Switzerland: Arbitration & Dispute Resolution

International arbitration delivers final, binding awards, but losing parties often attempt to re-litigate objections across multiple jurisdictions. This analysis examines how transnational issue estoppel prevents award debtors from repeatedly challenging the same issues before different courts, exploring recent decisions from Singapore, England, India, and France that shape the doctrine's application in cross-border enforcement proceedings.

The ICC's 2025 Dispute Resolution Statistics reveal a global arbitration system operating at near-record levels, with 894 new cases and 1,869 pending matters. The data exposes evolving patterns in regional dispute resolution, expedited procedures, and institutional oversight, while highlighting persistent challenges in efficiency, diversity, and award quality that are reshaping how parties approach international commercial arbitration.

Artificial intelligence has made it easier than ever to create convincing fake videos, audio recordings, and images—raising urgent questions about how international arbitration tribunals should handle disputed audiovisual evidence. As deepfakes become more sophisticated and harder to detect, arbitrators face a growing challenge: determining not just what weight to give evidence, but whether that evidence is authentic at all.

From May 2026 (Bern) and 2027 (Zurich) onwards, parties can bring their international commercial disputes before international commercial state courts in Bern and Zurich and have proceedings conducted in English.

In NextEra Energy Global Holdings B.V. and NextEra Energy Spain Holdings B.V. v Kingdom of Spain [2026] SGHC 43 ("NextEra v Spain"), the High Court of Singapore held that Spain was not entitled to state immunity...

The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final controversy between Morocco and Senegal has escalated to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, highlighting Switzerland's dominant role as the global center for international sports arbitration. This high-stakes dispute raises critical questions about why federations, clubs, and athletes worldwide increasingly turn to Swiss-seated arbitration for resolving complex sports disputes involving contracts, disciplinary sanctions, and tournament outcomes.

Delay claims are among the most common and contentious issues in international construction arbitration.

The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law ("UNCITRAL") is the central body within the United Nations system responsible for modernising and harmonising international trade law.

Mit der im Jahr 2022 in Kraft getretenen Revision des VVG wurde insbesondere auch Art. 45 VVG überarbeitet. So gilt für Versicherungsverträge, die dem revidierten Recht unterstehen neu, dass der Versicherungsnehmer den Eintritt eines vertraglich vereinbarten Rechtsnachteils wegen Obliegenheitsverletzung auch abwenden kann, indem er nachweist, dass die Verletzung keinen Einfluss auf den Umfang der vom Versicherungsunternehmen geschuldeten Leistung hat