Dr. Marc Blessing
Of Counsel
Marc Blessing has more than thirty years of experience in international arbitration.
Marc Blessing mostly serves as Chairman (or party-nominated arbitrator) of international arbitral tribunals, either in ad hoc arbitations, or in arbitrations under the major Institutional Arbitration Rules (such as ICC, LCIA, AAA-ICDR, Swiss Rules, WIPO Rules, DIS Rules, Singapore (SIAC), Beijing (CIETAC), Vienna Centre, Stockholm Arbitration Institute etc.); he is an accredited Arbitrator of numerous other Institutions. He is also frequently called to serve as mediator in international disputes.
Marc Blessing also advises the parties as counsel or co-counsel in matters of international arbitration, and serves as legal expert on Swiss law and on the practice of international arbitration.
The arbitrations cases handled involved international transactions, mergers & acquisitions, large constructions, finance, joint-ventures, oil & gas, IP-matters (technology trasfer), EC- and US antitrust law, energy contracts, telecom, concessions and procurement contracts with States, pipelines, matters under Bilateral Investment Treaties and the Energy Charter Treaty. Many cases involve States and State-controlled entities.
Marc Blessing has authored some 70 books, articles and published Conference Reports.
Marc Blessing also advises private clients.
- Of Counsel at Bär & Karrer (since 2008)
- Partner of Bär & Karrer (1979-2007)
- University of Zürich: lic.iur. (1969) and Dr. iur. (1973)
- City of London Polytechnic: Postgraduate Studies (1969)
- Admitted to the Zurich and Swiss Bar (1972)
- Honorary President of the Swiss Arbitration Association and Past President 1991 to 1997
- Past Court Member of the LCIA - London Court of International Arbitration (1992-2004)
- Chartered Arbitrator, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London
- Since 1996 regular lecturer at the Universities of Zurich and St. Gallen in LL.M.-, Executive M.B.L.- and MBA Programmes, particularly on EU Competition Law and Arbitration
- Lecture in the programmes of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, in Oxford
- Member of the Arbitration Council of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) (1994-2001)
- Past Vice-President of the International Federation of Commercial Arbitration Institutions (IFCAI)(1991-2001)
- Zurich and Swiss Bar Association
- International Bar Association (IBA); UIA
- Author of some 70 articles, books, published conference reports
- All Swiss Courts
Bär & Karrer AG
Brandschenkestrasse 90
CH-8027 Zurich
Switzerland
M: +44 79 402 55 10
F: +41 58 261 50 01
m.blessing@baerkarrer.ch
T: +41 58 261 50 00
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