Who We Are
At Landolt & Koch, our work is defined by precision, personal commitment, and deep expertise in international arbitration.
Meet the lawyers who lead our firm.
Landolt & Koch – International Arbitration Advocates in Geneva
Our Edge:
Focus. Value. Results. Advocacy Excellence
- We align strategy with our clients’ commercial objectives, weighing risks and resources to craft a winning approach.
- We build clear, persuasive cases – from analysis to presentation – in mother-tongue English, ensuring impactful advocacy before international tribunals.
- We are trusted to represent clients in commercial, investment, and sports arbitration, across industries and arbitral seats and rules.
Focused Expertise, Global Reach
What sets us apart is not just sector knowledge, but our advocacy-driven approach, allowing us to adapt and deliver across diverse disputes.
We offer first-tier expertise rivaling the largest international arbitration firms, with the agility, responsiveness, and personal attention of a specialised boutique.
Value Without Compromise
The Lawyers Behind the Advocacy
Strategic Minds. Global Advocates.
Landolt & Koch is led by Phillip Landolt, Jacob C. Jørgensen, and Christopher Koch – internationally recognised arbitration lawyers with Anglo-American and Swiss legal training.
Together, they bring deep expertise, sound judgment, and multilingual precision to every case.
Phillip Landolt
International Arbitration and Dispute Settlement Practitioner
Called to the bar in Geneva, England & Wales, Ontario
Languages: English, French, German, Italian
Jacob C. Jørgensen
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AND DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PRACTITIONER
Called to the bar in Denmark
Languages: English, Danish, Swedish, French, German
Publications of Phillip Landolt
Publications of Jacob C. Jørgensen
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Phillip Landolt, “Witness Evidence in International Arbitration” in the CIArb’s Resolver, Summer 2024
Phillip Landolt, “The application of public interest norms in international commercial arbitration” in Arbitration International.
The Application of Public Interest Norms in International Commercial Arbitration
Phillip Landolt, “Controlling Costs in International Arbitration” (Copyright 2023 Bloomberg Industry Group, Inc. (800-372-1033)
The decision of the United Kingdom Supreme Court in Halliburton v. Chubb Perspectives for Swiss International Arbitration Law
Phillip LANDOLT, “The decision of the United Kingdom Supreme Court in Halliburton v. Chubb: Perspectives for Swiss International Arbitration Law” in Jusletter 15 November 2021
Switzerland chapter in the Cambridge Handbook on Judicial Control of Arbitration Awards
Edited by: Larry A. Di Matteo; Marta Infantino; Nathalie Potin, Cambridge University Press, 2020
EU and US Antitrust Arbitration, A Handbook for Practitioners,
Edited by Gordon Blake and Phillip Landolt, Vol, 1, Wolters Kluwer, 2011
Energy Dispute Resolution in Arbitration, Article
Swiss Supreme Court confirms lack of arbitral jurisdiction over party incapacitated by foreign bankruptcy law
Article, 2010
Extension of subjective scope of arbitration clauses under Swiss law upon request of respondent
Article, 2010
Swiss Court distinguishes between expert determination and arbitration
Article, 2010
Prof. Emmanuel Gaillard Delivers Opening Lecture for the 2009/2010 Geneva Masters in International Dispute Resolutio
Article, 2010
What Remains to Be Done? Future Para-regulatory Text Projects
ASA Special Series No. 37, ed. Daniele Favalli, pp. 139-167, 201
Handbook of Investment Arbitration
Thomas Webster, Global Arbitration Review, Sweet & Maxwell, pp. 1-2, reviewed by Phillip Landolt
Presumption of Broad Subject-Matter Scope of Swiss International Arbitration Agreements in a Swiss Court’s Summary Assessment of its Jurisdiction
Mealey’s International Arbitration Report, Vo. 27, Nr. 11, ed. Lisa Schaeffer, pp. 1-6, 2012
Enhancing Antiturs Enforcement through International Arbitration
OECD Hearing on Arbitration and Competition Law, 2010
The Contribution of Civil Law Systems to International Arbitration
TDM, Vol 8, No. 2, pp. 1-4, 2011
Competition for Arbitration
Competition for Arbitration, Sans Frontières, S.J. Berwin, No. 4, pp. 2-15, 2007
Annulment of Swiss International Arbitration Awards for Incompatibility with Substantive Public Policy: First Annulment in over Twenty Years
Mealey’s International Arbitration Report, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 1-5, (reprinted), 201
The Character of International Arbitration under the Swiss Rules
Mealey’s International Arbitration Report, Vol. 27, No. 5, Lexis Nexis, pp. 1-6 (reprinted), 201
Summary of Swiss case law on the CISG from 2008 until March 2013
Jusletter, Weblaw AG, pp. 1-16, 2013
Take the Witness: Cross-Examination in International Arbitration, Book review,
TDM, pp. 1-8, 2011
Basis for Application of Competition Law in Arbitration Proceedings,
Tobias Zuberbühler/Christian oetiker, Practical Aspects of Arbitrating EC Competition Law, Schulthess, pp. 1-22, 2012
Arbitration International,
The Journal of the London Court of International Arbitration, Vol. 28, No. 2, 2012
Arbitration and Antiturst: An overview of EU and national case law,
Institute of Competition Law, No. 45083, pp. 1-7, 201
The Inconvenience of Principle: Separability and Kompetenz-Kompetenz,
Journal of International Arbitration, 30 J. Int. Arb. 5, Wolters Kluwer, pp. 511-530
Guarantor can be held to arbitration by “operation of law”,
Global Arbitration Review, Vol. 3, Issue 6, pp. 1-2, 2011
Supreme Court should recalibrate its review following bankruptcy case decision,
Global Arbitration Review, Vol 4, Issue 5, pp. 1-2, 2011
Judgment of the Swiss Supreme Court of 8 March 2006 – A Commentary,
24 ASA Bulleting 3/2006, 2006
Arret du Tribunal fédéral du 8 mars 2006 dans la cause 4P.278/2005
ASA Bulletin No. 3, pp. 535-549, 2010
Arbitration Immunity – the long and tort of it
The Resolver, Vol. 2024, Issue 2, p. 8-12.
