Firm
Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler’s lawyers have extensive experience with virtually all major arbitration institutions and rules, and have acted as arbitrators, counsel or experts in numerous arbitrations. Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler and Laurent Lévy are recognized among the most prominent arbitrators worldwide in both commercial and investment arbitration. The firm’s counsel practice is led by renowned practitioners Antonio Rigozzi and Sébastien Besson.
LKK is uniquely qualified to provide parties (including state parties) with strategic insight and cutting-edge legal advice in all dispute resolution procedures, both with respect to substance and procedure. Its team is composed of 18 highly specialized and multi-jurisdictional lawyers with significant experience in dispute resolution, including international commercial arbitration, international investment law, and sports arbitration. Our lawyers are fluent in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Greek, Hindi, Marathi and Georgian.
Rankings and quotes
Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler has been ranked by Global Arbitration Review within the GAR 100 list for sixteen consecutive years. Senior partners Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler and Laurent Lévy have been constantly ranked among the top investment and commercial arbitrators worldwide. Since 2009, they have both been included in Who’s Who Legal’s list of the most highly regarded individuals in commercial arbitration worldwide, with Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler topping the list in 2013.
Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler is described by peers as a “model of what a top international arbitrator should be” (Who’s Who Legal: Switzerland 2014) and “is widely considered the best in Switzerland if not the world” (Who’s Who Legal 2015). Laurent Lévy is regarded as the “doyen of international commercial arbitration” and acclaimed as “simply one of the best” (Who’s Who Legal 2014 and 2015). Antonio Rigozzi is recognized as “one of the best and brightest in the business”, and a “leading specialist”, who “really stands out” in international sports law and arbitration (Who’s Who Legal 2021, Global Arbitration Review 2016, Who’s Who Legal 2015), and Sébastien Besson is praised for “his exceptional work as counsel and arbitrator” (Who’s Who Legal 2022), and considered “excellent” (Chambers Europe 2017) and “to be recommended without hesitation” (Who’s Who Legal 2015). For more accolades and rankings relating to our firm’s work, please see Accolades.