Michael Cartier
Michael Cartier is partner at Walder Wyss in Switerzland. He has acted in more than 50 international arbitrations under Swiss Rules, ICC Rules, LCIA Rules, DIS Rules, FOSFA Rules and ad hoc proceedings as counsel, arbitrator and expert. His focus is disputes stemming from construction and engineering projects, distribution and agency agreements, pharmaceuticals, telecommunication, commodities and M&A transactions. He also has extensive experience in recognition and enforcement matters. He is listed on the panel of arbitrators of the ICC National Committee (Switzerland) and of KCAB International.
Michael regularly speaks and publishes in his field, and has recently contributed to the IPBA Guidelines on Privilege and Attorney Secrecy in International Arbitration, the Switzerland Chapter of Getting the Deal Through “Complex Commercial Litigation in Switzerland” and the publication “Arbitration in Switzerland – The Practitioner’s Guide” with a commentary on the enforcement and recognition of arbitral awards. He has spoken on the use of Legal Tech to increase efficiency in arbitration at the SCAI Innovation Conference, the use of Legal Tech in the selection of arbitrators for DIS40 in Zurich, and on the “Technology and International Arbitration, AI for IA?” at the IPBA Annual Conference in Manila.
Michael studied law at the St Gall University (lic iur HSG 2001, Dr iur 2007). During his studies he spent a year in Japan studying Japanese and working for a Japanese trading company. He has been practising law in Zurich since 2004, prior to which he clerked with a Swiss district court and a Swiss department of energy, construction and environment. He has previously been the Chief Technology Officer of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) and currently heads up a working group of ASA on implementation of an online arbitration platform. He is also involved in the development of the litigation/arbitration software ExhibitManager (www.exhibitmanager.com).