Tort Liability of Arbitrators vis-à-vis Third-Party Arbitration Funders in a Danish Perspective
(author), Yearbook on International Arbitration, NWV, Vienna, Roth/Geistlinger (eds.)
Offshore Installationskontrakter - udvalgte kontraktuelle problemstillinger
(author), Erhvervsjuridisk Tidsskrift 3/2022.
Entreprenørens krav på kapacitetsomkostninger ved bygherrens forsinkelser
(author), Tidsskrift for Bygge- og Boligret, TBB 2021.827.
Arbitration in Scandinavia
(author), Yearbook on Int. Arb. & ADR, Vol. VII.
International Construction Contract Law
2nd ed., 2018, (co-author), (published by Wiley Blackwell).
Doing Business
2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 (contributing author), World Bank Group.
Mitigating the Risk of Delays in Power Plant Projects
2017, (author), Yearbook on International Arbitration, NWV, Vienna, Roth/Geistlinger (eds.).
Anfægtelse af ‘Sham’ Trusts
(author), Erhvervsjuridisk Tidsskrift, May 2016, Vol. 2.
Study on the Application of the Cross-Border Mergers Directive
(project director), European Union, 2016, ISBN-978-92-79-29930-8.
Sham Trusts
(author), SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2758245, April 2016.
Finding, Freezing & Attaching Assets – a Multi-Jurisdictional Handbook
(co-author and editor), Kluwer Law International, 2016, ISBN-9789041167415.
International Construction Contract Law by Dr. Lukas Klee, 2015, published by Wiley Blackwell
(book review). ASA Bulletin, Vol. 3/2015.
Fehmarn Belt – an understanding of Danish Construction Law
(author), IBA Construction Law International, Vol. 8, Issue 3, 2013.
Who owns the Float? – a Scandinavian Perspective
(co-author), International Construction Law Review, 2013, p. 379 ff.
Delay Clauses in International Construction Contracts
(co-author and editor), Kluwer Law International, 2010, ISBN-10: 9041126724.
The Taxation of Trusts, Trustees, Protectors and Underlying Companies Under Swiss Law
(author), SSRN http://ssrn.com/abstract=2758196, May 2009.
Class Actions in Denmark
(co-author) Global Competition Litigation Review, Issue 2., 2008.
Expert Witnesses in Danish Arbitration
(author), 26 ASA Bulletin, Issue 3.
International Construction Project Joint Ventures under Swiss Law
(author), International Construction Law Review, 2006, p. 394 ff.
Swiss Assets and Estate Planning
(author), ABA Journal Probate & Property, 2006 Vol. 20, No. 2.
The New Danish Arbitration Act
(co-author), International Arbitration Law Review, 2005, p. 203ff.
Mere om afkast af deponerede huslejebeløb
(author), Ugeskrift for Retsvæsen 2004B.422.
Retten til renter af deponerede beløb
(author), Ugeskrift for Retsvæsen 2004B.121.
Betryggende sikkerhedsstillelse efter AB92 § 6
(author), Juristen, 1999/9.
Judicial Activism and the Limits of Institutional Arbitration in Multiparty Dispute
28/2 ASA Bulletin (2010).
The Enforcement of Awards Annulled in their Place of Origin – The French and American Perspectives.
