Angelina Sgier

Counsel, Zurich

+41 58 105 2000

asgier@lalive.law

Angelina Sgier

Angelina specialises in domestic and cross border litigation, with a focus on banking and finance disputes. She also advises clients in asset recovery matters including debt collection and (cross border) insolvency proceedings as well as white-collar crime investigations. In addition, she advises corporate clients on ESG reporting obligations.

Angelina regularly advises and represents clients in high stakes disputes and litigation before Swiss state courts. In addition, she also has experience in advising private clients on marital and inheritance law matters, as well as related issues of private international law.

Recent publications

ESG reporting and liability risks: companies between a rock and a hard place
DANIEL LUCIEN BÜHR, BENOÎT A. MAURON, ANGELINA SGIER, ANTON VALLÉLIAN
In: Lexology (online), LALIVE Insights, January 2026

UBS and First Brands: a new Greensill moment?
DOMINIK ELMIGER, NICOLAS OLLIVIER, ANGELINA SGIER, CHRISTIAN EXNER
In: Lexology online, LALIVE insight, October 2025

Attachment of Assets: Switzerland
ANDRÉ BRUNSCHWEILER, BENOÎT A. MAURON, NOÉMIE RAETZO, ANGELINA SGIER
In: Lawrence W. Newman (Ed.), Attachment of Assets, JurisNet LLC, 2024 & 2025 

Recent conferences

AIJA - 63rd Annual Congress
ANGELINA SGIER, Role: Speaker, “The use of cross-border insolvency proceedings as an asset recovery tool”
Washington D.C, 27 August 2025

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Current professional memberships

  • Member of the Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
  • Member of the Swiss Bar Association (SAV/FSA)
  • Member of the Zurich Lawyers’ Association (ZJV)
  • Member of the International Bar Association (IBA)
  • Member of the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA)
  • Member of the International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals (INSOL International)

 

Career history

  • Counsel, LALIVE, Zurich, 2024 – present
  • Associate, LALIVE, Zurich, 2020 – 2023
  • Associate, Lenz & Staehelin, Zurich, 2017 – 2020
  • Law Clerk, District Court of Zurich, 2013 – 2017
  • Trainee, Lenz & Staehelin, Zurich, 2012 – 2013

Academic qualifications

  • LLM, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (High Honours, Dean’s List, top 10% of the class), 2021
  • Master of Laws, University of Zurich (summa cum laude), 2012
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