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Sébastien Zulian

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Admission

Switzerland, 2016

Nationality

Swiss, Italian

Languages

French , English , German

Geneva

35, Rue de la Mairie
P.O. Box 6569
1211 Geneva 6
Switzerland

Contact

+41 58 105 2000 szulian@lalive.law

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Practices

Sébastien Zulian joined LALIVE in 2017. His practice focuses mainly on domestic and cross border litigation and advice in commercial law and private client matters, with a focus on inheritance and family business matters.

Prior to joining LALIVE, Sébastien Zulian worked with Lenz & Staehelin’s Corporate and M&A department. He previously also was a research assistant focusing on inheritance law and patrimonial family law at the University of Geneva.

Sébastien Zulian is a member of the Geneva Bar Association and served as board member of the Geneva Young Bar Association as well as representative of the latter in the Geneva Bar Association’s Commissions on Alternative Dispute Resolution and on Innovation and Bar Modernization. He is a member of several other professional associations.

Sébastien Zulian studied in New York, Geneva, Zurich and Basel. He holds a LL.M. degree from Columbia Law School, a Bilingual Master’s degree in Economic Law from the Universities of Basel and Geneva, a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Legal Professions, and a Certificate in Transnational law from the University of Geneva.

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Chronique de jurisprudence suisse – Loi fédérale sur le droit international privé (LDIP) (2011-2019) (2e partie)

Jean-Paul Vulliéty, Joséphine Auberjonois, Caroline Dos Santos, Grégoire Geissbühler, Benoît A. Mauron, Roxane Pedrazzini, Noémie Raetzo, Simine Sheybani, Sébastien Zulian, Hannes Meyle, 2020

In: Journal du droit international (Clunet)

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Preventive approach to incapacity issues

Werner Jahnel, Sandrine Giroud, Sébastien Zulian, 2020

International Law Office (ILO), Private Client & Offshore Services, 28 May 2020

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La protection des droits de l’homme dans les contrats internationaux

Anton Vallélian, Sébastien Zulian, 2019

In: Revue de l’Avocat 2019, pp. 425 ss

Legal Privilege Under Swiss Law: Scope and Implications in International Dispute Resolution

Sébastien Zulian, Sofian Ghezala, 2017

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