Louis specialises in international arbitration. His expertise spans numerous industries, such as pharma, construction, energy, aviation, and corporate disputes. He has acted in high-value disputes under various arbitration rules, including ICC, LCIA, CAS, and the Swiss Rules. He has also sat as tribunal secretary and arbitrator.
In addition to arbitration, Louis has experience in complex disputes before state authorities, where he represents clients in proceedings conducted in Italian, French and German.
Recent publications
Le “crociate” della CGUE viste dai tribunali stranieri
LOUIS CHRISTE
In: Rivista dell’Arbitrato Anno XXXV Fasc. 3 – 2025 , pp. 433 – 446, December 2025
Interim measures in Swiss arbitration: a comparative perspective in light of the recent Italian reform
LOUIS CHRISTE, PIETRO MEINERI
In: Rivista dell’Arbitrato Anno XXXIII Fasc. 3 – 2023, pp. 743 – 771, April 2024
Recent Developments in Swiss Arbitration: A Modern Framework to a Classical Picture
LOUIS CHRISTE, CHLOÉ TERRAPON CHASSOT
In: International Arbitration Law Review 27 Int. A.L.R., Issue 1, pp. 1 – 24, March 2024
Recent conferences
ASA Below 40 - Turbulence Ahead? Resolving Aviation Disputes through Arbitration
LOUIS CHRISTE, Speaker
Zurich, 7 November 2025
Berkeley Global Society - Supply Chain Disruptions
LOUIS CHRISTE, Moderator
Milan, 18 November 2022
AIA-Arbit-40 - Hearing Preparation
LOUIS CHRISTE, Speaker
Zurich/ Geneva, 20 September 2022
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Current professional memberships
- Member, ZAV
- Member, ASA below 40
- Member, IAA below 40
- Member, Young CalArb
Career history
- Senior Associate, LALIVE, Zurich, 2025 – present
- Associate and Senior Associate, Walder Wyss, Zurich, 2018 – 2025
- Trainee, Walder Wyss, Zurich/Lugano, 2015 – 2017
Academic qualifications
- Master of Laws (LLM), University of California, Berkeley School of Law, 2022
- Master of Laws (MLaw), University of Fribourg and Shanghai, 2015
- Bachelor of Laws (BLaw), University of Fribourg, 2013
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