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Biography

Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler is a partner of Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler, Geneva, and practices international commercial and investment arbitration, having acted in around 250 international arbitrations, mainly as president. She regularly ranks among the top ten arbitrators worldwide; a study on investment arbitration released in 2016 concluded that she was the “most influential arbitrator in the world”. She appears on numerous institutional panels (including ICC, ICSID, SIAC, CIETAC).   Professor Emerita at Geneva University, where she taught private international law and international arbitration, Gabrielle is the founder of the Geneva LLM in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS) and co-founder of the Foundation for International Arbitration Advocacy (FIAA). She is or was a visiting professor at Georgetown Law, Sciences Po Paris, the MIDS, National University of Singapore and Tsinghua University Beijing.   Honorary President of ICCA (since 2020) and of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA), Gabrielle is also among other leadership positions a former member of the ICC Court, LCIA Court, and AAA Board, and a member of the Swiss delegation to UNCITRAL.