Birgit Sambeth
In disputes as in life: you need empathy, dedication and a wise solution-oriented mindset.
Birgit Sambeth è co-responsabile del nostro team di risoluzione delle controversie. Come ex giudice supplente e conciliatore giudiziario, in qualità di mediatore e arbitro, è riconosciuta come una specialista lungimirante, olistica e strategica nella risoluzione delle controversie e viene regolarmente nominata neutrale per prevenire e risolvere controversie complesse, internazionali e nazionali, in materia di contratti commerciali e di agenzia/distribuzione internazionale, operazioni di fusione e acquisizione, progetti edilizi, questioni di lavoro e di famiglia/eredità, spesso con componenti interculturali e multilingue.
Birgit, dal 2018, è inclusa tra i "Thought Leaders - Mediation" di Who's Who Legal ed è stata riconosciuta come "la Mediatrice N. 1 più apprezzata della Svizzera". È accreditata presso numerose organizzazioni nazionali e internazionali, in particolare: Federazione Svizzera degli Avvocati (SAV/FSA), Camera svizzera di mediazione commerciale (SCCM), Istituto di mediazione internazionale (IMI), CEDR Londra, CPR New York, VIAC Vienna, CMAP Parigi, Camera Arbitrale di Milano, CML Russia, Corte arbitrale di Shenzhen (Cina Meridionale) (SCIA), Camera di Commercio Internazionale (ICC), Istituzione arbitrale delle Camere svizzere (SCAI), Tribunale Arbitrale dello Sport (TAS-CAS), INSOL e WIPO.
Oltre alla sua attività di terzo imparziale, Birgit viene spesso coinvolta anche in procedure di ristrutturazione aziendale e insolvenza, agendo come rappresentante dei creditori o come liquidatore e curatore nell'ambito di procedure fallimentari o di concordati a livello nazionale e internazionale.
Contact
Birgit Sambeth
sambeth@altenburger.ch
Altenburger Ltd legal + tax
Rue Rodolphe-Toepffer 11bis, 1206 Ginevra
Carriera.
- 2021-2023 Presidente della Federazione Svizzera degli Avvocati
- 2019-2021 Vicepresidente dell'Associazione svizzera degli avvocati
- Dal 2005 Partner di Altenburger
- 1994-2008 Giudice aggiunto presso i tribunali di Ginevra
- 1994-2005 Studio legale Sambeth Glasner, Ginevra
- 1989-1994 Consulente legale presso Ernst & Young (dipartimento legale e fiscale), Basilea
- 1986-1987 Tirocinio legale presso Baker & McKenzie, Ginevra e Chicago
Formazione
- 2019 Mediatore accreditato nel settore della Sanità, Ginevra
- 2012 Mediatrice giurata presso la Corte d'Appello, Vaud
- 2005 Mediatrice giurata del Governo di Ginevra
- 2004 Mediatrice CEDR, Londra
- 2004 Mediatrice WIPO, Ginevra
- 1997 Mediatrice certificata in materia civile, commerciale e penale (FSA/CEFOC/INPER), Losanna
- 1990 Iscrizione all'ordine degli avvocati, Ginevra
- 1986 Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Banking and Finance, Boston University
- 1984 Lic. iur., Università di Ginevra
Abilitazioni
Presso tutti i tribunali svizzeri
Incarichi
- 2024 Accreditata presso il Centro Internazionale per la Risoluzione delle Controversie relative agli Investimenti (ICSID)
- 2022 Docente di mediazione commerciale, LL.M. International Business Law, UNIL Losanna
- 2008-2022 Docente di mediazione commerciale, CAS e DAS Università di Friburgo
- 2008-2022 Docente di mediazione commerciale, CAS HEIG Yverdon
- 2009-2022 Docente presso il Master MIDS in International Dispute Settlements, Graduate Institute HEI Ginevra
- 2009-2017 Docente di Mediazione Commerciale, Diploma e Master of Arts in International Trading, Commodity Finance and Shipping, HEC Ginevra.
- 2009-2017 Docente di Mediazione Commerciale, Master in International Trade law, Contracts and Dispute Resolution, Università di Torino e IUSE, ITC-ILO in collaborazione con UNCITRAL
- 2011-2018 Docente di Mediazione legale, ECAV Ecole d'Avocature, Ginevra
- 2013 Docente di Mediazione, programma di Master in mediazione commerciale, BUCERIUS Law School, Amburgo
Associazioni
Rankings
Birgit Sambeth is commended as "an absolutely fabulous practitioner" whose expertise spans domestic and international commercial disputes, often arising from contractual and transactional matters.
