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LexInn Legal Office

 

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Organisation
LexInn Legal Office
I practise/work in
  • International Arbitration
  • International Alternative Dispute Resolution
Profile Photo (Headshot or Logo)
Title (Mr/Mrs/Miss/Dr)
Dr
How you'd like your name to appear in the directory
Isabelle Fellrath
Suffix
Mrs
Gender
Female
Country
Non-African Country
Non-African Country (Please Specify)
Suisse
Country of Birth
Switzerland
Nationalities
Swiss, Italian
If non-African, how do you promote Africans in international arbitration/ADR?
AFAA program comittee
AFAA annual conferences attendance as speaker
CAW attendance as speaker
AFAA mentoring programm as mentor
Co-counselling with African counsels in arbitration
Arbitrator in African-related arbitration
Languages
French English Italian German
Individual Member Profession (see note below)
  • Academic
  • Arbitrator
  • Counsel
  • Arbitration/ADR Expert Witness
Number of Cases as Counsel in international arbitration/ADR
20+
Number of Cases as Sole Arbitrator in international arbitration
20+
Number of Cases as Co-Arbitrator in international arbitration
20+
Number of Cases as International Tribunal Chair
20+
Number of Cases as International Arbitration Tribunal Secretary
6-20
Number of cases as Arbitration/ADR Expert Witness
  • 6-20
Areas of Speciality
  • Administrative & Constitutional
  • Agency
  • Competition
  • Construction & Infrastructure
  • Corporate Law / M&A
  • Criminal Law
  • Distribution / Franchising
  • Domain Name Disputes
  • Employment
  • Energy & Natural Resources
  • Engineering
  • Entertainment & Media
  • Environment
  • Food & Beverages
  • Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals
  • Hospitality & Leisure
  • Intellectual Property
  • International Commercial Disputes
  • International Investment Disputes
  • Investment law
  • Joint Venture
  • Maritime
  • Public International Law
  • Regulatory
  • Retail & Consumer Products
  • Sales & Purchases
  • Shipping & Commodities
  • Sport
  • Taxation
  • Technologies
  • Telecommunications
  • Transport
Other Speciality (Please Specify)
environmental law
Degrees/Qualifications, Institutions and Dates Obtained
Bar, Geneva CH, 2001
Ph.D, University of Nottingham UK, 1998
LL.M., University of Nottingham UK, 1994
LL.B., University of Neuchâtel CH, 1993
List Arbitration/ADR Panels you belong to
Arbitrator - Court of Arbitration for Sport, Lausanne (general list)
Arbitrator - Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre HKIAC, List of arbitrators
Arbitrator - Lagos Court of Arbitration LCA, Panel of Neutrals
Arbitrator - Kigali International Arbitration Centre KIAC, Panel of International Arbitrators
Arbitrator - Swiss Sports Tribunal
Arbitrator - Adjudicatory body of European Aquatics Integrity Unit
Arbitrator - APIAC (Asia Pacific)
Professional Experience (Job Title, Organisation and Dates)
Since 2025: Founding member, Counsel/Arbitrator/Expert, LexInn Legal Office, www.lexinn.ch
Since 2025: Judge – Tribunal neutre du Canton de Vaud
Since 2024: Arbitrator – Swiss Sports Tribunal
Since 2024: Chair – Adjudicatory body of European Aquatics Integrity Unit
Since 2018: Arbitrator – Court of arbitration for Sport/Tribunal arbitral du sport
Since 2020: Lecturer (international arbitration) – Univ. of Lausanne, School of Law
2025-2018: Counsel/Arbitrator/Expert – Geneva & Lausanne-based arbitration law boutique
2024-2018: Member – Swiss Aquatics’ Tribunal for Aquatic Sports
2019-2011: Lecturer (energy law) – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
2018-2003: Associate – Geneva-based arbitration law boutiques
2014-2012: Deputy Judge – Swiss Federal Court 1st civil chamber, Lausanne
2014-2009: Lecturer (energy law) – University of Lausanne, School of Law
2009-2005: Lecturer (arbitration) – University of Glasgow, School of Law
2000-1998: Trainee – International law firm
1996: Legal intern – UNDP, Nairobi
1995: Legal intern – UNEP, Nairobi
Biography
Isabelle Fellrath holds a LL.B. (Neuchâtel Univ.), an LL.M and Ph.D. (Nottingham Univ.). She was called to the Swiss Bar in 1998. She has extensive experience in commercial and investment arbitrations, acting as counsel and sitting as an accredited arbitrator with renown arbitral institutions. She regularly sits as an arbitrator in sport and ethics disputes with Court of Arbitration for Sport and Swiss Sports Tribunal, and chair the Adjudicatory body of European Aquatics Integrity Unit. She served as an Adjunct Judge at the Swiss Federal Supreme Court. After over 25 years of practice in leading Swiss and international law firms, with extensive involvement in African matters, Dr Fellrath launched Swiss-based legal boutique LexInn Legal Office offering counsel, arbitrator and legal expert services in commercial, contract, investment, sport, energy, environmental and ESG matters. Dr Fellrath publishes in her areas of expertise, which she has been teaching for over 20 years (Glasgow Univ., Lausanne Univ., EPFL). Dr Fellrath practices in French, English and Italian.
Legal Background
  • Civil Law
  • Common Law
  • European Law
  • International Law
Qualified in (specify jurisdiction(s))
Switzerland
Types of agreements from which disputes in your practice most frequently arise
  • Agency/Distribution
  • Built Environment
  • Charter parties
  • Concessions
  • Employment
  • Energy Pricing
  • Engineering
  • Finance
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Loan
  • Partnership
  • Public-Private Partnerships
  • Sale of Business
  • Sale of Goods
  • Share Purchase/Joint Venture
  • Shipbuilding
  • Tender Processes
Other Agreement (Please specify)
licence and franchising agreement, SPA , concept and design agreement , cooperation agreement , pharmacovigilance services agreement, oil and gas exploration/ exploitation/transportation agreement, collateral management agreement, entertainment rights agreement, biotechnology transfer, commodity sale and purchase agreement, international investment energy contract, marketing agreement, consultancy agreement
List arbitration/ADR articles, book chapters, books and where published
Selected (complete list @ https://lexinn.ch)
(A) Publications:
Athletes’ submission to sports association and organization regulations in Swiss law, AJP, 2025 (co-author)
Commentary to Art. 1 and 2 SRIA, in T. Zuberbuhler et al. (eds), SWISS RULES OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION: COMMENTARY, 2013 (co-author)
CULTURAL PROPERTY DISPUTES: THE ROLE OF ARBITRATION IN RESOLVING Non CONTRACTUAL DISPUTES, 2004
Chronique de jurisprudence étrangère (Suisse), 2003-2017, REV. ARB. (2017) 1231-1257 ; (2016) 1169-1198 ; (2015) 1185-1213 ; (2014) 991-1020 ; (2013) 1047-1069 (2012) 845-866 ; (2011) 1069-1091 ; (2010) 877-909 ; (2009) 827-872 ; (2008) 749-775 ; (2007) 861-881 ; (2006) 827-855 ; (2005) 171-196 (with P.-Y. Tschanz)
La sanzione per il mancato rispetto di una clausola multistep conciliazione/arbitrato e le conseguenze per gli atti già compiuti dal tribunale arbitrale? , XXVII RIVISTA DELL’ ARBITRATO (2017) 613-635
L’ammissibilità di consulenti esterni del tribunale arbitrale nel diritto svizzero, XXVI RIVISTA DELL’ ARBITRATO (2016) 353-370 (co-author)
Consent to Arbitrate: A Prerequisite to Arbitration, JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND ARBITRATION LAW (2012) 241-252 (co-author)
The Swiss Supreme Court Decides: India v. Crédit Agricole Suisse, X ART ANTIQUITY AND LAW (2005) 401-413

