Schramm, Dorothee

Independent Arbitrator

• 2022 – today: Independent arbitrator
• 2021 – 2022: Head of Europe of Sidley’s Global Life Sciences industry group and member of its global leadership
• 2015 – 2022: Partner at Sidley Austin LLP Geneva, International Arbitration Group
• 2011 – 2014: Associate at Sidley Austin LLP Geneva, International Arbitration Group
• 2007 – 2011: Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer Geneva and Zurich, International Arbitration Team
• 2004 – 2008: Part-time lecturer at the University of Lucerne
• 2004 – 2006: Legal intern (avocat-stagiaire) at Schellenberg Wittmer in Zurich and Geneva

20+ years of arbitration experience, initially as counsel and since 2011 also as presiding, sole, emergency and co-arbitrator, in German, English and French, under various international arbitration rules and at different seats of arbitration.

• See for recent publications https://swissarbitrator.com/insights.

• Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) – member of the Executive Committee and the Board
• Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center (SVAMC) – Vice-President and member of the Board, and included on the List of the World’s Leading Technology Neutrals (the Tech List®)
• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Ciarb) – Fellow (FCIArb)
• German Institution of Arbitration (DIS) – former alternate member of the Appointment Committee
• Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC) – former member of the International Advisory Board
• Beijing Arbitration Commission / Beijing International Arbitration Center (BAC/BIAC) - Arbitrator Panel
• Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) - Arbitrator Panel
• eBRAM - Arbitrator Panel
• Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) - Arbitrator Panel
• International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) - Arbitrator Panel
• International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Switzerland - Arbitrator Panel
• Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) - Arbitrator Panel
• Swiss Arbitration Centre - Arbitrator Panel
• Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC) - Arbitrator Panel
• WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Centre - Arbitrator Panel
• ArbitralWomen
• Austrian Arbitration Association (ArbAut)
• International Bar Association (IBA)
• International Council of Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)
• Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)

First German State Exam ("summa cum laude") and Swiss bar admission (Zurich, with partial exemption from the oral exam due to the grade "summa cum laude" in the written part). CEDR-accredited mediator.