Christoph Müller
Arbitrator · Professor of Law
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Profile

Professor, attorney-at-law,
LL.M. (Columbia), FCIArb

Languages
German and French (bilingual), English (fluent), Italian, Spanish, some Farsi

Admission
Swiss Bar, 1997

Christoph Müller has served as presiding, sole and co-arbitrator, as well as legal expert, in more than 250 international and domestic arbitrations under the ICC, Swiss Rules, LCIA, SCC, UNCITRAL, CAS and WIPO rules and ad hoc.

Since 2006 he has been Professor of private law at the University of Neuchâtel, teaching specific contract law, contract drafting, comparative private law and tort law, and co-directing the Research Centre on Alternative and Judicial Dispute Resolution Methods (CEMAJ). He served as Dean of the Faculty of Law from 2014 to 2016.

He was Vice-President of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) from 2021 to 2025, a member of its Board since 2013 and of its Executive Committee from 2018 to 2025, and an arbitrator on the General List of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Career

Since 2006
Professor of private law, Faculty of Law, University of Neuchâtel
Since 2006
Co-Director, CEMAJ Research Centre on Dispute Resolution
Since 2002
Arbitrator and legal expert in 250+ arbitrations
2021–2025
Vice-President, Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
2019–2026
Arbitrator, General List, Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), Lausanne
2008–2025
Founding Member and Head Lecturer, Swiss Arbitration Academy (CAS in Arbitration)
2024
Visiting Professor, Università degli Studi di Firenze
2009–2020
Member of the Arbitration Court and Special Committee, Swiss Chambers' Arbitration Institution (SCAI)
Since 2017
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)
2016–2017
Visiting Scholar, University of Cambridge; Visiting Fellow, Clare Hall
2014–2016
Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Neuchâtel
2001–2006
Senior Associate, arbitration and litigation, two major commercial law firms in Zurich and Bern
2001
Internship, ICC International Court of Arbitration, Paris

Education

2002
Ph.D. in Law, University of Neuchâtel
2000
LL.M., Columbia Law School, New York
1999–2000
Junior Researcher (Swiss National Science Foundation), Columbia Law School and Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
1997
Admission to the Swiss Bar
1995
Licence en droit, University of Neuchâtel