INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC ARBITRATION IN SWITZERLAND

Contents XXIX 1. Purpose and effect ..............................................................................756 2. Requirements......................................................................................758 3. Competent authority and procedure....................................................759 II. Enforcement of awards made in Switzerland............................................761 1. Monetary claims .................................................................................762 a. Payment order ..............................................................................762 b. Final enforcement order ...............................................................762 c. Attachment order..........................................................................764 2. Non-monetary claims .........................................................................764 a. Application for enforcement.........................................................764 b. Freezing of assets .........................................................................765 3. Foreign sovereign immunity and enforcement ...................................765 III. Enforcement of foreign arbitral awards ....................................................767 1. Introduction ........................................................................................767 2. Procedural issues ................................................................................768 a. Monetary claims...........................................................................768 b. Non-monetary claims ...................................................................769 3. Scope of application of the New York Convention ............................770 a. Limitation to “foreign” arbitral awards ........................................770 b. Limitation to “arbitral awards” .....................................................771 c. No limitation to disputes of private law or civil law ....................772 d. No limitation to contractual disputes............................................773 e. Personal scope of the NYC...........................................................773 4. Documents to be provided..................................................................774 5. Grounds for refusal of recognition and enforcement ..........................776 6. Grounds for refusal to be examined on request ..................................778 a. Invalidity of the arbitration agreement – Art.V(1)(a) NYC..........778 i. Lack of arbitrability ratione personae ..................................778 ii. Defects of the arbitration agreement .....................................779 iii. Lack of arbitrability under the lex causae or lex arbitri ........780 iv. Unconditional submission to arbitration ...............................780 v. Failure to exhaust legal remedies in the country of origin ....781 b. Violation of due process – Art.V(1)(b) NYC ...............................781 c. Decision beyond the submission to arbitration – Art.V(1)(c) NYC .............................................................................................783 i. Dispute not covered by the arbitration agreement.................783 ii. Decision on claims not submitted .........................................784 d. Irregular composition of the arbitral tribunal and failure to respect the arbitral procedure – Art.V(1)(d) NYC........................784 e. Award not yet binding, set aside or suspended – Art.V(1)(e) NYC .............................................................................................786 i. Award no yet binding ...........................................................786

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