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Professional Biography

Sébastien specialises in domestic and cross-border litigation involving private clients and commercial law disputes, with a focus on inheritance, trust and family business matters. He also has an extensive advisory and pre-contentious activity. Sébastien is based in Geneva and is admitted to practice throughout Switzerland. He holds an LL.M. from Columbia Law School and he studied at the Universities of Geneva, Zurich and Basel.

What is your favorite restaurant to take a client or colleague to?

Impossible to pick one! I regularly update my list of carefully selected places and I like finding the perfect restaurant for each specific occasion.

What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?

You must always sit on three pillars in life (e.g. work, family and your own interests), so whenever one might weaken, you can still stand.

What was your first job?

Tennis teacher

What is the book you recommend to everyone?

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

What changes do you expect to see in your practice over the next year?

Increase of estate and trusts disputes due to the wealth accumulated by older generations. Planning and family governance challenges relating to family-owned businesses management and transfers. Reinforced interest in mental capacity issues.