Education |
Harvard Law School, June 2003
LL.M.
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, September 2000
Examination for associate membership
University of Lausanne, November 1995 to December 1998
Doctoral Thesis (Dr. iur. / Ph.D.) on the spin-off of corporations under German, American and Swiss Laws (Otto Riese Prize awarded) Directors: Prof. B. Dutoit and Prof. G. Muller
University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne), October 1994 to June 1995
Diploma in EC Law (with honors)
University of Lausanne, July 1995
M.Law (with honors)
University of St. Gallen, October 1993 to September 1994
National exchange program
Realgymnasium Basel, June 1991
High School Diploma (with Latin) |
Experience |
ABELS Avocats, Geneva, October 2009 to date
Founding Partner; boutique law firm focusing on business law
Lenz & Staehelin, Geneva, October 2003 to September 2009
Senior Associate, Corporate department, team of Mr. Andreas von Planta and Mr. Andreas Rötheli; advised in the fields of Company Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity, Financing Transactions, Contracts including:
- 7 months secondment with a major fast moving consumer goods multinational company, as ad hoc general counsel to one of its sub-groups
- 5 months secondment with the world largest association of broadcasters, as ad hoc legal counsel in the field of corporate and contract law (media rights agreements, television transmission agreements, etc.)
Gross & Associés, Lausanne, September 1999 to December 2001
Trainee; general practice, mentor: Jean-Pierre Gross, former President of the Swiss Bar Association
Allen & Gledhill, Singapore, July/August 1999
Summer Associate; Arbitration, Shipping and Corporate Departments, mentor: Mr. Michael Hwang
Allende & Brea, Buenos Aires, June/July 1999
Summer Associate; International Project Finance and Contract Law, mentor: Mr. Osvaldo J. Marzorati
Kimbrough & Associés, Paris, October 1996
Counsel to the firm on Swiss Contract Law in a major ICC Arbitration matter
Schilling Zutt & Anschütz, Mannheim and Frankfurt, August 1995
Summer Associate; Corporate Law, International Business Law, Intellectual Property, Contracts |
Academic experiences |
CEDIDAC - Institute for Business Law, University of Lausanne March 2002 to September 2003
Research scholar on the breach of contract under UNIDROIT Principles
UNIDROIT - International Institute for the Unification of Private Law, Rome
March to June 2002
Research scholar on the breach of contract under UNIDROIT Principles
New York University School of Law, September to November 1998
Research scholar on the spin-offs of corporations under American law
Free International University of Moldova (ULIM), Chisinau, Moldova, May 1996
Lecturer for EC Law
CEDIDAC – Institute for Business Law, University of Lausanne, February 1996 to May 1999
Research assistant to Prof. François Dessemontet in the fields of Arbitration, Unfair Competition and Corporate Law |
Other activities |
President Harvard Club Geneva Chapter (2006 to date), member of the scientific board of swisscleantech Association (cleantech business association), Alpinism (member of the Swiss Alpine Club), ski teacher with the St. Moritz Ski School (1991 to 2001), students' association (President 1996 to 1997), former coach in a youth organization (1985 to 1991) |
Publications |
Les restructurations internationales, in Les restructurations en droit des sociétés, du travail et international privé, Geneva 2010, with Prof. Florence Guillaume (article on the application of the Swiss Merger Act under the principles of private international law)
Commentaire Stämpfli sur le droit de la société anonyme, Commentary on Art. 659 - 663 and 671 - 677 CO, Berne (in preparation) (commentary on the sections of Swiss company law dealing with treasury shares, shareholders' right to profit, the business report, accounting and the company's dividend payments)
Basler Kommentar zum IPRG, Commentary on Art. 21, 150 - 155 and 159 IPRG, Basel 2007, with A. von Planta (commentary on the sections of the Swiss International Private Law Act dealing with company law)
Acquisitions, due diligence et responsabilité pour les défauts, in Aspects actuels du droit de la société anonyme, Lausanne 2005 (Acquisition, due diligence and contractual liability)
Les sanctions de l'inexécution du contrat et les Principes UNIDROIT, Lausanne 2005, 326 pages (Remedies for the breach of contract under UNIDROIT Principles)
UWG Rechtsprechung 1989 – 2001, Lausanne 2002, 350 pages (casebook on Swiss Unfair Competition Law; in German - also published in a French edition)
La scission de la société anonyme en droits allemand, américain et suisse, Geneva 1999, 334 pages (Corporation Spin-offs under German, American and Swiss Laws) |
