SWITZERLAND Law and Practice Contributed by: Simon Gabriel, Axel Buhr, Roxane Schmidgall and Audrey Duffner, GABRIEL Arbitration
13.5 Binding of Third Parties Arbitration agreements can extend to non-signatories only in the limited number of situations described in 5.6 Jurisdiction Over Third Parties . As a general rule, awards cannot be enforced against any party but the award debtor. Piercing of the cor - porate veil at the enforcement level is only possible in very exceptional cases that must typically include an abuse of corporate structures.
enter into success fee arrangements with their clients. 13.4 Consolidation Consolidation is not specifically addressed by Swiss arbitration law. Consolidation of compatible proceed - ings is possible, and usually governed by institutional rules (eg, by Article 7 of the Swiss Rules).
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