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Olivier Sigg is a partner in the Private Clients team as well as an experienced employment lawyer. He heads our Geneva office. He is known, both in Geneva and in London, where he worked for one year, as an expert in complex crossborder matters and is regularly instructed by foreign lawyers, in particular from common law jurisdictions. Olivier Sigg’s private client practice includes various estate-planning techniques. In particular, as a TEP expert, he specialises in trusts, foundations,...

Jean-Luc Bochatay is the cofounder and the chairman of the FBT Attorneys-at-law. He has broad experience in tax, finance and corporate commercial issues regarding Swiss and foreign corporations and their shareholders. He regularly advises individuals and corporate clients on complex domestic and cross-border matters. Jean-Luc Bochatay has extensive experience in handling and coordinating multi-jurisdictional projects. He is considered as a leading expert in Swiss-French regulatory and tax mat...

Jamar E. Brown joins the Dispute Resolution and Private Clients groups in the Geneva office. In the dispute resolution field, Jamar represents international organisations in employment disputes before specialised administrative tribunals, including the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization. He is also a trusted advisor on internal investigations, disciplinary matters, and appeals before internal review bodies. In his private client work, Jamar specialises in regulat...

Andrio Orler is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Tax Law. Andrio, who practices law in Geneva, Switzerland, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Andrio is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Partner Olivier Carrard mainly focuses on Sports law, litigation, arbitration, commercial law, construction law, inheritance law and bankruptcy. Graduated from the University of Fribourg (1982), he was admitted at the Geneva Bar in 1985. He worked at the General Direction of SBS (Basel). He founded his own firm in 1990, and joined ZPG as a partner in 2005, which merged with CMS in 2014. Olivier Carrard is now a Partner of CMS Geneva office. Since January 1st 2016, he has been appointed in 98 ...

Jérôme Levrat specialises in corporate law, private equity, venture capital, M&A and commercial matters. He regularly advises funds and companies (including in the industrial, distribution, health care and life sciences, finance and energy sectors) in international and national M&A and private equity transactions, and routinely represents investors and start-ups in venture capital investments and financial rounds. Jérôme also has solid experience in regard to...

Jacques Bonvin is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Private Equity Law and Venture Capital Law. Jacques, who practices law in Geneva, Switzerland, has been recognized since 2019. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jacques is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Diana Akikol represents our clients in complex commercial arbitrations and regularly sits as an arbitrator, often as president. She has been involved in more than 65 arbitrations seated in a number of jurisdictions and involving claims governed by various national laws. Her expertise extends to both institutional arbitrations (e.g. Swiss Rules, ICC, LCIA and DIS Rules) and ad hoc arbitrations (including UNCITRAL proceedings). Diana Akikol acts as counsel or arbitrator in all types of contract...

Counsel Fabien Liégeois advises businesses (groups, banks and SMEs) and individuals on Swiss and international taxation matters.His practice focuses on restructurings (mergers and acquisitions, demergers or transfers of assets), cross-border transactions and setting up businesses in Switzerland. He also assists individuals in their relocation to Switzerland (wealth and inheritance planning), in particular in anticipating the legal and economic consequences of such decisions. He also de...

Christian Lüscher mainly focuses on litigation, banking and commercial law, construction law, landlord-tenant disputes, white collar crime, and international judicial assistance in civil and criminal matters. He was admitted at the Geneva Bar in 1990, and attended law school in the United States graduating as a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Tulane Law School in 1991. He founded his own firm in 1994, and joined ZPG as a partner in 2005, which merged with CMS in 2014. In 2001, he was elected...