Homayoon ARFAZADEH

  
Office : Geneva
Av. Jules-Crosnier 8, 3rd floor, 1206 Geneva, Switzerland
Phone(s): +41 22 702 15 15

Fax(es): +41 22 702 14 88
E-Mail : harfazadeh@pplex.ch
Born : Teheran, 21.09.1964
Practice groups :
  • Arbitration
  • Commercial Contracts
  • Litigation and Insolvency
Spoken languages :
  • English
  • French
  • Persian
Bar admissions :
  • New-York Bar (2004)
  • Geneva Bar (1995)
Education :
  • Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, (Ph.D., Summa cum Laude, 2004)
  • Visiting Scholar at the New York University School of Law (2001-2002)
  • New York University School of Law (LL.M. 2001)
  • University of Geneva (Licence en droit, 1987)
Positions held :
  • Lecturer, international economic law, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva (2007- …)
  • Consultant: WTO/UNCTAD International Trade Centre, Geneva, Switzerland (2004)
  • Counsel for Regional Centre for Arbitration, Kuala Lumpur (1991, 1995)
  • Seminar lecturer and assistant at Law Faculty, Geneva (1987-1993)
Memberships :
  • Geneva Bar Association
  • Swiss Bar Association
  • Swiss Arbitration Association
Publications :
  • "ORDRE PUBLIC ET ARBITRAGE INTERNATIONAL A L'EPREUVE DE LA MONDIALISATION". Une théorie critique des sources du droit des relations transnationales, Schulthess-Zurich, LGDJ-Paris, Bruylant-Bruxelles, 2005, 351 pages.
  • “In the shadow of the “unruly horse”: International Arbitration of the Public Policy Exception, in AMERICAN REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION, 2004 special edition, 50th anniversary of the Institute of Judicial Administration of New York University, pp.43 ff.
  • "Israel's Best Bet: True Justice or International Law?", RSDIE 2002, no. 4, pp. 479 ff.
  • "Considérations pragmatiques sur la compétence respective de l'Arbitre et du Juge en matière de contrats de corruption", Bulletin ASA 2001, no. 4, pp. 672 ff.
  • "Arbitrability under the 1958 New York Convention: the lex fori revisited", Journal of the London Court of International Arbitration, Vol. 17, no. 1, 2001, pp. 73 ff.
  • "Actionnariat responsable et état de droit international", in: Ateliers pour la pratique du droit international public et du droit international humanitaire, Institut Henri Dunant, Genève, Audio, éd. Bibliothèque publique d'information, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 1998
  • "Juge d'appui et for de nécessité", Bulletin ASA 1996, no.2, pp. 325 ff. "Costs under UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules and their Adaptation to an Institutional Setting", in: ASA Conference Papers, Zurich 1997
  • "L'ordre public du fond et l'annulation de sentences arbitrales internationales en Suisse", RSDIE 1995, pp. 245 ff.
  • "Settlement of international trade disputes in South East Asia: The experience of the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration", The Malaysian law Journal cxxii, Singapore 1992
  • "New perspective in South East Asia and Delocalised Arbitration in Kuala Lumpur", Journal of International Arbitration, Vol. 8, no. 4, p. 104, 1991
  • "Law, Religion and Family in the Islamic Republic of Iran: An Introduction", in: Iran seminar – Danish and Nordic Refugee Councils, in cooperation with the UNHCR regional office, Copenhagen, 1991
 
Copyright © 2007 PYTHON & PETER - Updated Feb. 2013
Home |  Firm profile |  Practice goups |  Attorneys |  Offices |  Career |  Media |  Contact