Nina LAUBER-THOMMESEN

Nina Lauber-Thommesen is an independent arbitrator based in Geneva, Switzerland. The strength of her experience and expertise comes from a unique combination of Nordic legal background, extensive practice in Switzerland and with Swiss law, and solid experience in international dispute resolution (more than fifteen years).

Nina has acted as presiding arbitrator, co-arbitrator and sole arbitrator (more than twenty cases) and as counsel to parties and tribunal secretary (combined more than fifty cases) in international commercial arbitrations involving a broad spectrum of contract types such as works and services contracts, joint venture agreements, distribution and sales contracts, shareholder and share purchase agreements, and agency and licensing agreements, as well as a wide range of industries, in particular construction, energy, joint ventures and industrial cooperation, M&A, banking and finance, agency and distribution, sales, licencing, and sports.

Nina’s arbitration experience spans most arbitration major rules, including the ICC Rules, the LCIA Rules, the Swiss Rules, the SCC Rules, the DIA Rules, the FAI Rules and the UNCITRAL Rules, and a variety of national arbitration acts and substantive laws from the civil law and common law traditions.

Before starting her own practice in 2023, Nina Lauber-Thommesen was Counsel at Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler (now LKK Arbitration), a leading international arbitration boutique based in Geneva, Switzerland. She joined Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler in 2015 after having spent four years in the international arbitration group of Python & Peter, also in Geneva (2011-2015). She obtained an LL.M in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS, Geneva) in 2011. She acquired her first law degree (Master of Laws, University of Bergen, Norway) in 2007 and trained for the Norwegian bar (norsk advokatbevilling) in Bergen, Norway (2010).

Nina regularly publishes and speaks on topics related to international arbitration and construction disputes. She also lectures at the Swiss Arbitration Academy. Recent publications include:

• Management of Construction Arbitrations, in collaboration with Prof. Olivier Caprasse, in: Construction and arbitration – The Essential Building Blocks, collective book edited by Dirk De Meulemeester, Wolters Kluwer 2024.
• Introduction to the Swiss Rules 2021 and Commentary to Articles 33-35, in collaboration with Prof. Sébastien Besson, in: Swiss Rules of International Arbitration Commentary, 3rd ed., collective book edited by Zuberbühler/Müller/Habegger, Schulthess 2023.

Nina is on the Advisory Board of the Norwegian Arbitration Association (NAA), and she is an active member in the International Bar Association (IBA), the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA), the Swedish Arbitration Association (SAA), the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), Mute-Off Thursdays, and ArbitralWomen.

Nina’s working languages are Norwegian, English, French, Swedish and Danish.