(B) Speaking engagements:
ESG Remediation and Damages, AFAA 5TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Douala, 9-11 October 2024
Sports Events and Sustainability: Friends or Foes?, ASSOCIATION SUISSE DE DROIT DU SPORT, 27-29 November 2024
Environmental and Sustainability Issues in Maritime Arbitration, CAMEROON ARBITRATION WEEK 2024, Douala, 7-10 October 2024
Due process in virtual arbitration: Adjustments, constraints, challenges, LL.M. International Business law, UNIL, Lausanne, since 2023
Contracts of employment under the FIFA RSTP and the Swiss Code of Obligations: Interactions, UNIL/CAS SPORTS ARBITRATION FORUM, 25 November 2022
Funding of International Commercial Arbitration, LL.M. International Business law, UNIL, Lausanne, 2020-23
Protecting Human Rights through Arbitration: The Hague Rules on Business and Human Rights Arbitration, AFAA 2nd ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Accra, 14-16 June 2021
Cash-strapped : How Can Mining Companies Finance Legal Disputes?, Moderator, Conference on Social License and Dispute Resolution in the Extractive Industries, UNIL, Lausanne, 19 February 2021
Intrinsic Inadequacy or Unwarranted Ignorance of Voluntary Arbitration in National Environmental Matters?, ASA, 29 October 2020
Funding of International Commercial Arbitration, UNIL, International Arbitration and Mediation (Advanced course), 7-8 May 2020
Conflits de droit du travail et arbitrage, SwissLegal, Zurich, 7 May 2019
Website Address
https://lexinn.ch/



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