Expertise

Dr. Ernst F. Schmid has extensive experience in all aspects of state court litigation, including administrative court proceedings, as well as domestic and international arbitration (ICC, Swiss Rules, UNCITRAL, etc. and ad hoc).

Selection of cases

  • Presiding arbitrator in an UNCITRAL arbitration between parties of Central and SouthEast Europe regarding the transport of natural gas
  • Representing the bankruptcy estate of a foreign bank for the recognition of the bankruptcy in Switzerland and the collection of the respective claims in Switzerland

  • Requests for attachments at Swiss banks to secure claims by creditors

  • Presiding arbitrator in an ad hoc arbitration between a non-Swiss foundation and a Swiss defendant regarding assets claimed by the foundation

  • Co-counsel in an ICC arbitration between an Italian company and Turkish companies based on a EPIC agreement for a project in a Central Asia country

  • Presiding arbitrator in a VIAC arbitration between an international bank and a software developer relating to a core bank application

  • Presiding arbitrator in an ICC arbitration between two groups of companies producing and marketing commodities

  • Presiding arbitrator in a Swiss Rules arbitration in a construction dispute relating to a hotel

  • Co-counsel in an ad hoc arbitration for a Swiss chemical company relating to remediation of a contaminated site

  • Presiding arbitrator in a Swiss Rules arbitration between a Swiss claimant and a Dubai-based respondent relating to consumer goods

  • Co-counsel on Swiss law in a litigation in Bermuda
  • Enforcement of a Kazakh arbitral award in Switzerland against Swiss defendant
  • Co-arbitrator in a Swiss Rules arbitration in the railways sector

  • Representing a defendant in a series of D&O claims brought by the liquidator in connection with the bankruptcy of one of the largest Swiss groups of companies

  • Advising an international bank in the context of the misappropriation of client funds by a customer relationship officer; representing the bank in criminal and civil proceedings against the CRO and clients

  • Presiding arbitrator in an ICC arbitration between two BVI companies on commodities trading

  • Presiding arbitrator in an ICC arbitration between a German manufacturer and a Singaporean distributor of medical equipment

  • Co-arbitrator in an ad hoc arbitration between a US foundation and Austrian respondents for the restitution of art works

  • Co-arbitrator in a Swiss Rules arbitration between a BVI company and a Swiss company relating to a joint venture

  • Chairman of an arbitration between US claimants and a Swiss individual for the repayment of the investment in a Swiss company

  • Sole arbitrator in a Swiss Rules arbitration between a Jersey company and Austrian respondents in relation to an agency contract