Address
Bar & Karrer, Brandschenkestrasse 90, Zurich, Switzerland, Postcode : CH-8027
Phone Fax
+41 58 261 5000
+41 58 261 5001
E mail - WebSite
m.blessing@baerkarrer.ch
www.baerkarrer.ch
Nationality
Swiss
Education
Universities of Zurich and Geneva, Faculty of Law (lic.iur. 1969/ Dr. iur. 1973, magna cum laude); Studies at the City of London Polytechnic (1969); Bar examinations in Zurich, admitted 1972; also admitted in many other Swiss Cantons.
Bar Admission
Zurich and Swiss Bar, 1972.
Experience as Arbitrator and/or Counsel in Arbitrations
Handled some 180 international arbitration cases, whereof about 50% as presiding arbitrator and the remaining 50% as sole arbitrator, party - nominated arbitrator or counsel representing (mostly non-Swiss) parties; mediated several large disputes (commercial, industrial, antitrust and BIT disputes).
Present Position
Since 1974 with the Law firm Bar & Karrer; Partner since 1979; Lecturer, LL.M. -and Executive M.B.L- programs of the Universities of Zurich & St. Gallen, teaching the subject of international arbitration & EU competition laws, since 1996.
Publications
Introduction to International Arbitration, in: International Arbitration in Switzerland (Kluwer, 2000); Introduction of Arbitration - Swiss and International Perspectives, 1999 (320 pages); Arbitrating Antitrust and Merger Control Issues (Helbing & Lichtenhahn), 2003 (215 pages) and about 65 further publications and conference reports.
Languages
German, English, French.
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