Silja’s experience includes participation in numerous international commercial and investment disputes, whether as arbitrator, counsel or secretary/assistant to the arbitral tribunal.
She also frequently collaborates in the preparation of expert opinions in matters of Swiss and international arbitration law.
Representative commercial disputes have included:
- An ICC arbitration between a Turkish national and a Spanish company arising out of a Share Purchase Agreement (sole arbitrator)
- An ICC arbitration concerning a dispute in connection with the cross-border distribution of an estate between nationals of two EU countries (co-arbitrator)
- An ICC arbitration in the pharmaceutical sector (counsel to the claimant)
- An ad hoc arbitration in the banking sector (counsel to the respondents)
- A SCAI arbitration concerning a dispute between a Swiss company and an Asian company arising out of a Sale and Purchase Agreement governed by Swiss law, including the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) (co-arbitrator)
- An UNCITRAL arbitration between an Albanian company and an Italian company concerning a dispute arising out of a collaboration agreement for consulting services (sole arbitrator)
- A SCAI arbitration between a bank and an insurance company as well as one of its affiliates in relation with a dispute arising out of a share purchase agreement (secretary to the arbitral tribunal)
- A SCAI arbitration between a Swiss agrichemical company and a Swiss insurance company in relation with a dispute concerning the coverage of certain losses under an insurance policy (secretary to the arbitral tribunal)
- An ICC arbitration between an Arabian company and two EU companies in relation with a dispute arising out of the termination of a distribution agreement in the automobile industry (secretary to the arbitral tribunal)
- An UNCITRAL arbitration between an African company and a Chinese company in relation with disputes arising out of a contract for the manufacturing and sale of railway cars (secretary to the arbitral tribunal)
- A DIS arbitration between EU companies regarding a dispute arising out of a share purchase agreement (secretary to the arbitral tribunal)
- An ICC arbitration between multiple parties concerning a dispute arising out of a purchase agreement for fighter jets (secretary to the arbitral tribunal)
- An ICC arbitration concerning a gas price review (secretary to the arbitral tribunal)
- A dispute giving rise to multiple related court and arbitration proceedings under the ICC Rules and the Swiss Rules with respect to a construction project in Eastern Europe (legal advice)
- An ICC arbitration regarding a dispute arising out of a swap contract in the Middle Eastern oil industry (secretary to the arbitral tribunal)
- An ICC arbitration between a Spanish company and a Saudi Arabian company related to engineering and construction projects in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere (secretary to the arbitral tribunal)
- An ICC arbitration between a U.S. company and an Italian company concerning an international sales agreement for equipment used in construction and related industrial activities (secretary to the arbitral tribunal)
- An ICC arbitration between a Romanian company and a French company concerning the development and acquisition of a computer software system (secretary to the arbitral tribunal)
Representative investment disputes have included:
- Caratube International Oil Company and Mr. Devincci Salah Hourani v. Kazakhstan (ICSID Case No. ARB/13/13), an investment arbitration relating to the alleged taking by Kazakhstan of the investors’ alleged oil exploration and production rights (assistant to the arbitral tribunal)
Representative proceedings before the Swiss courts have included:
- Three related complex high value disputes before the Geneva Courts in connection with banking relationships (as counsel to the claimants)
- Revision proceedings before the Swiss Federal Supreme Court against an arbitral award issued in a high value dispute in connection with a gas sales and purchase contract (as counsel to the applicant)
- Two setting aside proceedings before the Swiss Federal Supreme Court against arbitral awards issued in a dispute relating to the Swiss banking sector (as counsel to the applicant)
- Setting aside proceedings before the Swiss Federal Supreme Court against an arbitral award issued in a dispute arising out of a building construction project (as counsel to the respondent)
- Request for urgent ex parte provisional measures before the Geneva Courts with respect to the calling of a bank guarantee in connection with a construction project (as counsel to the applicant)