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Jean Marguerat has experience across all areas of dispute resolution, with particular expertise in international arbitration and in international litigation. Jean Marguerat is one of the authors of the Commentary on the Swiss Rules of International Arbitration.
Jean Marguerat has been a Partner in our Geneva office since 2010 and is the Co-Managing Partner since January 2020.
Jean Marguerat’s practice focuses on international arbitration, litigation and contract law. Jean Marguerat has experience as party counsel and as arbitrator in more than 90 institutional (ICC, SCAI, LCIA, VIAC, CAS, etc.) and ad hoc international arbitrations involving sale of goods and commodities, distribution and agency, construction, marine works, joint ventures, corporate transactions and sport related matters. He also regularly represents clients before the Swiss courts in all fields of commercial disputes and notably those in relation to arbitration (enforcement and challenge of arbitral awards). His activity includes recognition & enforcement proceedings (including attachments) and international legal assistance.
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- «Jean Marguerat is a smart and reactive colleague, extremely easy to work with and straightforward. He understands quickly the needs and provides practical and just legal analysis» – Legal 500 EMEA, Arbitration, 2022
- Jean Marguerat is recommended in The Legal 500 EMEA 2022, Litigation
- Jean Marguerat is recommended in The Legal 500 EMEA 2022, Sports Law
- Jean Marguerat is ranked by Leaders League as an expert in International Arbitration, Switzerland 2022
- Jean Marguerat is «a very efficient and no-nonsense lawyer and is very easy to work with» – Chambers and Partners Global, Arbitration, 2022
- Jean Marguerat is noted for his expertise in international arbitration matters. He represents football clubs and athletes – Chambers an Partners Europe, Sport, 2022
- “Jean is really excellent as counsel in international proceedings. He always takes an impressive, creative approach” – WWL, Arbitration 2022
- “The fantastic Jean Marguerat cuts a distinguished figure as a very pragmatic practitioner who always produces well-structured work” – WWL, Switzerland Arbitration 2021
- Jean Marguerat is noted for his expertise in international arbitration matters. One impressed client states: «He is a highly recommended lawyer; he is very dynamic and active, with great legal knowledge and charisma» – Chambers and Partners Europe, Sport, 2021
- Sources report that Jean Marguerat has an open mind to issues of cultural differences and a good understanding of complex factual situations. He is well versed in representing companies from the mining and life sciences sectors in commercial arbitrations – Chambers and Partners Europe + Global, Arbitration counsel, 2021
Education & Admission
- University of Cambridge, LL.M.
- Admitted to the bar in Switzerland (1999)
- Universities of Basel and Neuchâtel, lic.iur.
Memberships and public offices
- Swiss Bar Association
- Geneva Bar Association
- Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
- London Court of International Arbitration
- Club Español del Arbitraje
- Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit
Languages
- French
- English
- Spanish
- German
Publications
- GAR – Challenging and Enforcing Arbitration Awards 2020 – Switzerland, An extract from GAR’s Challenging and Enforcing Arbitration Awards Know-how, first published in April 2020 | 28.04.2020
- Arbitration and Competition – A Swiss Perspective, CPI Antitrust Chronicles | 09.07.2019
- The Guide to Challenging and Enforcing Arbitration Awards 2019 – Switzerland, Jurisdictional Know-How, Global Arbitration Review | 20.06.2019
- Enforcement of arbitral awards in Switzerland, an extract from GAR’s Enforcement Know-how, Global Arbitration Review, first published in December 2017 | 15.05.2018
Find all publications by Jean Marguerat on our website mll-legal.com.
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