). From March 2009 until March 2013, he was sitting as Board Member of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) and during that period was part of the Rules' Revision Committee.

He graduated in 1987 from the Law School of Neuchâtel University ("summa cum laudae") and holds an LL.M. (91') from Harvard Law School. He has written various articles on international arbitration and frequently appears as speaker at conferences on arbitration. Every year, he publishes in the Paris Journal of International Arbitration a yearly review of the case law of the Swiss Supreme Court (decisions on appeals made against international arbitral awards).

Other details :
Pierre-Yves Gunter is a Swiss national. He is fluent in English and French. He also has a good command of German.