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Doctor of law
Vice-President of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE)
Former President of the Vaud Bar Council
Former President of the Swiss Lawyers Federation
CAS Finanz- und Rechnungswesen für Juristen (HSLU) -
Fields of law
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Professionnal career
- Vice-President of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) (2021 - )
- Member of the Swiss Delegation to the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) (2016 - 2020)
- President of the Swiss Bar Association (2013 - 2015)
- President of the Vaud Bar Association (2008-2013)
- Associate at the Me Charles Poncet law firm in Geneva (1989-1991)
- Lawyer licence (1989)
- PhD in law (Lausanne, 1987)
- Ad hoc court clerk at the Vevey-Lavaux District tribunal (1985-1986)
- Columbia Summer Program (Leyden, NL, 1984)
- Law Degree (University of Lausanne, 1982)
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Languages practicedFrench
German (fluent)
Swiss-German (fluent)
English (fluent)
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Publications
- Contribution to the Romand Commentary on the law on free movement of lawyers
- Review of the Federal law on international assistance in criminal matters (RPS 1997 p.180)
- Swiss obligation of secrecy and obligation to disclose documents in American criminal procedures (1987)
- Assurance de la protection juridique : Les nouvelles recommandations pour les avocats et les assureurs, Revue suisse de l'Avocat, 1/2019 p. 16ss