SCC Supports: Corruption before investment tribunals

In connection with her teaching session for the Master’s Programme in Investment Treaty Arbitration at Uppsala University, Professor Kaufmann-Kohler has kindly agreed to hold a talk and will speak on “Corruption before Investment Tribunals.”

The seminar is open to current and past members of the Faculty, students, and the interested public. It will take place on Thursday, 05 February 2026, at 18:30 (sharp) (Uppsala University | Department of Law | Munken Campus | Room 1234 | Västra Ågatan 26) and is followed by a reception generously sponsored by:

• The Swedish Branch of the International Law Association
• The Swedish Institute of International Law.

About the speaker:

Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler is a past President and now Honorary President of ICCA, the International Council for Commercial Arbitration. She practices international commercial, investment and sports arbitration and has acted in over 220 international arbitrations, mainly as arbitrator. Gabrielle appears on numerous institutional arbitration panels (including ICC, ICSID, AAA, LCIA, SIAC, CIETAC) and conducts arbitrations under the rules of all major institutions. She is regularly ranked among the top ten arbitrators worldwide; a study of investment arbitration released in 2016 concluded that she was the “most influential arbitrator in the world”. In 2021, she received Who’s Who Legal Switzerland’s Award for Arbitration Lawyer of the Year, and the Chambers Europe Outstanding Contribution Award.

A Professor Emerita at Geneva University Law School, Gabrielle is also the founder, former director and a current faculty member of the Geneva LLM in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS), a joint programme of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and Geneva Law School.

Registration is required and open until 03 February 2026.

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