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Nicolas C. Ulmer

Address: 

20 Rue Sénébier
CH-1211 Geneva
Switzerland (office)

Phone Number: 
(41) 79-257-1606
Fax Number: 
(41-22) 818-0808
Email: 
Nicolas.Ulmer@Budin.ch; ulmerlaw@gmail.com
Born: 
1952, Washington, D.C.
Languages: 
French English Spanish German Italian
Nationalities: 
Swiss
USA
Education: 
A.B. (honors) 1974, Brown University; J.D. 1979, Hastings College of the Law; University of California
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Admitted to District of Columbia Bar 1979; California Bar 1980; Conseil Juridique (France) 1983
Present Position: 
Partner, Budin & Associés, Geneva, Switzerland
Professional Experience: 

Partner, Winston & Strawn, Co-Chair Arbitration Practice Group (1993-2009); Partner, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue (1987-1993); Associate, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, (Surrey & Morse), Paris and Washington, D.C. (1983-1986); Head, Amnesty International delegation to government of Ghana (1991); International Trial Observer, Amnesty International (Equatorial Guinea, 1998; Romania, 1990; Mauritania, 1987; Turkey, 1985, 1986); Asst. Professor, Schiller Univ. (1984); Research asst., Comparative Law, to Prof. Rudolf Schlesinger (1978-79)

Professional Associations: 

ASA, IAI, IBA

Panels of Arbitrators: 

ICC, Swiss national committee and U.S. national committee; WIPO; ICDR

Arbitration Experience: 

Arbitrator in more than 25 arbitrations (Chairman, sole and party-appointed) including ICC, UNCITRAL, Swiss Rules, etc; counsel in approximately 80 international arbitrations including ICC,ad hoc, AAA, Swiss Rules, ICSID and SCC in English, French and Spanish. Cases have been venued in Switzerland, Canada, France, Germany, Latin America, Sweden, U.K. and U.S.; WIPO “domain name” panelist approximately 30 times; presentations or lectures to IBA, PCA and numerous other arbitration conferences in Europe, Africa and the United States.

Areas of Specialization: 
Arbitration & ADR
Commodities in General
Construction
Dispute Resolution
International Contracts
Publications from JURIS: 
Six Modest Proposals before You Get to the Award - Inside the Black Box: How Arbitral Tribunals Operate and Reach Their Decisions - ASA Special Series No. 42
Publications: 

 

“Language, Truth and Arbitral Accuracy”, 28 J. Int’l Arbitration 295 (2011); “The Cost Conundrum”, 26, Arbitration International 221 (2010) (winner of Smit-Lowenfeld Prize); “Swiss Arbitration Update: First Amendments of International Arbitration Law”, 21 Mealey’s International Arbitration, Report (2006); “Ethics and Effectiveness”, in Arbitration a Commercial Way to Justice (Kluwer, 1998); “Soinco v. NKAP: a War Story”, 13 Mealey’s Int’l Arbitration Report, No. 3 (1998); Winning the Opening Stages of an ICC Arbitration, 8 J. Int’l Arb. 33 (1991); Drafting the International Arbitration Clause, 20 Int’l Law. 1335 (1986), reprinted in Turkish in Cerçere at 172–177 (April 1996); numerous other articles and book reviews