People

Bernd Ehle joined LALIVE in 2003. He specialises in international arbitration and has acted as counsel and arbitrator in numerous administered and ad hoc international arbitral proceedings governed by various procedural and substantive laws including Swiss, English, French, German, New York, Turkish and Ukrainian law. He is experienced in disputes involving the main aspects of commercial transactions, in particular disputes relating to joint ventures, M&A, distribution and agency, and projects in the construction, telecommunications and energy sectors. He also represents parties in Swiss court proceedings related to arbitration.

Bernd Ehle features in The International Who's Who of Commercial Arbitration. He acts as co-chair of the Geneva Group of ASA (Swiss Arbitration Association) and is a committee member of the European Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb). Bernd Ehle is also a member of several other international arbitration associations, including DIS (German Institution of Arbitration), the Austrian Arbitration Association, LCIA, and ICDR, and a board member of the German-Swiss Lawyers' Association (DSJV).

Bernd Ehle is a frequent lecturer on Swiss construction law to corporate counsel in the construction industry in Germany and in Austria.

Prior to joining LALIVE, Bernd Ehle practiced in corporate and commercial law, litigation, and EU law in Germany with Graf von Westphalen, in Freiburg (2000-2003), and Ehle & Schiller, in Cologne (1998-1999). He studied law at the Universities of Freiburg and Heidelberg in Germany, and at the University of Geneva and the Graduate Institute of International Studies (IUHEI) in Switzerland from 1991 to 1996. He passed his First State examination in Heidelberg in 1996 and his Second State examination in Freiburg in 1998. Bernd Ehle holds an LL.M. from Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, USA (2000), and a Ph.D. from the University of Heidelberg, Germany (2001).

• Commentary on Article I of the New York Convention
  Bernd Ehle, 2012
  

  In: Reinmar Wolff (Ed.), New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, Commentary, C.H. Beck/Hart Publishing/Nomos, 2012, pp. 26-84

• Revision der Swiss Rules – erhöhte Effizienz und Flexibilität
  Bernd Ehle, Werner Jahnel, 2012
  

  SchiedsVZ (German Arb. J.) 4/2012, pp. 169-177

• Effective Use of Demonstrative Exhibits in International Arbitration
  Bernd Ehle, 2012
  

  In: Alexander J. Bělohlávek/Naděžda Rozehnalová (Eds.), Czech and Central European Yearbook of Arbitration 2012, pp. 43-59

• Practical aspects of using expert evidence in international arbitration
  Bernd Ehle, 2012
  

  In: Marianne Roth/Michael Geistlinger (Eds.), Yearbook on International Arbitration, Vol. II, NWV Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, Vienna, 2012, pp. 75-84

• Schweizer AGB-Recht im Umbruch
  Bernd Ehle, André Brunschweiler, 2012
  

  Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft, Betriebs-Berater International, 5/2012, p. 262-271

• The Court of Arbitration for Sport
  Bernd Ehle, Guillaume Tattevin, 2012
  

  In:G Wegen and S Wislke (Eds.), Getting the Deal Through - Arbitration 2012, Law Business Research Ltd, London, 2012, pp. 6-9

• Privacy and Confidentiality in Arbitration - Switzerland
  Bernd Ehle, Noradèle Radjai, 2011
  

  In: A. Sheppard (Ed.), Comparative Smart Charts, Kluwer Law International Practice Tools, 2011

• The Arbitrator as a Settlement Facilitator
  Bernd Ehle, 2010
  

  In: Walking A Thin Line - What an Arbitrator Can Do, Must Do or Must Not Do, Recent Developments and Trends, Colloquium CEPANI40, 29 September 2010, Bruylant, 2010, pp. 77-95

• Arbitral institutions – Swiss Chambers of Commerce and Industry
  Domitille Baizeau, Bernd Ehle, 2010
  

  In: A. Sheppard (Ed.), Comparative Smart Charts, Kluwer Law International Practice Tools, 2010

• The Court of Arbitration for Sport
  Bernd Ehle, Guillaume Tattevin, 2010
  

  In: G Wegen and S Wislke (Eds.), Getting the Deal Through - Arbitration 2010, Law Business Research Ltd, London, 2010, pp. 10-13

• Soluţionarea prin arbitraj a disputelor din materia fuziunilor şi achiziţiilor internaţionale
  Bernd Ehle, 2009
  

  Revista Românǎ de Arbitraj, 2009, No. 1, pp. 59-65

• Belated nomination of arbitrator before the Swiss juge d'appui: Three recent decisions
  Bernd Ehle, 2008
  

  ASA Bull. 2/2008, Vol. 26, pp. 392-399

• Combining Swiss arbitration with English enforcement - A powerful tool
  Michael E. Schneider, Matthias Scherer, Bernd Ehle, 2007
  

  Chambers Client Report, 2007, Issue 22, p. 39

• Concurrent jurisdiction: Arbitral tribunals and courts granting interim relief
  Bernd Ehle, 2007
  

  In: Anita Alibekova/Robert Carrow (Eds.), International Arbitration and Mediation - From the Professional's Perspective, Salzburg, Yorkhill Law Publishing, 2007, pp. 157-169

• Arbitration as a dispute resolution mechanism in mergers and acquisitions
  Bernd Ehle, 2005
  

  In: Campbell (Ed.), The Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business, Kluwer Law International, The Hague, 2005, pp. 287-311

• Die Freizügigkeit europäischer Anwälte in der Schweiz
  Bernd Ehle, Dorothea Seckler, 2005
  

  Anwalts Revue de l'Avocat, 6-7/2005, Vol. 8, pp. 269-273

• Erste Änderung der Swiss Rules: Sitz des Schiedsgerichts an jedem beliebigen Ort
  Bernd Ehle, 2004
  

  DSJV-Mitteilungen zum Deutsch-Schweizerischen Rechtsverkehr 3/2004, Deutsch-Schweizerische Juristenvereinigung, Bonn, pp. 3, 5

• Das Grünbuch 'Rom I' - die Modernisierung des EVü steht bevor
  Bernd Ehle, 2003
  

  Zeitschrift für Gemeinschaftsprivatrecht (European Community Private Law Review), 2003/2004, Vol. 1, pp. 49-52

• Wege zu einer Kohärenz der Rechtsquellen im europäischen Kollisionsrecht der Verbraucherverträge
  Bernd Ehle, 2002
  

  Frankfurt am Main, Bern, etc., P. Lang, 2002, 323 pages, ISBN 3631389272 (commercial edition of the thesis of the University of Heidelberg, 2001)

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Fribourg University School of Law, Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Cross-Cultural Business Practice

International Construction Contracts (including dispute resolution)

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