Paroles d’avocates: récits d’affaires et témoignages
Deborah Hondius, Valentine Bagnoud, 2023Editions Favre, May 2023
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Deborah Hondius
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Switzerland, 2015Nationality
Swiss, French, DutchLanguages
French , English , GermanZurich
Stampfenbachplatz 4
P.O. Box 212
8042 Zurich
Switzerland
Areas of focus
Deborah Hondius joined LALIVE as an associate in 2018. Her main areas of practice are domestic and international litigation, in particular white collar crime and mutual assistance in criminal matters.
Before joining LALIVE, Deborah Hondius worked in the dispute resolution group of a leading Swiss firm in Geneva, first as a trainee (2013-2014) and then as an associate (2015-2018). She also trained with the Geneva Criminal Court of First Instance before being admitted to the Geneva bar in 2015.
Deborah Hondius is the Secretary of the Swiss Chapter of the Women’s White Collar Defense Association (WWCDA), and a member of the Geneva Bar Association, the Swiss Bar Association (SAV/FSA) and the Business Crime Committee of the International Bar Association.
Deborah Hondius holds a Bachelor of Law (with a major in European Law) from the University of Fribourg (2007-2010), a bilingual Master of Law (with majors in Civil Law and Criminal Law) from the Universities of Basel and Geneva (2010-2012), a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Legal Professions from the University of Geneva (2012) and a Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) in Economic Crime Investigation from the Institute of Economic Crime Investigation (ILCE – HEG Arc) in Neuchâtel (2021).
Asset Recovery 2023
Marc Henzelin, Sandrine Giroud, Deborah Hondius, 2022In: Getting the Deal Through - Asset Recovery 2023, 26 September 2022
Article 271 (1) of the Swiss Criminal Code: myth or reality? A summary of the practical implications of this Swiss statutory provision in the context of civil proceedings pending outside of Switzerland
Deborah Hondius, Philipp Fischer 2022In: Jusletter n°1106, 4 April 2022
Tax offences as predicate offences to money laundering - Key takeaways for practitioners
Simone Nadelhofer, Benoît A. Mauron, Deborah Hondius, Michael Neumann, 2021In: Verrechnungssteuer, zsis) 4/2021, A20
Criminalité économique et procédures négociées : comparaison et état des lieux
Deborah Hondius, 2021In: La Semaine judiciaire (SJ 2021 II p. 231 ss), 19 October 2021
Asset Recovery 2022
Marc Henzelin, Sandrine Giroud, Deborah Hondius, 2021In: Getting the Deal Through - Asset Recovery 2022, 21 July 2021
Overview of Switzerland's domestic anti-corruption legal framework
Marc Henzelin, Deborah Hondius, Anton Vallélian, 2020In: International Bar Association, Anti-Corruption Committee - anti-bribery conventions and legislation: countries overview
Asset Recovery 2021
Marc Henzelin, Sandrine Giroud, Deborah Hondius, 2020In: Daniel Kadar, Simon Le Reste, Stéphanie Abdesselam, Reed Smith LLP (Contributing éds.), Getting the Deal Through - Asset Recovery 2021, 30 July 2020
Impact of Covid-19 on criminal proceedings
Marc Henzelin, Deborah Hondius, Simine Sheybani, Adam El-Hakim, 2020LALIVE Blog, April 2020
Swiss Blocking Statute: update on do’s and don’ts under the threat of criminal sanctions
Sandrine Giroud, Deborah Hondius, 2019LALIVE Blog, December 2019
Asset Recovery 2020
Marc Henzelin, Sandrine Giroud, Deborah Hondius, 2019In: William Christopher, Fiona Simpson, Mary Young, Alun Milford and Melinka Berridge (Contributing Eds.), Getting the Deal Through - Asset Recovery 2020, pp. 103-111
Saga des rétrocessions : les gérants de fortune s’exposent désormais à des sanctions pénales pour gestion déloyale (art. 158 CP) en cas de violation de leurs devoirs d’information et de restitution
Deborah Hondius, 2019Blog de l’Institut de lutte contre la criminalité économique, 24 June 2019
Enforcement of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards in Switzerland: Cracking One of the World’s Safe Boxes
André Brunschweiler, Sandrine Giroud, Deborah Hondius, 2018New York State Bar Association – International Law Practicum, Vol. 31, Issue 2, 2018, pp. 82-86
Ordre des Avocats Genève (ODA) – Commission de formation permanente – Webinaire
Seminar: L’entraide internationale en matière civile et commerciale
14/09/2021 Geneva Deborah Hondius Speaker: Actes exécutés sans droit par un Etat étranger – L’art. 271 CP mythe ou réalité ?For more information, see the programme.
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14th Annual Fraud, Asset Tracing and Recovery Conference in Geneva
05/03/2020 Geneva Deborah Hondius Speaker: This House Thinks: debates on multi-jurisdictional asset tracing litigationFor more information see the programme.
TRACE- Anti-Bribery Compliance Solutions
Trace Roundtable Geneva
28/10/2019 Geneva Deborah Hondius Co-moderator: Round Table: Legal developments with respect to whistleblowing and corruption in SwitzerlandFor more information, see the programme.
