INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC ARBITRATION IN SWITZERLAND

V Preface More than 30 years have passed since Switzerland’s international arbitration law, contained in Chapter 12 of the Swiss Private International Law Act (PILA), came into force in 1989. In 2011, comprehensive legislation on domestic arbitration contained in Part 3 of the Swiss Code of Civil Procedure replaced the previous Concordat on Arbitration. On 1 January 2021, the long-awaited revision of Chapter 12 of the PILA entered into force, which also entailed various adjustments to Part 3 of the CCP. Since the publication of the third edition in 2015, a wealth of new case law and legal writing has emerged. The fourth edition has the same aim as the previous ones: to provide a comprehensive, concise analysis of the law and practice of international and domestic arbitration in Switzerland, to identify the relevant areas of academic debate, to contribute to the controversial issues with a pragmatic and arbitration-friendly approach and to highlight possible future developments. In order to maintain the proven format of a user- friendly source of information and reference for arbitration practitioners in Switzerland and abroad, selective reference will continue to be made to legal writing in preference to a detailed and up-to-date presentation of the case law of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court. Special thanks go to all those who have contributed over many years through numerous discussions, suggestions and encouragement to continue and further improve this book. Berne, August 2021 B.B.