Urs Weber-Stecher
Coordinator

Mandate

• The ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR comprises a team of lawyers, arbitrators, mediators, in-house counsel and law professors from more than 90 countries.
• The Commission holds two annual meetings at which proposed Reports and other Commission products are discussed, debated, and voted on
• The work of the Commission is hereby often carried out in special purpose Task Forces. Commission members are nominated by the National Committees for becoming a member of a Task Force. The Task Forces and Working Groups are of paramount importance for the Commission to succeed in accomplishing its mission.
• The Commission’s mission is to produce reports and guidelines on legal, procedural and practical aspects of dispute resolution.
• The Commission proposes new policies and tools to innovate and promote efficient and cost-effective settlement of disputes.
• The Commission also discusses and contributes to the drafting of proposed revisions to the ICC Rules of Arbitration and other arbitration rules, such as the Rules on ICC as Appointing Authority. It drafts and approves the ICC Mediation Rules, Expert Rules and Dispute Board Rules.

Projects for 2017-2018

• Launch the commission’s latest report, Financial Institutions and International Arbitration, with a view to promoting the use of ICC Arbitration in the financial sector.
• Promote the revised edition of the report on IT in International Arbitration including new sample wording dealing with the use of IT in arbitral proceedings.
• Work on a third edition of the Guide to National Procedures for Recognition and Enforcement of Awards under the New York Convention and continue the cooperation with UNCITRAL in promoting the New York Convention.
• Examine and analyse the Emergency Arbitrator proceedings globally and under the 2012 Arbitration Rules, in cooperation with other arbitral institutions as well as national committees.
• Participate in the joint project on the litigation of antitrust follow-on actions with the ICC Commission on Competition, which includes a comparative study of court litigation, mediation and arbitration.
• Continue the collaboration with the ICC Taxation Commission on tax dispute resolution in order to share ICC’s experience in dispute resolution with the UN Tax Committee.
• Revise the Rules of ICC as Appointing Authority in UNCITRAL or other Ad Hoc Arbitration Proceedings.
• Study the probative value of witness evidence in international arbitration.
• Comment and advise on the Court’s proposal on an Expedited Procedure for Small Claims.

Swiss Delegates

• Diana Akikol, ABR Avocats This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Homayoon Arfazadeh, PYTHON This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Dominique Brown-Berset, Brown & Page This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Xavier Favre-Bulle, Lenz & Staehelin This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Simon Gabriel; Gabriel Arbitration This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Pierre-Yves Gunter, Bär & Karrer This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Philipp Habegger, Habegger Arbitration This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Jean-Marc Joerin, Joerin - Advokatur und Mediation This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Laurent Killias, Pestalozzi This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Christopher Koch, Landolt & Koch This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Bernhard Meyer, MME Partners This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• John Moetteli, Da Vinci Partners LLC This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Philippe Preti, Mentha Avocats This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Michael Schneider, LALIVE This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Georg von Segesser, von Segesser Law Offices This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Nathalie Voser, Schellenberg Wittmer This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Urs Weber-Stecher, Coordinator, Wenger & Vieli AG This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Rabab Yasseen, Mentha Avocats This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Further Information

• Headquarters - Policy Commission on Arbirtration and ADR
• Headquarters - Trends and Issues of the Commission on Aribtration and ADR