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Swiss Arbitration – A unique global dispute resolution platform
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Swiss Arbitration is the global platform for arbitration and mediation under the leadership of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA). Building on a history that goes back over 100 years, and a network of over 2,000 legal practitioners from all over the world, Swiss Arbitration brings together many of the leading players in the alternative dispute resolution community through four organisations.
Recognised for its thought leadership and the reputation of its independent dispute resolution centre, Swiss Arbitration helps to advance the practice of international arbitration and mediation for all users, practitioners and academics, in Switzerland and abroad.
Cross-roads of languages and cultures.
Cosmopolitanism is part of Swiss DNA
Global outlook with close ties
to Swiss roots
Challenges against arbitral awards
can be filed in English
Our history
Why Swiss Arbitration
Swiss Arbitration is fast
- Swiss practitioners have been focusing on time-efficiency for a very long time – Swiss Arbitration Centre (formerly SCAI) was one of the first to introduce expedited proceedings into its rules.
- Overly long hearings and protracted document discovery has never been part of Swiss Arbitration tradition, contributing to faster and less expensive proceedings.
- Two thirds (approximately 66%) of proceedings initiated at the Swiss Arbitration Centre in the last four years were finished within less than one year.
- For all arbitrations seated in Switzerland, the average duration of setting aside proceedings before the Swiss Supreme Court is around six months.
Swiss Arbitration is reliable and predictable
- Swiss practitioners have been focusing on time-efficiency for a very long time – Swiss Arbitration Centre (formerly SCAI) was one of the first to introduce expedited proceedings into its rules.
- Swiss practitioners have been focusing on time-efficiency for a very long time – Swiss Arbitration Centre (formerly SCAI) was one of the first to introduce expedited proceedings into its rules.
Swiss Arbitration is neutral and independant
- For all arbitrations seated in Switzerland, the average duration of setting aside proceedings before the Swiss Supreme Court is around six months.
- Swiss practitioners have been focusing on time-efficiency for a very long time – Swiss Arbitration Centre (formerly SCAI) was one of the first to introduce expedited proceedings into its rules.
Swiss Arbitration is flexible and innovative
- For all arbitrations seated in Switzerland, the average duration of setting aside proceedings before the Swiss Supreme Court is around six months.
- Swiss practitioners have been focusing on time-efficiency for a very long time – Swiss Arbitration Centre (formerly SCAI) was one of the first to introduce expedited proceedings into its rules.
- Swiss practitioners have been focusing on time-efficiency for a very long time – Swiss Arbitration Centre (formerly SCAI) was one of the first to introduce expedited proceedings into its rules.
Swiss Arbitration is pragmatic and efficient
- For all arbitrations seated in Switzerland, the average duration of setting aside proceedings before the Swiss Supreme Court is around six months.