Brunner, Christoph

Independent arbitrator, counsel and legal expert, Brunner Arbitration LLC; Lecturer at the University of Bern.

• International arbitration
• commercial contracts
• international sales
• construction and engineering
• distribution and agency
• joint ventures and industrial cooperation
• corporate law
• M&A
• finance and banking
• private international law.

• University of California at Berkeley School of Law, LL.M., 1997
• University of Bern Faculty of Law, Doctorate in Law (PhD), 1996
• Bar exam, Bern, Switzerland,1994.

Chairman, sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator, counsel and co-counsel and legal expert in numerous international and domestic arbitrations under most institutions (e.g. ICC, Swiss Rules, UNCITRAL, Vienna Rules) and ad hoc rules. Counsel to parties in arbitration related court procedures (setting aside, recognition and enforcement). Subject-matter of the arbitration proceedings: International sales, construction and engineering, distribution and agency, joint ventures and industrial cooperation, partnerships, licensing, intellectual property, M&A, finance and banking, natural resources, employment.

• Force Majeure and Hardship under General Contract Principles - Exemption for Non-performance in International Arbitration, Wolters Kluwer, 2009
• Commentary on the UN Sales Law (CISG), Wolters Kluwer, 2019
• UN-Kaufrecht - CISG, Kommentar zum Übereinkommen der Vereinten Nationen über Verträge über den internationalen Warenkauf von 1980, unter Berücksichtigung der Schnittstellen zum internen Schweizer Recht, 2nd edition, Bern 2014
• For further publications see the website of Brunner Arbitration at https://brunner-arbitration.ch/

• German
• English
• French

• ICC Swiss Commission of Arbitration
• LCIA European Users’ Council
• International Arbitration Institute, Paris
• Swiss Arbitration Association
• ELArb
• ACT List of Arbitrators
• Swiss and International Bar Association
• International Association of Boalt Alumni