Julia
Xoudis

Prof., Dr. iur., LL.M. (Cantab)
Of Counsel

jxoudis@peterandkim.com +41 58 317 70 70
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Bar admission
Geneva Bar, 1993
Nationalities
Swiss, Greek
Languages
French, English, German, Greek
Location
Geneva

PROFESSIONAL
PRACTICE

Prof. Dr. Julia Xoudis has practised as an attorney for almost 20 years, specializing in international commercial arbitration, contract law and competition law. She has acted in more than 40 international arbitrations, both ad hoc and institutional, including high-stake cases involving complex contractual and corporate disputes.
In parallel to her practice at the bar, she is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Geneva, where she teaches contract law and introduction to private law and legal reasoning. Her research interests and publications focus on law of obligations (in particular contract law), competition law and legal method.

Areas of
Expertise

  • Arbitration / Litigation
  • Commercial Contracts
  • Distribution / Agency
  • International Sales
  • Joint Ventures / Consortia
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Competition law

Industry
Sector

  • Commodities Trading Icon Commodities Trading
  • Fashion & Luxury Goods Icon Fashion & Luxury Goods
  • Oil Icon Oil
  • Gas Icon Gas
  • Pharmaceutical & Biotech Icon Pharmaceutical & Biotech
  • Transportation, Logistics & Shipping Icon Transportation, Logistics & Shipping
  • Co-arbitrator in a dispute related to the validity and performance of a share purchase agreement.
  • Counsel in a highly contentious arbitration between a state-owned enterprise and a sovereign state, involving aspects of public international law, with an amount in dispute of USD several billion.
  • Counsel in setting aside proceedings against an award in an ad hoc arbitration, securing an important win for the client at the Swiss Supreme Court level.
  • Counsel in a case involving two state-owned entities in a highly complex dispute stemming from oil production and delivery agreements, securing an award of more than a billion USD for the clients.
  • Regular advice on contractual issues in the area of agency and distribution, including Swiss and European competition law aspects.

Professional experience

  • Of Counsel, Peter & Kim, Geneva (2020 to date)
  • Partner, Peter & Partners, Geneva (2016 to 2019)
  • Counsel, Python & Peter, Geneva (2010 to 2015)
  • Associate, Python & Peter, Geneva (2002 to 2009)
  • Trainee, Mentha Maystre Morand & Amsler, Geneva (1992-1993)
  • Trainee, Court of First Instance, Geneva (1991-1992)

 

Academic experience

  • Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva (2011 to date)
  • Visiting Fellow, Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge (2019 to 2020)
  • Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Lausanne (2015)
  • Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva (2007 to 2011)
  • Instructor, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva (2002 to 2006)
  • Research Assistant, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva (1994-2000)
  • Doctorate in Law, University of Geneva (2001, summa cum laude; Edgar Aubert Prize 2002, Prof. Walther Hug Prize 2003)
  • Visiting Scholar, Max-Planck-Institut für Ausländisches und Internationales Privatrecht, Hamburg – with a one-year scholarship from the Swiss National Science Foundation (1998-2000)
  • D.E.A. in European Law, University of Geneva (1995)
  • LL.M. in International Law, University of Cambridge (1991)
  • Licence en droit, University of Geneva (1990)
  • Geneva Bar Association
  • Swiss Bar Association
  • Swiss Arbitration Association
  • Swiss Association of Competition Law (also member of the Committee since 2004)
  • International League of Competition Law (also member of the Bureau and the Council from 2007 to 2016)
  • Geneva Association of Business Law
Download List of Publications
  • “L’affaire de l’AOP L’Etivaz”, in “Agriculture et droit de la concurrence, vers une réconciliation ?”,

    Revue Concurrences N° 3-2018, n° 87495, p. 39-43.

  • “Clauses de parité – Restrictions verticales

    – Abus de position dominante : La Commission de la concurrence suisse interdit les clauses de parité pratiquées par les trois plus grands gestionnaires de plateformes de réservation d’hôtels en ligne”, in Revue Concurrences N° 2-2016, n° 79551, p. 232-235

  • Fiche annuelle de législation, jurisprudence et doctrine (2007-2014 and 2016)

    “Contrats de distribution, franchise et agence”, pour la Demi-journée “Marathon” de formation continue de l’Ordre des Avocats de Genève, Genève.

