Chloé Terrapon is a managing associate in the Litigation and Arbitration Team. She specializes in the conduct of complex and multifaceted cross-border disputes relating to corporate governance, contract, commercial and insolvency law, as well as involving white-collar crimes and investigations.

Chloé’s practice focuses in particular on arbitration, and she has been involved as counsel, arbitrator or tribunal secretary in numerous arbitration proceedings seated in Europe and Asia (ad hoc or institution-administered under the Swiss Rules, ICSID, ICC, SIAC and HKIAC) notably related to shareholders disputes, post M&A, international sales, construction projects, as well as investment treaty law.

Chloé has been recognized as a 'Future Leader' in arbitration by Who’s Who Legal and is praised by peers and clients for her ‘outstanding analytical and writing skills', her ‘experience dealing with corporate governance disputes’ as well as described as ‘careful, considered and very aware of the client's needs’.

Chloé studied at the University of Fribourg (MLaw 2011) as well as at the Center for Transnational Legal Studies (CTLS) in London (Certificate in Transnational Legal Studies, 2010). She perfected her education with a Master in International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution from the National University of Singapore (LL.M. 2017).

Before being admitted to the Swiss Bar and joining Walder Wyss in 2014, Chloé worked as a student research assistant in the fields of international arbitration and European law, and trained at a major commercial law firm, as well as at the prosecutor office in the field of white-collar crimes and at a regional court. In 2017-2018, she gained further experience at an international arbitration firm in Singapore.

Chloé works in French, English and German. She is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and admitted to practice in all Switzerland.

Significant Accomplishments

WWL ranking - Arbitration Switzerland 2023

Chambers and Partners has moved Walder Wyss’s Arbitration Team up to Band 2 in its 2023 Global Ranking

IFLR/Euromoney's Rising Stars Expert Guide 2022

Beförderungen bei Walder Wyss

Beteiligung einer Muttergesellschaft in Vergleichsgesprächen als Grund für die Konsolidierung von zwei separaten Swiss Rules Verfahren

Investor-State Arbitration 2024 - Chapter 13 (Switzerland)
Klimaseniorinnen v. Switzerland – What are the Implications of the ECtHR’s Landmark Climate Decision?
Recent Developments in Swiss Arbitration: A Modern Framework to a Classical Picture
The Rise of Climate Change Litigation – What Risks for Swiss Companies?
Commentary on Articles 38-41 and Appendix B Swiss Rules
Kommentierung zu Art. 177 IPRG
Sleepless nights over sanctions
Chapter 14 (Switzerland)
Ein Hauch frischer Luft für die schweizerische Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit: neues Zentrum und überarbeitete Vorschriften
Time to Act for EU Investors – EU States Cancel Intra-EU BITs
Attraktivität der Schweiz als Sitz des Schiedsverfahrens weiter gestiegen
Die jüngsten Entwicklungen im Bereich Investitionsschiedsverfahren – Effizienter Schutz europäischer Investitionen in der Zeit nach dem Beschluss zu Achmea
Chapter in Arbitration
Achmea-Earthquake - Time to Consider a Swiss Solution
Das Bundesgericht äussert sich zum zulässigen Aufgabenbereich eines Schiedsgerichtssekretärs und eines Schiedsgerichtskonsulenten nach der lex arbitri: Ein Kommentar zu BGer 4A_709/2014 vom 21. Mai 2015
Bundesgerichtsentscheid zu Cash Pooling und gruppeninternen Finanzierungen