Dr. Manuel Arroyo

Associate
Experience

Manuel Arroyo's practice focuses on international commercial arbitration and litigation, in which areas he publishes extensively. His preferred fields further include contract, tort and private international law.

A law clerk with the Swiss Federal Supreme Court from 2004 to 2007, Manuel Arroyo was involved in 126 Supreme Court decisions, mainly concerning commercial contract disputes and challenges of arbitral awards rendered in international arbitrations. From 2002 to 2004, he was an attorney-at-law with the litigation/arbitration team of a large Geneva law firm. Between 1998 and 2002, he was a lawyer in the litigation team of a Basel law firm, a clerk at the Basel Department of Justice, and a research and teaching assistant at the Basel University Faculty of Law.

Curriculum
  • Associate at Bär & Karrer (since 2007)
  • University of Stockholm: LL.M. in International Commercial Arbitration Law (2007)
  • Law clerk with the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (2004-2007)
  • Associate with a large Geneva law firm (2002-2004)
  • Admitted to the Basel Bar (2002)
  • University of Basel: Dr. iur. (2001)
  • University of Basel: lic. iur. (1998)
Memberships and Public Offices
  • Swiss Bar Association (SAV/FSA)
  • Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
  • Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
  • ICDR Y&I (New York)
  • Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit (DIS)
  • ASA Below 40
  • Lecturer at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences Institute of Business Law (Contract and Tort Law)
Admission
  • All Swiss Courts
 
Contact Details
Dr. Manuel Arroyo
Bär & Karrer AG
Brandschenkestrasse 90
CH-8027 Zurich
Switzerland
T: +41 58 261 50 00
F: +41 58 261 50 01
m.arroyo@baerkarrer.ch
Assistant
Michèle Andeweg
T: +41 58 261 53 51
F: +41 58 261 50 01
m.andeweg@baerkarrer.ch
Languages

German, English, Spanish, Italian, French