Oetiker, Christian

Partner in the Litigation & Arbitration Team of VISCHER AG, Zurich/Basel

• University of St. Gallen, Switzerland (lic.iur., 1996; Dr. iur., 2003)
• London School of Economics and Political Science (LL.M., 2001)

Swiss Rules, ICC Rules, LCIA Rules, ad hoc Counsel, Co-Counsel, Special Swiss Counsel in a number of domestic and international arbitration cases involving the pharmaceutical and chemical industries, the financial sector, international trade and the aviation industry. Arbitrator (Chairman and Party-Appointed Arbitrator) Member of the Board of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) and the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR. Former member of the Board of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) from 2014 to 2025 and of the Arbitration Court of the Swiss Chambers' Arbitration Institution (now Swiss Arbitration Centre) from 2008 to 2019.

• Commentary to the Swiss Rules of International Arbitration, 3rd ed., Zurich 2023 (Art. 28-29, Art. 30-32 together with Noradèle Radjai)
• IBA Rules of Evidence. Commentary on the IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration (co-author), 2nd ed., Zurich 2022
• Kommentar zur Art. 176-194 IPRG, in: Müller-Chen/Widmer (Hrsg.), Zürcher Kommentar zum IPRG, Kommentar zum Bundesgesetz über das Internationale Privatrecht (IPRG) vom 18. Dezember 1987 (2 Bände), 3. Auflage, Zürich 2018
• Ad Hoc Arbitration in Switzerland, in: Arroyo: Arbitration in Switzerland: A Practioner's Handbook, 2nd ed., Biggleswade 2018
• Basler Kommentar zum Lugano-Übereinkommen (co-editor and co-author), Basel 2024
• Rückversicherungsschiedsgerichte - Ist billig und schnell auch gut? (co-author), HAVE 2007, 335-345
• Eintritt und Wirkungen der Rechtshängigkeit in der internationalen Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit, St. Gallen/Lachen 2003 (Doctoral Thesis)

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• Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) (former member of the Board)
• International Bar Association (IBA)
• ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
• Swiss and Basel Bar Association