Benoît A Mauron

Partner, Geneva

+41 58 105 2000

bamauron@lalive.law

Benoît A Mauron

Benoît specialises in litigation, representing clients in both civil and criminal Swiss court proceedings, with a focus on both domestic and cross border commercial disputes and fraud litigation, including asset recovery.

He also represents private and institutional clients in enforcement proceedings, notably by domesticating foreign awards or interim decisions.

Recognition

Winner, Asset Recovery
Lexology Client Choice Awards, Asset Recovery, 2024 

Recent publications

Die Vollstreckung ausländischer Entscheide in der Schweiz: Ein unentschiedenes Seilziehen zwischen Formalismus und Effizienz
LAURA KNÖPFEL, BENOÎT A. MAURON, ANDRÉ BRUNSCHWEILER
In: Blätter für Schuldbetreibung und Konkurs (BISchK), 2022, pp. 289-303, 27 January 2023

Interdiction de postuler et liberté économique de l’avocat
BENOÎT A. MAURON
In: Revue de l’avocat, pp. 439 ss, 2022

Swiss Supreme Court decision on competing rights to attached assets
BENOÎT A. MAURON
In: Lexology Online, 17 February 2022

Recent conferences

Journée du droit pénal économique 2024 – Séquestre, blocage, confiscation des avoirs : enjeux juridiques et de gestion
BENOÎT A. MAURON, Speaker: Les valeurs patrimoniales sujettes à confiscation
Neuchâtel, 2024

Thought Leaders 4, FIRE Starters Global Summit
Enforcing Arbitration Awards
BENOÎT A. MAURON, Moderator
Dublin, 2023

TL4, Sovereign and States Disputes and Enforcement
Tools outside of courts used by and against Foreign States
BENOÎT A. MAURON, Panellist
London, 2023

Current memberships

  • Member of Founding Committee of TL4 FIRE Starters
  • International Bar Association
  • Geneva Bar Association

Career history

  • Partner, LALIVE, Geneva, 2022 – present
  • Counsel, LALIVE, Geneva, 2019 – 2022
  • Associate, LALIVE, Geneva, 2015 – 2019
  • Associate, leading Swiss law firm, Geneva, 2012 – – 2014
  • Trainee, leading Swiss law firm, Geneva, 2010 – 2012

Academic qualifications

  • LLM, Columbia Law School (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar with Honours), 2015
  • Master of Laws, University of Lausanne (major in Business Law, magna cum laude), 2009