Question juridique clé
Whether the cantonal court rightly rejected the challenge to the proposed sole arbitrator under the VQF statutes and the Intercantonal Arbitration Concordat.
Solution extraite
The challenge was properly rejected; the proposed arbitrator qualified as a 'specialist' and no disqualifying lack of independence was shown.
Motifs extraits
The term 'specialist' in the statutes refers to substantive expertise in the subject matter of the arbitration, here anti-money-laundering obligations of financial intermediaries, not to branch-specific fiduciary expertise. A practicing lawyer with broad legal and procedural experience may satisfy this requirement.