Marc Blessing
| Address | Bar & Karrer, Brandschenkestrasse 90, Zurich, Switzerland, Postcode: CH-8027. |
| Phone | (+41) 58 261 50 00 |
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| m.blessing@baerkarre.ch | |
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| Nationality | Swiss |
| Education | – University of Zrich and Geneva, Faculty of Law (lic.iur.1969/ Dr.iur.1973, magna cum laude) – Studies at the City of London Polytechnic (1969) – Bar examinations in Zurich, admitted 1972 – Admitted in many other Swiss Cantons. |
| Bar Admission | Zurich and Swiss Bar, 1972. |
| Work Experience | Handled some 180 international arbitration cases, whereof about 50% an presiding arbitrator and the remaining 50% as sole arbitrator, party- nominated arbitrator or counsel representing (mostly non-Swiss) parties; mediated several large disputes (commercial, industrial, antitrust and BIT disputes). |
| Present Position | Since 1974 with the Law firm Bar & Karrer; Partner since 1979; Lecturer, LL.M. and executive M.B.L-programe of the Universities of Zurich & St. Gallen, tesching the subject of international arbitration & EU competition Laws, since 1996. |
| Past positions | |
| Publications | Introduction to International Arbitration, in: International Arbitration in Switzerland (Kluwer, 2000); Introduction of Arbitration- Swiss and International Perspectives, 1999 (320 pages); Arbitrating Antitust and Merger Control Issues (Helbing & Lichtenhahn), 2003 (215 pages) and about 65 further publications and conference reports. |
| Languages | German, English, French |