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Who’s Who Legal 2013 rankings: LALIVE consolidates its leading position in key practice areas

9 December 2013

Who’s Who Legal, which identifies the foremost legal practitioners in multiple areas of business law, has again selected a very large number of LALIVE lawyers […]

Press coverage: Simone Nadelhofer interviewed by STEP Wealth Structuring Digest

5 November 2013

See article in STEP Wealth Structuring Digest: “60-second interview with Dr Simone Nadelhofer” , 4 November 2013 For further information see LALIVE’s Private Client and Taxation […]

LALIVE partners Veijo Heiskanen and Matthias Scherer to teach in L.L.M on International Arbitration in Romania

15 October 2013

Following the increasing role played by arbitration in Romania, the Faculty of Law of the University of Bucharest has recently launched an English-language L.L.M in […]

Press coverage: Simone Nadelhofer interviewed regarding retrocessions in the financial sector

9 October 2013

See article in Tages Anzeiger: “Viele Banken geben den Kunden nicht, was ihnen zusteht”, 8 October 2013 See article in 20 Minutes: “Les banques ne […]

LALIVE’s ongoing involvement in the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) strengthened by two new Board appointments

8 October 2013

At the General Meeting held in Bern on 4 October 2013, the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) elected Domitille Baizeau, LALIVE international arbitration partner as a […]

International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR): Teresa Giovannini appointed on the European Executive Board

24 September 2013

LALIVE arbitration partner Teresa Giovannini, was recently nominated as a member of the European Executive Board of the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution […]

Retrocessions in the financial sector: interview of Simone Nadelhofer on the recent Swiss Supreme Court decision

22 July 2013

Simone Nadelhofer was recently interviewed by the Austrian news portal Börse Express (www.boerse-express.com) on the impact on the financial sector of the recent decision of […]

Daniel Bühr on the top five governance principles for the corporate legal function

19 July 2013

ETHIC Intelligence, a leading certification agency specializing in anti-corruption compliance programs (www.ethic-intelligence.com) has recently published an article on the Top five governance principles for the […]

ICSID: Matthias Scherer the fifth LALIVE partner with ICSID arbitrator appointment

16 July 2013

Matthias Scherer has recently been nominated as arbitrator in an ICSID arbitration to hear a €200 million claim against Croatia filed by Austrian national Georg […]

High value arbitration cases: LALIVE ranked as one of the top 10 firms worldwide (July 2013)

5 July 2013

The American Lawyer recently unveiled that LALIVE is currently among the top ten law firms worldwide handling the greatest number of high value arbitrations. As part […]

LatCam (Latin American Chamber of Commerce in Switzerland) and LALIVE (June 2013)

11 June 2013

On 11 June 2013, LALIVE joined the Romandie Chapter of LatCam, the Latin American Chamber of Commerce in Switzerland, to host a business cocktail with […]

2013 Lalive Lecture was delivered by Prof. Alain Pellet on 5 June 2013

5 June 2013

On 5 June 2013, LALIVE, together with the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (HEID), hosted the seventh Lalive lecture in Geneva. This year’s […]

LALIVE organises a seminar on white collar crime and compliance in Zurich (28 May 2013)

28 May 2013

On 28 May 2013, LALIVE, together with ACC Europe and Transparency International Switzerland, hosted a seminar at the Zunfthaus zur Zimmerleuten in Zurich on “Legal […]

Sports law: Matthias Scherer appointed to the panel of outside lawyers for the Disciplinary Board of the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (May 2013)

1 May 2013

Matthias Scherer, a partner of LALIVE, was appointed on 9 May 2013 as one of the six outside members who will be called upon to […]

Qatar: LALIVE participates in the economic mission organized by the Geneva Chamber of Commerce in Doha (April 2013)

26 April 2013

The Geneva Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services (CCIG) organizes for three to four official delegations to travel abroad every year. The most recent of […]

Domitille Baizeau appointed as Vice-President of the Arbitration Court of the Swiss Chambers’ Arbitration Institution (March 2013)

15 March 2013

In March 2013, LALIVE international arbitration partner Domitille Baizeau was appointed Vice-President of the Arbitration Court of the Swiss Chambers’ Arbitration Institution. The Arbitration Court […]

Litigation partners M Henzelin and A Troller recognized as leaders in their field by Who’s Who Legal’s first country report on Switzerland (March 2013)

8 March 2013

Who’s Who Legal has just released its first country report on Switzerland in which no less than fourteen LALIVE lawyers are recommended, with three nominations […]

LALIVE’s Energy practice: three partners recognized by Who’s Who Legal’s first country report on Switzerland

7 March 2013

Georges Racine, Matthias Scherer and Alexander Troller have been recommended in the 2013 Who’s Who: Switzerland ranking of leading lawyers in the energy sector (power / oil& […]

Litigation partners M Henzelin and A Troller recognized as leaders in their field by Who’s Who Legal’s first country report on Switzerland (March 2013)

2 March 2013

Who’s Who Legal has just released its first country report on Switzerland in which no less than fourteen LALIVE lawyers are recommended, with three nominations […]

LALIVE hosts a seminar on the role of dispute boards in construction disputes (March 2013)

1 March 2013

On 1 March 2013, LALIVE, together with the European Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) hosted a seminar held at the firm’s Geneva […]