Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Michael Bühler is co-head of the Firm's International Litigation and Arbitration Practice, focusing on international dispute resolution in large complex arbitrations. He has represented major corporations and state-owned entities in well over 100 arbitration cases. Michael also acts as chairman, sole arbitrator, and party-appointed arbitrator in arbitrations throughout the world.

Michael advises and represents clients in the resolution of disputes prior to arbitration (including DABs, expert adjudications, and mediations) and acts as lead or co-counsel in arbitrations under the ICC Rules and those of the arbitration associations of Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland, and the U.S., as well as under the UNCITRAL Rules, ICSID, and the Court of Arbitration for Sport. He conducts arbitrations throughout Europe, North America, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region involving disputes under many different legal systems in the following fields: civil construction, as well as engineering and supply of industrial equipment and industrial or power plants (often involving the application of the FIDIC Conditions of Contract, in common, civil, and Islamic law); oil and gas projects; hotel development projects and hotel management contracts; and distribution and license agreements in various sectors, including the chemical, pharmaceutical, and food industries.

Michael started his career as counsel at the ICC International Court of Arbitration, of which he is presently the German member (1997-). He is a member of the ICC Commission on International Arbitration (1988-), the International Bar Association, and of various arbitration institutions. Michael is coauthor of the Handbook of ICC Arbitration (by Bühler/Webster, 2nd edition, 2008).

Areas of Practice

• International Litigation & Arbitration
• Trial Practice
• Alternative Dispute Resolution & Mediation
• Commercial Disputes
• Construction Litigation
• Construction
• Metals & Mining
• Energy

Representative Cases

• German Construction Company v. Government of Middle Eastern Country
• German Multinational v. Consortium of Italian Companies
• Occidental Peninsula II, Inc. v. Nexen Inc.
• Ad hoc Arbitration
• ICC Arbitration in Belgium
• ICC Arbitration in Belgium
• ICC Arbitration in Central Europe
• ICC Arbitration in Central Europe
• ICC Arbitration in England
• ICC Arbitration in England
• ICC Arbitration in Finland
• ICC Arbitration in France
• ICC Arbitration in France
• ICC Arbitration in France
• ICC Arbitration in France
• ICC Arbitration in France and Guatemala
• ICC Arbitration in Geneva
• ICC Arbitration in Germany
• ICC Arbitration in Germany
• ICC Arbitration in Holland
• ICC Arbitration in Holland
• ICC Arbitration in Sri Lanka
• ICC Arbitration in Sri Lanka
• ICC Arbitration in Switzerland
• ICC Arbitration in Switzerland
• ICC Arbitration in Switzerland
• ICC Arbitration in Switzerland
• ICC Arbitration in Switzerland
• ICC Arbitration in Switzerland
• ICC Arbitration in Switzerland
• ICC Arbitration in Switzerland
• ICC Arbitration in Switzerland
• ICC Arbitration in Switzerland
• ICC Arbitration in Switzerland
• ICC Arbitration in Switzerland
• ICC Arbitration in Switzerland
• ICC Arbitration in Switzerland
• ICC Arbitration in Switzerland
• ICC Arbitration in Switzerland
• ICC Arbitration in the U.S.
• ICC Arbitration in the United States
• ICC Arbitration in the United States
• ICSID Arbitration in the U.S.
• SCC Arbitration in Sweden
• SCC in Sweden
• Vienna Arbitration Centre Arbitration in Austria
• Vienna Arbitration Centre Arbitration in Austria
• Warsaw Chamber of Commerce in Poland

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Class Actions, Collections & Repossessions, Commercial Leasing, Complex Litigation, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Franchising, International Trade Litigation, International Transactions, Joint Ventures, Lemon Law, Litigation & Appeals, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Secured Transactions, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Transactions, Uniform Commercial Code, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Warranties

Bar Admissions

• Duesseldorf, Germany
• New York
• Paris, France

Education

• Geneva College
• U of Dusseldorf

Published Works

• Handbook of ICC Arbitration - Commentary, Precedents, Materials, coauthor with Thomas Webster, Thomson Sweet & Maxwell, 2008
• Costs of Arbitration: Some Further Considerations, Global Reflections on International Law, Commerce and Dispute Resolution. Liber Amicorum in honour of Robert Briner - Paris: ICC Publishing, 2005
• Investment Disputes: Ten Questions for In-House Counsel, coauthor, Practical Law Company, 2005
• New York Law: Awards of Attorneys Fees in International Arbitration, coauthor, Mealey's International Arbitration Report Vol. 20, No. 5, 2005
• Handbook of ICC Arbitration - Commentary, Precedents, Materials, coauthor with Thomas Webster, Thomson Sweet & Maxwell, 2005
• Confidentiality Clauses in International Contracts / Les clauses de confidentialité dans les contrats internationaux, RDAI/IBLJ, N° 3/4 pp. 359-387, 2002
• Alternative Dispute Resolution, Résolution Amiable des Litiges - La négotiation des clauses de règlement amiable des litiges: quelles précautions envisager? EFE Paris, France, 2002
• The Arbitration Rules of the International Chamber of Commerce, coauthor, Practitioner's Handbook on International Arbitration (Weigand ed., C.H. Beck-Djøf, Munich and Copenhagen), 2002
• Construction claims and resolution around the globe, panel discussion, The Global Construction Superconference, London, UK, 2001
• Witness Testimony Pursuant to the 1999 IBA Rules of Evidence in International Commercial Arbitration — Novel or Tested Standards? coauthor, Journal of International Arbitration 17(1) pp. 3-30, 2000
• The German Arbitration Act 1997: Text and Notes, The Hague, (a tri-lingual publication), 1998
• Correction and Interpretation of Awards and Advances on Costs, The New 1998 ICC Rules of Arbitration, Special Supplement of The ICC International Court of Arbitration Bulletin (pp. 53-58), 1997
• Costs in ICC Arbitration: A Practitioner's View, The American Review of International Arbitration (Vol. 3, Nos. 1-4, Essays in Honor of Hans Smit, pp. 117-152), 1992
• GLOSSNER, coauthor with Glossner and J. Bredow, Das Schiedsgericht in der Praixis, Heidelberg, Third Edition (Fourth Edition in Production), 1990
• Technical Expertise: An Additional Means for Preventing or Settling Commercial Disputes, Journal of International Arbitration (Vol. 6, pp. 135-157), 1989

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