Alexandra C. Johnson

Alexandra Johnson is a partner and member of Pestalozzi's Litigation & Arbitration team in Geneva. She focuses on representing clients in international arbitrations and complex commercial disputes. She also frequently advises clients on Swiss contract law and represents parties in challenge proceedings against arbitral awards and in enforcement proceedings before Swiss courts. Besides her work as party counsel, Alexandra Johnson regularly sits as arbitrator under various arbitration rules. Alexandra Johnson has more than 20 years of experience in international arbitration. She has acted as counsel and arbitrator (either as sole, party-appointed or presiding arbitrator) in numerous arbitration proceedings, both ad hoc and institutional (e.g., ICC, LCIA, Swiss Rules, CAS) and in various sectors such as energy, life sciences, construction and infrastructure projects, distribution and licensing, post-M&A and shareholders agreements, as well as sport-related disputes. Alexandra Johnson also regularly appears before the Swiss Federal Supreme Court in challenge proceedings against arbitral awards, and is often retained to enforce arbitral awards in Switzerland. · Pestalozzi

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Partner at Pestalozzi in Geneva with more than 20 years' experience in international arbitration and complex commercial disputes. Regularly acts as counsel and arbitrator in ad hoc and institutional arbitrations, advises on Swiss contract law, and represents parties in challenge and enforcement proceedings before Swiss courts.

Practice areas

International ArbitrationLitigationCorporate / M&AConstruction & InfrastructureEnergyLife SciencesSports Law

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Switzerland

Pestalozzi · Alexandra Johnson is a partner and member of Pestalozzi's Litigation & Arbitration team in Geneva. She focuses on representing clients in international arbitrations and complex commercial disputes. She also frequently advises clients on Swiss contract law and represents parties in challenge proceedings against arbitral awards and in enforcement proceedings before Swiss courts. Besides her work as party counsel, Alexandra Johnson regularly sits as arbitrator under various arbitration rules. Alexandra Johnson has more than 20 years of experience in international arbitration. She has acted as counsel and arbitrator (either as sole, party-appointed or presiding arbitrator) in numerous arbitration proceedings, both ad hoc and institutional (e.g., ICC, LCIA, Swiss Rules, CAS) and in various sectors such as energy, life sciences, construction and infrastructure projects, distribution and licensing, post-M&A and shareholders agreements, as well as sport-related disputes. Alexandra Johnson also regularly appears before the Swiss Federal Supreme Court in challenge proceedings against arbitral awards, and is often retained to enforce arbitral awards in Switzerland.

Switzerland

Expertise

Energy sector disputesLife sciences disputesConstruction and infrastructure projectsDistribution and licensingPost-M&A and shareholders agreementsSports-related disputesSwiss contract lawChallenge and enforcement of arbitral awardsSitting as arbitrator (sole, party-appointed, presiding)

Education

Harvard Law School, LL.M. (Fulbright Scholar) (2001)
University of Neuchâtel, lic. iur. (summa cum laude) (1997)

Admissions

Switzerland (1999)
New York (2001) (not practicing)

Languages

FrenchEnglish