Birgit Sambeth is commended as "an absolutely fabulous practitioner" whose expertise spans domestic and international commercial disputes, often arising from contractual and transactional matters.
"Birgit Sambeth Glasner is a revered for her top-notch on high-profile insolvency disputes at home and abroad. "
"Birgit Sambeth Glasner is a revered for her top-notch on high-profile insolvency disputes at home and abroad. "
Birgit Sambeth enjoys a stellar reputation as "a vastly experienced commercial mediator" who "sits "at the very top of the list".
Birgit Sambeth enjoys a stellar reputation as "a vastly experienced commercial mediator" who "sits "at the very top of the list".
"Appreciated by the market for the experience and in-depth knowledge of arbitration matters. The professional is to all intents and purposes one of the icons in her field."
"Appreciated by the market for the experience and in-depth knowledge of arbitration matters. The professional is to all intents and purposes one of the icons in her field."
“Birgit Sambeth Glasner is a prestigious figure in domestic and international mediation with expertise spanning from commercial disputes to criminal matters.”
“Birgit Sambeth Glasner is a prestigious figure in domestic and international mediation with expertise spanning from commercial disputes to criminal matters.”
Endorsements
“Birgit Sambeth Glasner has consistently been rated at Performance Level 5 by the Parties for whom she has acted as a mediator as well as their attorneys. All of the parties would recommend her as a mediator, a fact borne out by the number of them willing to use her again and some to provide a reference to parties considering the engagement of Birgit as a mediator in the future. Costs were widely reported as reasonable and within international standards. Thus, a very high degree of satisfaction was reported.”
“Birgit has a quick grasp of all the underlying issues and she explores the values with patience. Her skills in setting up and providing an adequate environment for a constructive dialogue is particularly reflected, as well as her patience and flexibility, together with her ability to calm down individual sensitivities and to prevent the escalation of disputes. She is described as having a sound common sense and being confident, pragmatic as well as solution oriented. She tries to keep negotiators focused on key issues and future interests.”
“Birgit calmly deals with stalemates and she is deemed to be particularly helpful in clarifying and structuring the dispute resolution processes, managing the parties expectations and assisting them to “take a step back”. Humanistic and empathetic, she uses all her personal skills, notably the listening skills, to a genuinely caring attitude, and for being an excellent listener and very skilled communicator.”
“Having lived all her life in a multi-cultural, - professional and - linguistic environment, she handles well cultural differences, whether geographic very human and empathetic, she has a special way to build trust with the parties. She was reported as being committed, having a genuinely caring attitude but, at the same time, also being able to stay firm if needed.”
“Birgit has a brilliant mind, able to catch immediately what is really at stake and has a special way to calmly but firmly help parties to find their way out of the conflict. All the mediations she has conducted were reported as being settled in a very short time.”
“Birgit Sambeth Glasner has consistently been rated at Performance Level 5 by the Parties for whom she has acted as a mediator as well as their attorneys. All of the parties would recommend her as a mediator, a fact borne out by the number of them willing to use her again and some to provide a reference to parties considering the engagement of Birgit as a mediator in the future. Costs were widely reported as reasonable and within international standards. Thus, a very high degree of satisfaction was reported.”
“Birgit has a quick grasp of all the underlying issues and she explores the values with patience. Her skills in setting up and providing an adequate environment for a constructive dialogue is particularly reflected, as well as her patience and flexibility, together with her ability to calm down individual sensitivities and to prevent the escalation of disputes. She is described as having a sound common sense and being confident, pragmatic as well as solution oriented. She tries to keep negotiators focused on key issues and future interests.”
“Birgit calmly deals with stalemates and she is deemed to be particularly helpful in clarifying and structuring the dispute resolution processes, managing the parties expectations and assisting them to “take a step back”. Humanistic and empathetic, she uses all her personal skills, notably the listening skills, to a genuinely caring attitude, and for being an excellent listener and very skilled communicator.”
“Having lived all her life in a multi-cultural, - professional and - linguistic environment, she handles well cultural differences, whether geographic very human and empathetic, she has a special way to build trust with the parties. She was reported as being committed, having a genuinely caring attitude but, at the same time, also being able to stay firm if needed.”
“Birgit has a brilliant mind, able to catch immediately what is really at stake and has a special way to calmly but firmly help parties to find their way out of the conflict. All the mediations she has conducted were reported as being settled in a very short time.”
