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Marcus Vogt

Accepting appointments

FCIArb · Zurich

Experience
20 yrs
Appointments
110
As presiding
30
Seat
Zurich
Law
England & Wales
Focus
Metals Coal
Rules
Swiss ICC
Langs
German — native English — fluent Italian — fluent

01Biography

Updated Oct 2026

Zurich-based arbitrator in physical commodity trading: metals, coal and the financing around them.

Marcus spent a decade as in-house counsel at a Zug-based metals trading house before returning to private practice and, from 2015, to full-time arbitral work. He knows the trade from the inside: offtake agreements, pricing periods, quality claims and the letters of credit behind them.

He sits mostly under the Swiss Rules and the ICC Rules and prefers hearings in person.

02Representative matters

Confidential · party names withheld

  • Metals 2022

    Dispute under a copper concentrate offtake agreement over treatment and refining charges after a smelter outage.

    Sole arbitrator Swiss Zurich seat
    $12.5M

  • Coal 2020

    Thermal coal supply dispute over calorific-value shortfalls and the right to reject cargoes under a multi-year contract.

    Co-arbitrator ICC · England & Wales
    $8.3M

  • Metals 2019

    Trade-finance dispute between a bank and a trader following the collapse of a nickel repo structure.

    Presiding arbitrator Swiss Geneva seat
    $45M

03Qualifications & memberships

Admissions & appointments

  • 2003 Admitted to the Bar of Zurich
  • 2011 FCIArb

Education

  • 2002 lic. iur. — University of Zurich

Professional memberships

Swiss Arbitration Association LME Arbitration Panel Chartered Institute of Arbitrators