Christoph BRUNNER

  
Offices : Bern
Schweizerhof-Passage 7, 4th floor, 3001 Bern, Switzerland
Phone(s): +41 31 561 61 21

Fax(es): +41 31 561 61 22


Geneva
Rue Firmin-Massot 9, 1206 Geneva, Switzerland
Phone(s): +41 22 702 15 15

Fax(es): +41 22 702 14 14
E-Mail : cbrunner@pplex.ch
Born : Aarau, Switzerland, 21.11.1967
Practice areas :
  • Arbitration
  • Commercial Contracts
  • International Transactions
  • Corporate Law and Joint Ventures
  • Banking and Finance
  • Litigation
Spoken languages :
  • German
  • English
  • French
Bar admissions :
  • Geneva Bar (1998)
  • Bern Bar (1994)
Education :
  • University of California at Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) (LL.M., 1997)
  • University of Bern (Fürsprecher, 1994; Doctorate in Law, Eduard A. Stein's Prize, 1996)
Positions held :
  • Adj. Professor: - University of Bern (2007), Adj. Professor for Commercial Law, Comparative Law and Arbitration (Privatdozent für Privat- und Wirtschaftsrecht unter Einschluss der Rechtsvergleichung und des Schiedsverfahrensrechts)
  • Lecturer for commercial law and international arbitration at the University of Berne (since 2006 till todate)
  • Senior research and teaching assistant (part time), Institute for Swiss and International Civil Procedure and Private International Law, University of Bern (2001-2002)
  • Associate with Python Schifferli Peter, member of the arbitration group of Dr. Wolfgang Peter (1998-2001)
  • Associate with the law firm Lenz & Staehelin, Geneva (1997-1998)
  • Regular teaching and research assistant to Prof. W. Wiegand, Institute of Civil and Banking Law, University of Berne (1994-1996)
Memberships :
  • Swiss Bar Association
  • Swiss Arbitration Association
  • International Bar Association
  • LCIA European Users' Council
  • International Association of Boalt Alumni.
Publications :
  • Force Majeure and Hardship under General Contract Principles - Exemption for Non-performance in International Arbitration (Kluwer Law International 2009)
  • Rechtsmittelverzicht in der internationalen Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit: eine Standortbestimmung nach dem Cañas-Urteil (BGE133 III 235), AJP 2008, 738-751
  • UN-Kaufrecht – CISG, Kommentar zum Übereinkommen der Vereinten Nationen über Verträge über den internationalen Warenkauf von 1980, unter Berücksichtigung der Schnittstellen zum internen Schweizer Recht (Commentary on the CISG, including relevant aspects of domestic Swiss law) (Bern 2004 (706 pages)
  • Erläuterungen zum UN-Kaufrecht (CISG) (Comments on the CISG), in Gerhard Walter/ Monique Jametti Greinier/ Ivo Schwander, Internationales Privatund Verfahrensrecht, Berne 2004 (with updates), No. 24, 1-112
  • "Interim Measures and Arbitration Impact of the ILA Principles on Provisional and Protective Measures in International Litigation on the Draft Provisions on Interim Measures of Protection of the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration" (co-author with Prof. G. Walter), in: Intercontinental Cooperation Through Private International Law, Essays in Memory of Peter E. Nygh, Talia Einhorn/ Kurt Siehr (Ed.), The Hague 2004, pp. 469-487
  • National Report on the Relationship Between Arbitration and Other Forms of Private and Public Forms of Justice – Switzerland; Report prepared for the XII World Congress on Procedural Law, Mexico City, 21 26 September 2003 (co-author with Prof. G. Walter) [to be published]
  • Kommentierung der Art. 646-651 ZGB (Commentary on co-ownership, Art. 646 to 651 of the Swiss Civil Code) (co-author with Jürg Wichtermann), in: Kommentar zum Schweizerischen Zivilgesetzbuch ZGB II, Heinrich Honsell/ Nedim Peter Vogt/ Thomas Geiser (Ed.), Basel 1998 (2nd Ed. 2003)
  • ASA Conference on Arbitration in Banking and Financial Matters, 31. Januar 2003, Genf", SchiedsVZ 2003, pp. 130-132
  • Vorschläge zur Ausgestaltung des Schuldbriefes als papierloses Registerpfand (Proposals for the introduction of a paperless mortgage credit note) , Basel 2003 (co-author with Prof. W. Wiegand) (106 pages)
  • Procedural Public Policy as a Ground for Setting Aside International Arbitral Awards – Comments on the Swiss Federal Supreme Court’s decision of April 28, 2000 (Egemetal v. Fuchs), Bulletin ASA 2000, pp. 566-581
  • Inwiefern kann das Betreibungsamt bei der Grundstücksverwertung wirtschaftliche Überlegungen anstellen?" (May the debt collection authority take account of economic policy considerations in connection with a mortgage foreclosure?) , in: Jusletter 8. Mai 2000 (first issue)
  • Liability of Publicly Held Corporations for a Violation of a Duty to Disclose, in Particular the ‘Ad Hoc Publicity’ Comparative Study of the Relative Law in the U.S. and Switzerland, Berne (Stämpfli) 1998 (129 pages)
  • Wertrechte nicht verurkundete Rechte mit gleicher Funktion wie Wertpapiere (uncertificated securities) , thesis, Berne (Stämpfli) 1996 (345 pages)
  • "Übersicherung und Freigabeanspruch" (excess in providing security and claim to release), (co-author with Prof. W. Wiegand), NJW (Neue Juristische Wochenschrift, Germany) 1995, pp. 2513-2521
  • "Vom Umfang des Formzwanges und damit zusammenhängende Fragen des Grundstückkaufvertrages" (range of compulsory legal form and connected problems of real estate sale contracts), (co-author with Prof. W. Wiegand), recht 1993, pp. 1-12
 
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