Partner, ALTENBURGER Ltd Legal + Tax
Birgit Sambeth specializes in general corporate & commercial law, contract law, reorganizations, debt enforcement & insolvency law, as well as international inheritance and family law.
Ms. Sambeth is a Partner at Altenburger Ltd legal & tax and the Head of the Dispute resolution team in Geneva. Her own practice extends to commercial mediation, conciliation, arbitration and Dispute Boards (Effective Dispute Resolution).
A Distinguished Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators (IAM), she is accredited in numerous organizations such as ICC, CEDR, CPR, ASA and she is listed at ICSID Int'l Centre for Settlement of Investor State Disputes (World Bank).
She is also listed as Expert Panelist on WIPO's List of Neutrals for Intellectual Property Dispute Resolution and is a recognized Mediator at the CAS Court of Arbitration for Sport.
From 2016 to 2022, she was the external Mediator for the WTO.
She lectures in the field of commercial mediation and mediation advocacy at various Universities and Institutions.
She is the immediate past President of the Swiss Bar Association (2021-2023), the former Vice-President of the Swiss Chamber of Commercial Mediation, and the Founding member of the ADR Commission of the Geneva Bar.
Ms. Sambeth graduated from the University of Geneva and received her Master of Laws in International Banking law and Finance from Boston University. She also worked as Deputy Judge in Geneva between 1994 and 2008.
2023 WWL Though Leader say about her: "Birgit Sambeth enjoys a stellar reputation as a vastly experienced commercial mediator, she sits at the very top of the list."
Nationality
Switzerland
Working languages
English
French
German
Areas of Expertise
International Commercial Arbitration
International Business Law
Conciliation
Mediation
Construction Law
Intellectual Property Law