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International Commercial Arbitration

Whether you are a Swiss, foreign, or multinational company, an international investor, or a private equity Firm, our arbitration practice can assist you in successfully resolving international disputes.

Our dedicated arbitration team collaborates with clients worldwide to resolve significant commercial disputes across a diverse range of industries, including oil and gas, natural resources, infrastructure, technology, construction, and finance. Our case portfolio spans Europe, North Africa, French and English-speaking sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and Gulf region, Central Asia, and the Americas.

We serve as strategic advisors, lawyers, and arbitrators, handling every phase of commercial arbitration proceedings from initial case analysis to the enforcement of arbitral awards. Our practice also includes proceedings before national courts when arbitral tribunals require judicial support. We work on both ad hoc arbitration and arbitration initiated under major arbitration rules, including the Swiss Rules, ICC, LCIA, ICSID, UNCITRAL Regulations, and the Code of the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

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Legislative and Regulatory Updates for 2026

Borel & Barbey would like to draw your attention to the main legislative changes applicable from 2026 onwards in the areas of Banking & Finance, Corporate – M&A, Private Clients,...
18 December 2025

From 2026, stalking will be punishable by criminal law

Interviewed by Julie Zaugg in Le Journal de Léman Bleu, Loris Bertoliatti discusses the new criminal law provision on stalking, which comes into force on 1 January 2026. This provision...
1 December 2025

“Stalking” will be expressly punishable under the Swiss Criminal Code as of 1 January 2026

On 19 November 2025, the Swiss Federal Council decided that a new criminal law provision on stalking will enter into force on 1 January 2026.   Cases of “stalking” are...
20 November 2025