Pierre Tercier became chairman of the International Court of Arbitration on 1 March 2006. A Swiss national and a professor at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, Professor Tercier has more than 30 years’ experience of international and domestic arbitrations and other dispute resolution proceedings. He has acted in over a hundred cases, in all capacities (sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator, tribunal chairman, mediator, Dispute Board chairman) and under various sets of rules (ICC, LCIA, ICSID, UNCITRAL, ad hoc). He is highly respected in the international legal and business community as an arbitrator, lecturer and author. Professor Tercier was formerly the chairman of the Swiss Cartel Commission and the Swiss Insurance Law Society. Professor Tercier is visiting professor at numerous law faculties including the University of Geneva and the University of Paris. He graduated from the University of Fribourg, summa cum laude, and was admitted to the bar in 1969.