Biography: Arbitration

Dr Favre-Bulle is a partner of Lenz & Staehelin. His practice concentrates on arbitration, both as counsel and arbitrator, and ADR. He studied in Geneva (LLM, PhD), Florence and London. He is also qualified as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England & Wales. He joined Lenz & Staehelin in 1994 and was a visiting foreign lawyer with a major London firm in 1999.

He has been involved in more than 130 arbitrations (eg, sales agreements, agency and distribution, licensing, joint ventures, telecommunications, construction, M&A as well as sports disputes before the Court of Arbitration for Sport) and has been described as an 'outstanding counsel', with 'proficiency in multi-jurisdictional work', '24-hour availability' and delivering 'exceptionally good presentations' in recent arbitration directories.

Xavier Favre-Bulle is a lecturer in law at the University of Versailles (in the Masters course Arbitration and International Business Law) and the Swiss Arbitration Academy. He has also taught as a lecturer in law at the universities of Geneva, Lausanne and Savoie (France).

He is a member of various committees, such as the arbitration committee or the Geneva Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the national arbitration committee and special committee of the Swiss Chambers of Commerce. He was also president of the international arbitration commission of the Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA).

He is a frequent speaker at conferences and the author of more than 40 books and articles.

Lenz & Staehelin is the largest Swiss law firm with over 150 lawyers and with offices in Geneva, Zurich and Lausanne. Lenz & Staehelin's scope of activities cover all areas of business law for a Swiss and international clientele.