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Julia Xoudis

Julia Xoudis

Of Counsel

TEL +41 58 317 70 70

EMAIL jxoudis@peterandkim.com

자격 Geneva, 1993

언어 French, English, German, Greek

전문분야

  • Arbitration / Litigation
  • Commercial Contracts
  • Distribution / Agency
  • International Sales
  • Joint Ventures / Consortia
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Competition law

산업분야

  • Commodities Trading
  • Fashion & Luxury Goods
  • Oil 
  • Gas
  • Pharmaceutical & Biotech
  • Transportation, Logistics & Shipping 

Prof. Dr. Julia Xoudis has practised as an attorney for almost 20 years, specializing in international commercial arbitration, contract law and competition law. She has acted in more than 40 international arbitrations, both ad hoc and institutional, including high-stake cases involving complex contractual and corporate disputes. In parallel to her practice at the bar, she is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Geneva, where she teaches contract law and introduction to private law and legal reasoning. Her research interests and publications focus on law of obligations (in particular contract law), competition law and legal method. 

  • Co-arbitrator in a dispute related to the validity and performance of a share purchase agreement.
  • Counsel in a highly contentious arbitration between a state-owned enterprise and a sovereign state, involving aspects of public international law, with an amount in dispute of USD several billion.
  • Counsel in setting aside proceedings against an award in an ad hoc arbitration, securing an important win for the client at the Swiss Supreme Court level.
  • Counsel in a case involving two state-owned entities in a highly complex dispute stemming from oil production and delivery agreements, securing an award of more than a billion USD for the clients.
  • Regular advice on contractual issues in the area of agency and distribution, including Swiss and European competition law aspects.

        Professional experience


        • Of Counsel, Peter & Kim, Geneva (2020 - date)
        • Partner, Peter & Partners, Geneva (2016 - 2019)
        • Counsel, Python & Peter, Geneva (2010 - 2015)
        • Associate, Python & Peter, Geneva (2002 - 2009)
        • Trainee, Mentha Maystre Morand & Amsler, Geneva (1992 - 1993)
        • Trainee, Court of First Instance, Geneva (1991 - 1992)

         Academic experience


        • Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva (2011 - date)
        • Visiting Fellow, Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge (2019 - 2020)
        • Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Lausanne (2015)
        • Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva (2007 - 2011)
        • Instructor, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva (2002 - 2006)
        • Research Assistant, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva (1994 - 2000)
          • Doctorate in Law, University of Geneva (2001, summa cum laude; Edgar Aubert Prize 2002, Prof. Walther Hug Prize 2003)
          • Visiting Scholar, Max-Planck-Institut für Ausländisches und Internationales Privatrecht, Hamburg – with a one-year scholarship from the Swiss National Science Foundation (1998 - 2000)
          • D.E.A. in European Law, University of Geneva (1995)
          • LL.M. in International Law, University of Cambridge (1991)
          • Licence en droit, University of Geneva (1990)
            • Geneva Bar Association
            • Swiss Bar Association
            • Swiss Arbitration Association
            • Swiss Association of Competition Law (also member of the Committee since 2004)
            • International League of Competition Law (also member of the Bureau and the Council from 2007 to 2016)
            • Geneva Association of Business Law

              Book


              • Les accords de distribution au regard du droit de la concurrence – Droit suisse et droit communautaire dans une perspective économique, thèse, Genève et Bruxelles (Schulthess/Bruylant), 2002, 439 pages. 

              Book chapters


              • Commentaire des articles 11 à 16 du Code des obligations (forme des contrats), in Commentaire romand du Code des obligations I (art. 1–529 CO), Luc Thévenoz / Franz Werro (éds), 2e éd., Bâle (Helbing Lichtenhahn) 2012, p. 79-12.
              • Commentaire des articles 52 à 59 du Code civil (dispositions générales sur les personnes morales), in Commentaire romand du Code civil I (art. 1–348 CC), Bénédict Foëx / Pascal Pichonnaz (éds), Bâle (Helbing Lichtenhahn) 2010, p. 393-452.

              Articles


              • “Contrat de cession globale de créances à fin de garantie”, in Recueil de contrats commerciaux – Modèles en français et en anglais commentés selon le droit suisse,Sylvain Marchand / Christine Chappuis / Laurent Hirsch (éds), Bâle (Helbing Lichtenhahn) 2013, p. 1143-1174 (co-authored with Nicolas de Gottrau).
              • “Conventions d’arbitrage pathologiques : la volonté d’arbitrer peut-elle tout guérir ?”, in L’éclectique juridique – Recueil d’articles en l’honneur de Jacques Python,Genève/Zurich/ Bâle (Schulthess/Stämpfli) 2011, p. 201-219 (co-authored with Sébastien Besson).