Partner
Rue de la Mairie 35
PO Box 6569
CH-1211 Geneva 6
meschneider@lalive.ch
Phone: +41 22 319 87 00
Fax: +41 22 319 87 60
Admission
Munich (Germany), 1970
Geneva (foreign lawyer)
Nationality
German
Languages
German
French, English,
Spanish, Italian
Arabic
Areas of practice
International Arbitration
Construction & Engineering Contracts and Public
Procurement
Public International Law and International Trade &
Investment Law
International Commercial Contracts
Michael E. Schneider is a founding partner of LALIVE. He has practised in international arbitration for
more than 35 years as counsel in ad hoc proceedings and under various rules, including those of the
ICC, ICSID, Swiss Rules, Stockholm Institute, the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial
Arbitration (CRCICA), European Development Fund, UNCITRAL, and before other international bodies,
including the WTO Appellate Body and the United Nations Compensation Commission. He has also
acted as arbitrator (chair, sole or co-arbitrator) under the rules of many institutions both in Switzerland
and abroad. He is listed on the panels of arbitrators of the Swiss national committee of the ICC.
Michael E. Schneider's main areas of practice are disputes involving States and multinational
corporations in construction, industrial engineering and infrastructure projects, natural resources (in
particular oil and gas), pharmaceuticals and telecommunications. He has specific experience in
managing large and complex disputes, organising and leading teams of specialists from different fields
and different legal and cultural backgrounds.
Michael E. Schneider is president of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA). He is also the vice chair
of the ICC Commission on Arbitration, and has been a member of several of its working groups (1998
and 2009 revisions of the ICC rules, construction, pre-arbitral referee). He has been chairing the
UNCITRAL WG II (Arbitration) on the revision of the Arbitration Rules since 2006 and is a member of
the executive committee of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC).
The academic assignments of Michael E. Schneider include Director of Studies at the Centre for
Studies and Research at the Hague Academy of International Law (Transnational Arbitration and
State Contracts). He graduated from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva and is a
former AIESEC trainee with the Shell Company in Sierra Leone. Michael E. Schneider studied law and
history at the universities of Munich, Bonn and Geneva.
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