Current Position

• Bonnard Lawson, International Law Firm, Geneva, Switzerland (from Sept. 2017)
  Partner
  • Counsel and arbitrator in international commercial arbitration, including under the ICC, Swiss Rules, LCIA and UNCITRAL Rules; counsel in sports arbitration before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS); litigation before Swiss courts, including setting aside proceedings against arbitral awards and enforcement proceedings

Education

• Columbia University School of Law, New York, United States
  LL.M., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, May 2011
  • Postdoctoral research in bankruptcy and contracts
  • Fellowship: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
• University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
  Doctor of Laws, summa cum laude, Walther Hug Award, Nov. 2010
  • Doctoral thesis in bankruptcy and contracts
• University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
  Master of laws, summa cum laude, July 2002
  • Exchange program at University of St.Gallen, Switzerland (Oct. 2001 – July 2002)

Bar memberships

• Geneva; New York

Professional experience

• Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler, Geneva, Switzerland (Oct. 2011 – Aug. 2017)
  Senior Associate
  • Counsel, arbitrator and secretary to tribunals in international commercial arbitration, including under the ICC, Swiss Rules, LCIA and UNCITRAL Rules; counsel in sports arbitration before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS); litigation before Swiss courts related to setting aside proceedings and enforcement of arbitral awards
• University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland (Sept. 2006 – Mar. 2009; Sept. 2009 – July 2010)
  PhD candidate
  • Research and teaching assistant in contract law.
• Swiss Competition Commission, Bern, Switzerland (Nov. 2004 – Aug. 2005)
  Trainee
  • Counsel in antitrust disputes
• Law firm Juvet Schweizer Lambert Burgat, Neuchâtel, Switzerland (May 2003 – Oct. 2004)
  Trainee
  • Litigation before Swiss courts in a variety of disputes including contracts, torts, bankruptcy, and criminal law
• District Court, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland (Nov. 2002 – Apr. 2003)
  Trainee
  • Clerk in a variety of disputes including contracts, torts, bankruptcy, and criminal law

Autor
Jusletter

Publications

A complete listing of Fabrice Robert-Tissot publications can be found here.
 

Academic

• Co-Lecturer (with Prof. Thomas Probst) of the seminar on International Contracts and International Arbitration at the University of Fribourg (from Jan. 2015)

Languages

• French (native)
• English (fluent)
• German (fluent)
• Spanish (basic)