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Dia na Aki kol re pres ents our cli ents incom plex com mer ci al ar bi tra ti ons andre gu lar ly sits as an ar bi tra tor, of ten aspre si dent. She has been in vol ved inmore than 60 ar bi tra ti ons sea ted in anum ber of ju ris dic tions and in vol vingclaims go ver ned by va rious na tio nallaws. Her ex per ti se ex tends to both in ‐sti tu tio nal ar bi tra ti ons (e.g. Swiss Ru les,ICC, LCIA and DIS Ru les) and ad hoc ar ‐bi tra ti ons (in clu ding UN CI TRAL pro cee ‐dings).
Dia na Aki kol acts as coun sel or ar bi tra ‐tor in all ty pes of con trac tu al and com ‐mer ci al dis pu tes. Her prac ti ce has apar ti cu lar fo cus on sa les of goods, com ‐mo di ties and en er gy tra ding, M&A,share hol der agree ments, joint ven tures,agen cy, li cence and dis tri bu ti on agree ‐ments (in clu ding in the phar ma ceu ti calin dus try), as well as ser vices and con ‐sul tan cy agree ments (in par ti cu lar inthe in dus tri al, mi li ta ry and te l ecom mu ‐ni ca ti ons sec tors).
Mo reo ver, she has many ye ars of ex pe ‐ri ence in con st ruc tion ar bi tra ti on, withpar ti cu lar ex per ti se in dea ling with war ‐ran ty claims re la ting to lar ge in fra st ruc ‐tu re pro jects.
Ran ked as a lea der in her field, both inEu ro pe and glo bal ly, Dia na Aki kol “im ‐pres ses peers with her maste ry of com ‐plex tech ni cal facts and very pro foundle gal know ledge” (Who's Who Le gal Ar ‐bi tra ti on 2019) and is de scri bed as “veryquick in un der stan ding and very de di ca ‐ted” (Cham bers Glo bal 2020). She is re ‐com men ded as “a very strong prac ti tio ‐ner” (Who's Who Le gal 2020 Swit zer ‐land Ar bi tra ti on) and “a high ly in tel li gentand ac cu ra te ar bi tra tor” (Who's Who Le ‐gal Ar bi tra ti on Fu ture Lea ders Part ners2018). In 2018, she was ran ked se condamongst the ten most high ly re gar dedar bi tra ti on part ners in Eu ro pe (Who’sWho Le gal: Fu ture Lea ders in Ar bi tra ti ‐on).
Dia na Aki kol is a mem ber of the ICCSwiss Na tio nal Com mit tee, the ICC Ar bi ‐tra ti on Com mis si on in Pa ris, the Boardof the Swiss Ar bi tra ti on As so cia ti on(ASA), the Ar bi tra ti on Court of the SwissCham bers’ Ar bi tra ti on In sti tu ti on (SCAI),and the In ter na tio nal Ad vi so ry Body ofthe Vi en na In ter na tio nal Ar bi tral Cent re(VIAC).
Dia na Aki kol re gu lar ly speaks and pu ‐blis hes in her field. Seve r al of her con ‐tri bu ti ons deal with pro cee dings for theset ting asi de of ar bi tral awards be fo rethe Swiss Fe de ral Su pre me Court. Shehas pu blis hed a doc to ral the sis on thewar ran ty re gime un der Swiss law andthe UN Sa les Con ven ti on (CISG) and co-au tho red a com men ta ry on the CISG.
Dia na Aki kol holds a law de gree fromthe Uni ver si ty of Fri bourg and a doc to ‐ra te de gree from the Uni ver si ty of Lu ‐
Diana Akikol
cer ne, both sum ma cum lau de. She wasad mit ted to the bar in 2002, ran ked firstof her class, and in iti al ly ser ved as alaw clerk in the White-Col lar Crime Di vi ‐si on of the High Court of Ber ne. From2007 to 2014, she spe cia li sed in in ter na ‐tio nal ar bi tra ti on with the Ge n e va of ficeof a lea ding na tio nal law firm. As of2014, she con ti nu ed her ar bi tra ti onprac ti ce as a co-foun der of a Ge n e va-ba sed law firm. She joi ned Wal der Wyssas a part ner in 2020.
Dia na Aki kol is a na ti ve Ger man spea kerand fluent in English and French. Shehas ba sic know ledge of Tur kish.
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Hearing, Award; AnnulmentProceedingsSpeaker Diana AkikolLL.M. Program on International TradeLaw, ILO International Training Centre Turin, 22 May 2020
Disclosure, Objection, Challenges – theView from the Swiss CourtsSpeaker Diana AkikolASA Annual Conference “Clear Path orJungle in Commercial Arbitrators'Conflicts of Interest?” Zurich, 7 February 2020
Setting Aside of Arbitral Awards – theSwiss PerspectiveSpeakers Diana Akikol and Dr. BernhardBergerITOTAM Arbitration Days Turkish-SwissArbitration Forum Istanbul, 18 November 2019
Hearing, Award; Annulment
Emergency Arbitrator ProceedingsSpeaker Diana AkikolParis Arbitration Week, Conferenceorganised by Revue de Droit desAffaires Internationales/Queen MaryUniversity “Provisional Measures inInternational Arbitration" Paris, 4 April 2019
Commentary on Articles 45 to 48 CISGby Diana Akikol and Lucien Bürki [co-author]in: Christoph Brunner/Benjamin Gottlieb(Editor[s]), "Commentary on the UNSales Law (CISG)" 2019
Arbitration Law Reform in SwitzerlandSpeaker Diana Akikol26th Croatian Arbitration Days Zagreb, 7 December 2018
For a complete list of publicationsplease visit our website:www.walderwyss.com/diana.akikol
Selected Publications
ProceedingsSpeaker Diana AkikolLL.M. Program on International TradeLaw, ILO International Training Centre Turin, 28 May 2019