  • "Le Tribunal administratif fédéral suisse confirme les sanctions infligées par la Commission de la concurrence au fabricant suisse des dentifrices et à son preneur de licence autrichien pour entrave illicite aux importations parallèles (Gaba et Gebro)"

    in Revue Concurrences N° 2-2014, N° 66051, p. 214-218.

  • "Affaire ‘L’Etivaz’: droit de la concurrence et appellations d’origine protégées (AOP)"

    in Facettes du droit de la personnalité, Journée de droit civil 2013 en l’honneur de la Professeure Dominique Manaï, Margareta Baddeley / Bénédict Foëx / Audrey Leuba / Marie-Laure Papaux van Delden (éds), Genève/Zurich/Bâle (Schulthess) 2014, p. 73-95.

  • "Contrat de cession globale de créances à fin de garantie", in Recueil de contrats commerciaux – Modèles en français et en anglais commentés selon le droit suisse

    Sylvain Marchand / Christine Chappuis / Laurent Hirsch (éds), Bâle (Helbing Lichtenhahn) 2013, p. 1143-1174 (co-authored with Nicolas de Gottrau).

  • "Le Tribunal fédéral examine la compatibilité du prononcé de sanctions avec les droits fondamentaux (Publigroupe)"

    in Revue Concurrences N° 3-2013, n° 54211, p. 177-180 (co-authored with Pranvera Këllezi).

  • Commentaire des articles 11 à 16 du Code des obligations (forme des contrats)

    in Commentaire romand du Code des obligations I (art. 1–529 CO), Luc Thévenoz / Franz Werro (éds), 2e éd., Bâle (Helbing Lichtenhahn) 2012, p. 79-127.

  • "Chronique – Droit de la concurrence"

    in Journal des Tribunaux 2012 I 107-124.

  • "The Swiss Supreme Court upholds fines against media sales and marketing services group in an abuse of dominance case (Publigroupe)"

    29 juin 2012, Bulletin e-Competitions N° 51472.

  • "Conventions d’arbitrage pathologiques : la volonté d’arbitrer peut-elle tout guérir?"

    in L’éclectique juridique – Recueil d’articles en l’honneur de Jacques Python, Genève/Zurich/ Bâle (Schulthess/Stämpfli) 2011, p. 201-219 (co-authored with Sébastien Besson).

  • "Droit de la concurrence"

    in Journal des Tribunaux 2011 I 143-157.

  • Commentaire des articles 52 à 59 du Code civil

    (dispositions générales sur les personnes morales), in Commentaire romand du Code civil I (art. 1 – 348 CC), Bénédict Foëx / Pascal Pichonnaz (éds), Genève, Bâle, Munich (Helbing Lichtenhahn) 2010, p. 393-452.

  • "Rapport pour la Suisse"

    in The modernisation of EU Competition Law Enforcement in the EU – FIDE 2004 National Reports, D. Cahill (Editeur), J. Cooke (Rapporteur général), Cambridge (Cambridge University Press) 2004, p. 573-595.

  • Les accords de distribution au regard du droit de la concurrence

    Droit suisse et droit communautaire dans une perspective économique, thèse, Genève et Bruxelles (Schulthess et Bruylant), 2002, 439 pages.

  • "La mesure du dommage à réparer en cas de résolution du contrat pour inexécution"

    in F. Werro (éd.), L’européanisation du droit privé – Vers un Code civil européen?, Enseignement de 3e cycle de droit 1997, Fribourg (Editions Universitaires) 1998, p. 203-218.

  • "La demeure de débiteur de l'acheteur ayant conclu un contrat de vente internationale"

    in Die Lex Friedrich im Lichte der EG / La demeure de débiteur de l’acheteur ayant conclu un contrat de vente internationale, Zurich (Schulthess) 1992, p. 91-126.