Journal of International Arbitration 26(2): 267–292, 2009
Decision or uncertainty? Combined Dispute Boards under the ICC Dispute Board Rules,
Construction Law International, Vol. 1 Issue 1 March 2006
Efficient Dispute Resolution in the Maritime Construction Industry, Dispute Boards in Maritime Construction
co-authored with Cyril Chern; TDM 2007, Vol. 4, Issue 5; http://www.transnational-dispute-management.com/
The New Dispute Board Rules of the ICC,
in ASA Bulletin Vol. 23-1, March 2005, p. 53-88
ICC’s New Dispute Board Rules,
in ICC International Court of Arbitration Bulletin Vol. 15/No2 – Fall 2004
Standards and Procedures for Disqualifying Arbitrators
in Journal of International Arbitration, Vol. 20 Nr. 4, August 2003
Einstweiliger Rechtsschutz und Vertragsnetze
in Netzwerke komplexer Langzeitverträge, Heidelberger Kolloquium Technologie und Recht 1999, p. 136; Fritz Nicklisch (ed.), Verlag S. Beck, 2000
Can it be sinful for an arbitrator to actively promote settlement?
(co-authored with E. Schäfer). The Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Law Journal, ADRLJ Part 3, September 1999, p. 153 ff.
The New Irish Arbitration Act of 1998,
ASA Bulletin, Vol. 1, 1999, p.51
Die Neue Schiedsgerichtsordnung der Internationalen Handelskammer,
RIW, Vol 2, 1999, p. 105
Phillip Landolt is an experienced international arbitration and dispute settlement practitioner. Although his focus is on counsel and co-counsel work, he also accepts appointments as an arbitrator. Over the last several years, Phillip’s international arbitration practice has been focussed on large infrastructure projects, sale of goods and related contracts (bank guarantees, letters of credit, charterparties, etc.), distribution, agency and consulting contracts, and disputes in the telecoms sector such as under VoIP interconnection and GSM roaming contracts.
Called to the bar in Geneva, as well as in England & Wales and Ontario, Canada, in each of which jurisdictions he has also practised, Phillip is able to offer a fusion of expertise in civil law and common law practice and techniques. Clients appreciate Phillip’s ability to understand their dispute resolution goals and his advice and representation in achieving these goals as efficiently as possible. Phillip’s mother tongue is English and he works in French, German and Italian as well.
Phillip Landolt
Jacob C. Jørgensen is an international arbitration practitioner with extensive experience in disputes related to both offshore and onshore construction projects. He is currently involved in the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link mega project – an 18km immersed tunnel linking Denmark to Germany via road and rail. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a CAS arbitrator and is listed as a Certified Adjudicator on FIDIC’s “President’s List”. He has served as an arbitrator under the ICC rules, the rules of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the rules of the Danish Institute of Arbitration and in ad hoc arbitrations.
Jacob regularly publishes within his areas of expertise. In 2010, he co-authored and edited the book, “Delay Clauses in International Construction Contracts”. He frequently speaks at international conferences and as a guest lecturer at the University of Copenhagen. In 2023, he joined FIDIC’s Task Group 14, which is drafting a new standard contract for offshore wind projects, and in 2024 he was appointed vice chairman of the European Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. In 2025, he enrolled as a doctoral candidate at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin.
Jacob C. Jørgensen
Christopher Koch brings to Landolt & Koch twenty-five years of experience in international arbitration and dispute resolution. As counsel and co-counsel, he has represented parties in disputes relating to construction contracts, industrial design agreements, mergers and acquisitions as well as international agency and commission contracts as well as international sales agreements.
Christopher is frequently appointed to serve as Chairman, Co-arbitrator or Sole Arbitrator in international commercial arbitrations. He has conducted arbitrations under the rules of the ICC, the LCIA, the AAA’s ICDR and the Swiss Rules of International Arbitration. Believing that justice delayed is justice denied, Christopher seeks to implement efficient arbitral procedures that will allow the parties and the arbitral tribunal to resolve the dispute as expeditiously and cost-effectively as possible.
As a former counsel to the ICC’s International Court of Arbitration, Christopher has an insider’s view of how the Court functions and applies its rules of arbitration.
Before studying law, Christopher followed in the footsteps of Mark Twain, working as a deckhand on riverboats on the lower Mississippi and the Intercostal Waterways in Texas and Louisiana. He also obtained a bachelor’s degree in political science from Washington University in St. Louis.
Christopher Koch
Fadoua Souissi is a Trainee Lawyer at the Geneva Bar, specializing in Swiss commercial law, with a strong focus on international commercial arbitration. Her practice spans a wide range of dispute resolution and advisory work, combining experience in arbitration (Swiss Rules, ICC) and Swiss contract law with exposure to civil and corporate litigation, economic sanctions, export controls, data protection, and sustainability.
Fadoua completed a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations (2018), followed by a Bachelor’s degree in Law (2021), a Master’s degree in Law (2023), and a Certificate in Transnational Law (2024), at the University of Geneva. She gained international exposure through an internship at the United Nations (UNCTAD) and developed her legal expertise through positions as a Paralegal at Page & Partners, Landolt & Koch, and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in Geneva. In addition, she served as legal counsel at the Legal Clinic Permanence Juridique des Étudiants, advising individuals on employment law, family law, insurance law, and debt enforcement proceedings.
Fadoua is trilingual in French, English, and Arabic.
Fadoua Souissi
