Schaffstein, Silja

Counsel, Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler, Geneva

• Ph.D., CCLS, Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom
• University of Geneva, Switzerland, 2012
• LL.M., Columbia University School of Law, New York, USA, 2010
• Diplôme d’études approfondies en droit (D.E.A.),University of Geneva, Switzerland, 2005
• Licence en droit, University of Geneva, Switzerland, 2002.

Silja specializes in international commercial arbitration. She frequently acts as arbitrator, counsel or co-counsel, or secretary of the tribunal in international and domestic ad hoc and institutional arbitration proceedings. Who’s Who Legal has recognized her as a future leader in international arbitration in its 2020 and 2021 rankings (Arbitration Future Leaders – Non Partners), and she has been listed as a Rising Star in the Legal 500 EMEA Dispute Resolution – Arbitration – Switzerland 2021 Guide. Silja’s experience spans all major arbitration rules, including ICC, LCIA, Swiss Rules, DIS, ICSID, UNCITRAL and WIPO, and a variety of national arbitration acts and substantive laws, of both the common law and civil law traditions. Silja also advises and represents clients with respect to arbitrations or arbitration-related court proceedings in Switzerland, in particular in connection with actions to set aside Swiss arbitral awards and to recognize or enforce foreign awards, including the freezing of assets located in Switzerland. Silja held various academic positions in the fields of private international law and international arbitration at the law faculty of the University of Geneva, the School of International Arbitration at Queen Mary, University of London, and the World Intellectual Property Organization

• The Doctrine of Res Judicata Before International Commercial Arbitral Tribunals, Oxford University Press, 2016
• The Doctrine of Res Judicata in International Commercial Arbitration, Arbitration in Switzerland: The Practitioner's Guide, Arroyo (ed.), 2nd ed., 2018
• Switzerland , in: J. Kim/M. Scherer (Eds), Delos Guide to Arbitration Places (GAP), 2nd. ed., 2021

• Association Suisse de l'Arbitrage (ASA)
• International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)
• London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
• Ordre des Avocats de Genève (Geneva Bar Association)
• American Bar Association (ABA)
• New York State Bar Association (NYSBA)