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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
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 Bachelor's degree in Law (LL.B) of the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, as well as a Master of Laws (LL.M) and a Doctoral degree (Ph.D.) of the University of Nottingham, UK. She was called to the Bar (Geneva, Canton de Vaud, Swiss Federal Supreme Court, Switzerland) in 1998.
She has extensive experience in domestic and international commercial and investment arbitrations, acting as counsel and sitting as arbitrator (accred. Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, Lagos Court of Arbitration, Kigali International Arbitration Centre, Vienna International Arbitration Centre). She also regularly sits as an arbitrator in sport-related disputes with Court of Arbitration for Sport (gen. list), Swiss Sports Tribunal (arbitrator) and was recently elected chair of Adjudicatory body of European Aquatics Integrity Unit.
She served as an Adjunct Judge at the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (1st civil chamber).
Isabelle regularly publishes in her areas of expertise, which she has been teaching for many years i.a. at the Universities of Glasgow, UK and Lausanne, Switzerland, as well as at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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:
Publications:
Commentary to Art. 1 and 2 SRIA, in T. Zuberbuhler et al. (eds), SWISS RULES OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION: COMMENTARY, Kluwer / Schulthess, 2nd edn 2013 (co-author)
CULTURAL PROPERTY DISPUTES: THE ROLE OF ARBITRATION IN RESOLVING Non CONTRACTUAL DISPUTES, Transnational Publishers / Brill Academic Publishers, 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? Nota sulla sentenza del 16 marzo 2016, caso nº 4A_628/2015, Tribunale Federale Svizzero pubblicata nel DTF 142 III 296, XXVII RIVISTA DELL’ ARBITRATO (2017) 613-635
L’ammissibilità di consulenti esterni del tribunale arbitrale nel diritto svizzero, Nota sulla sentenza del 21 maggio 2015, caso nº 4A_709/2014, Tribunale Federale Svizzero, XXVI RIVISTA DELL’ ARBITRATO (2016) 353-370 (co-author)
Annotations and Summaries of Decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court Issued in 2011 and 2012 Concerning International Arbitration, JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND ARBITRATION LAW/ ULUSLARARASI TICARET VE TAHKIM HUKUKU DERGISI (2013) 191-219 (co-author)
Consent to Arbitrate: A Prerequisite to Arbitration, JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND ARBITRATION LAW/ ULUSLARARASI TICARET VE TAHKIM HUKUKU DERGISI (2012) 241-252 (co-author)
The Swiss Supreme Court Decides: India v. Crédit Agricole Suisse, X ART ANTIQUITY AND LAW (2005) 401-413
Caselaw reviews in ILO (co-author)
Speaking engagements:
Protecting Human Rights through Arbitration: The Hague Rules on Business and Human Rights Arbitration, panelist, AfAA 2nd Annual Conference on Reform and Innovation of International Dispute Resolution: African Perspectives, Accra, Ghana, 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 Geneva group, 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
Why Does Arbitration Matter? Some Practical Insights, Brown Bag Seminar, No Peace Without Justice, Brussels, 30 January 2012
Website Address
https://lexinn.ch/



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