Friday 20 November 2026 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Lauterpacht Centre for International Law Berkowitz/Finley Lecture Hall
About
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Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler is Professor Emerita at Geneva University Law School and founder, former director, and a current faculty member of the Geneva LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS). She is also a Visiting Professor at different universities, including National University of Singapore, Tsinghua University in Beijing, Sciences Po Paris, and a frequent lecturer in all regions of the world.
She is a Founding Partner of LKK Arbitration (formerly Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler), where she practices international investment and commercial arbitration, and in the past also sports arbitration. She has acted in over 280 international arbitrations, mainly as arbitrator and predominantly as chair. She is regularly ranked among the top arbitrators worldwide.
Among other leadership roles, she was a past President (2018-2020) and is Honorary President of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA). She is also Honorary President of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA), over which she presided from 2001 to 2005; a former member of the ICC and LCIA Courts and American Arbitration Association Board; she is also an expert member of the Swiss delegation to UNCITRAL Working Group III.
She has authored numerous publications.
Among other awards and accolades, she has received the GAR Lifetime Achievement Award 2023 and the Chambers Europe Award for Outstanding Contribution to Arbitration (2021).
Chair: Prof Jan Klabbers, Centre Director
There will be a sandwich lunch at 12.30 pm in the Old Library at the Centre. All lecture attendees welcome.
The Eli Lauterpacht Lectures was established after Sir Eli's death in 2017 to celebrate his life and work. This lecture takes place on a Friday at the Centre in the Michaelmas Term in any academic year.
These lectures are kindly supported by Dr and Mrs Ivan Berkowitz who are Principal Benefactors of the Centre.