INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC ARBITRATION IN SWITZERLAND

Contents X IX. Consequences of lack of arbitrability..........................................................93 § 5 The arbitration agreement: cornerstone of the arbitral proceedings .....................94 I. Notion and terminology ..............................................................................94 II. Subject of the arbitration agreement ...........................................................96 1. Salient features ( essentialia ).................................................................96 a. Submission to arbitration................................................................97 b. Determination of the dispute ........................................................100 2. Other essential elements .....................................................................101 a. Seat of the arbitration ...................................................................102 b. Number of arbitrators and procedure for their appointment .........102 c. Language of the arbitration ..........................................................103 3. Additional agreements........................................................................103 III. Legal nature ..............................................................................................106 1. Legal writing ......................................................................................106 2. Case law .............................................................................................107 IV. Applicable law..........................................................................................108 1. Before the arbitral tribunal..................................................................108 2. Before the state courts ........................................................................109 a. State court at the seat of the arbitration ........................................109 b. Proceedings concerning a substantive claim before court ............110 i. Introduction...........................................................................110 ii. Form of the arbitration agreement.........................................111 iii. Substance of the arbitration agreement .................................112 iv. Standard of review ................................................................113 c. Setting aside proceedings .............................................................117 d. Recognition and enforcement proceedings...................................117 V. Conditions of validity ...............................................................................118 1. Subjective arbitrability (ratione personae)..........................................118 a. Legal capacity and capacity to be a party.....................................119 b. Capacity to be a party v. substantive standing ..............................121 c. Capacity to act and conduct legal proceedings.............................124 d. Authority to initiate and conduct the arbitration...........................126 e. The state as a party to arbitral proceedings...................................126 i. Content and purpose of Art.177(2) PILA..............................126 ii. Legitimate expectations and good faith ................................127 iii. Lack of capacity to be a party to the arbitration....................129 iv. Lack of power of representation ...........................................129 v. Lack of arbitrability ..............................................................130 vi. State immunity from jurisdiction ..........................................130 vii. Plea alleging a special status under international law ...........131 viii. Relationship to Art.V(1)(a) NYC..........................................131