Sievi, Nino

Partner, Lex Futura AG, Zurich

• since 2019: Partner, Lex Futura AG, Zurich
• 2019: Call to the bar of England and Wales, Inner Temple
• 2019: Admission to the German bar
• 2014-2019: Associate, CMS von Erlach Poncet AG, Zurich
• 2018: LL.M. in international law, University of Cambridge
• 2017: PhD in Law, University of Fribourg
• 2014: Admission to the Swiss bar

Recent Arbitrator Appointments: - Emergency Arbitrator in Swiss Rules proceedings regarding TV broadcasting rights and bank guarantees governed by Swiss law (USD 95 million). - Co-Arbitrator in ICC Rules proceedings seated in Switzerland regarding construction of food plant in Italy governed by Swiss law (USD 9 million). - Co-Arbitrator in Swiss Rules proceedings regarding sale of coal and AML-issues in payment of purchase price governed by English law (USD 3.5 million). - Co-Arbitrator in LCIA proceedings regarding sale of steel governed by English law (USD 500,000). - Sole Arbitrator in ICC Rules proceedings regarding distribution of medical and laboratory equipment governed by German law (USD 750,000). - Party-appointed Sole Arbitrator in ICC Rules proceedings relating to sale of machinery parts governed by Swiss law (CHF 500,000). - Party-appointed Sole Arbitrator in Swiss Rules proceeding relating to laboratory services in pharmaceutical industry governed by Ukrainian law (EUR 120,000). - Sole Arbitrator in Swiss Rules proceedings regarding post-M&A dispute governed by Swiss law (CHF 100,000).

• Pre-Appointment communications with prospective arbitrators - limits, disclosure and documentation, German Arbitration Journal (SchiedsVZ) 2021, p. 1 – 6.
• Report on Main Features of Declarations in Switzerland, in: Gessel-Kalinowska, The Legal, Real and Converged Interest in Declaratory Relief, Kluwer International, The Hague 2019.
• Video Conferencing in International Arbitration – the Seoul Protocol on Video Conferencing in International Arbitrations as a Guide to Vest Practice, Young Arbitration Review 2020(1).
• Facing Defaulting Respondent: a Challenge for the Arbitrators as well as Claimant, Latin American Journal of International Trade Law, 2015(1), p. 100 – 112.
• Waiving the Action for Annulment – Pro-Arbitration Taken a Bridge too far?, Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration 2012(2), p. 113 – 122.

• DIS40
• ASA
• Swiss Bar Association
• Zurich Bar Association
• Hanseatische Rechtsanwaltskammer Hamburg