Dr. Michael W. Bühler
Partner
Paris
Tel: 33.1.56.59.38.54
Fax: 33.1.56.59.39.38
Email:
mbuehler@jonesday.com
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Dr. Bühler is co-head of the international litigation and arbitration practice at the Firm, and he concentrates on international commercial arbitration and international business transactions.
He regularly advises and assists clients in the resolution of disputes prior to arbitration in numerous matters and has acted as lead or co-counsel in many arbitrations under the Rules of the ICC and those of the arbitration associations of Germany, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, and the USA, as well as under the UNCITRAL Rules. The arbitrations were conducted in places such as Paris, Geneva, Zurich, London, Isle of Man, Helsinki, Vienna, Stockholm, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Brussels, New York, San Francisco, Dubai, Colombo (Sri Lanka), and Tokyo. These disputes arose principally in the fields of supply of industrial or power plants or industrial equipment and construction in countries such as Germany, France, the U.K., Spain, India, Iran, Sri Lanka, Jordan, Bulgaria, Egypt, the UAE, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Guinea, Tunisia, Libya, Algeria, Czech Republic, and Turkey; oil and gas project finance transactions; and hotel development projects and distribution agreements, particularly in the food industries. The disputes have involved the application of the German VOB and FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Construction in common law, civil law, and Islamic law. Dr. Bühler also continues to serve as chairman, sole arbitrator, and party appointed arbitrator in international arbitrations.
In addition, he has advised on major industrial and construction projects, including on issues involving joint ventures and financing.
Previously, Dr. Bühler was counsel at the ICC International Court of Arbitration and has been in private practice in Paris since 1988. He is the German member of the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC (1997-) and a member of the International Bar Association, the German Institute for Arbitration, the Swiss Arbitration Association, and the ICC Commission on International Arbitration. He is cited yearly as one of the leading arbitration lawyers in France in the guides Chambers Global, PLC Which lawyer?, The European Legal 500, and Expert Guides' The Best of the Best. He has written numerous articles in German legal journals on commercial arbitration matters and coauthored the Handbook of ICC Arbitration — Commentary, Precedent, Materials (Thomson, Sweet & Maxwell, 2nd edition, 2008).
Admitted
Düsseldorf, New York, and Paris Bars
Education
University of Geneva (Dr. Jur. summa cum laude 1983); First State Examination in Law (Bonn, 1979); Second State Examination in Law (Düsseldorf, 1984); Columbia University (LL.M. 1985)
Languages
French, English, German