Joachim Knoll

Partner, Geneva

+41 58 105 2000

jknoll@lalive.law

Joachim Knoll

Joachim specialises in international arbitration, both commercial and investment treaty arbitration and is highly regarded by peers and clients as “a savvy, fact-driven advocate” with notable expertise in investment treaty arbitration, Who’s Who Legal, Arbitration, 2022. He has acted as counsel and arbitrator in over 80 international arbitral proceedings, ad hoc (including UNCITRAL) or administered (ICC, ICSID, Swiss Rules, LCIA, SCC, DIS, DIAC, AAA/ICDR), governed by various procedural and substantive laws, including Swiss, French, German, and English.

Joachim is experienced in disputes involving the main aspects of commercial transactions, in particular disputes relating to foreign investments, infrastructure projects, engineering, mining, distribution, and the international sale of goods.

Recognition

Joachim has the “ability to develop a reliable strategy and gain client trust” and has “wide international knowledge.”
Legal 500 EMEA, Real Estate & Construction, 2022

“Has very good knowledge about the market and the experts to be engaged.”
Legal 500 EMEA, Dispute Resolution Arbitration, 2022

Joachim is “a very respectful, informed and well-organised lawyer” who is “well versed in investment arbitration” and “a pleasure to work with”.
Who’s Who Legal National Leaders, Arbitration, 2022

Recent publications

Commentary on Article 45 of the Swiss Rules of International Arbitration
JOACHIM KNOLL, CHINA IRWIN
In: Tobias Zuberbühler, Christoph Müller, Philipp Habegger (Eds.), Swiss Rules of International Arbitration, Schulthess Verlag, Juris, 3rd Ed, pp. 601-609, 2023

Expert Evidence
MICHAEL E. SCHNEIDER, JOACHIM KNOLL, CHRISTOPHE GUIBERT DE BRUET
In: Andreas J. Roquette/Tom Christopher Pröstler (Eds.), International Construction Disputes – A Practitioner’s Guide, C.H.Beck/Hart/Nomos, pp. 305-328, 2022

Possible claims against Russia for expropriation of foreign investments
MATTHIAS SCHERER, JOACHIM KNOLL, LORRAINE DE GERMINY, EMILIE MCCONAUGHEY
In: LALIVE Blog online, April 2022

Recent conferences

University of Basel Law Faculty, Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Basel Institute on Governance, AC Competence Centre and The International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators, Workshop on Legal Consequences of Corruption and Money Laundering in International Arbitration
Speaker: Legal consequences of money laundering on an arbitral award in investment treaty arbitration
Basel, 9-10 January 2020

27th Croatian Arbitration Days, International Conference
Panellist: Attribution of Responsibility to States or State Enterprises
Zagreb, 5 December 2019

Le Café Des Arbitres (LCDA)
Speaker: The Role of State Courts’ Decisions in Investment Treaty Arbitration
Paris, 28 November 2019

Current memberships

  • Member of ICSID’s Panel of Conciliators, appointed by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany (until 2026).
  • Head lecturer and a member of the Academic Council of the Swiss Arbitration Academy

Career history

  • Partner, LALIVE, 2015 – present
  • Partner, Brown & Page, Geneva, 2008 – 2012
  • Associate and Counsel, LALIVE, Geneva, 2006 – 2008 and 2013 – 2014
  • Associate, Shearman & Sterling, 1999 – 2006

Academic qualifications

  • LLM Boston University, 2004
  • LLM King’s College, 1998
  • Diploma in European law and Public International Law, University of Aix-Marseille III, Aix-en-Provence, 1995

Practices

  • Arbitration - International Commercial
  • Arbitration - Investment Treaty
  • Public International Law

Sectors

  • Construction & Infrastructure
  • Energy
  • Technology

Languages

  • English
  • French
  • German

Nationality

  • German

Admission

  • Geneva (foreign lawyer), 2011
  • Paris, 2011
  • New York, 2004
“Clients are in absolutely safe hands when he’s dealing with their case” Who’s Who Legal, Future Leaders, Arbitration, 2021