Alexandre Schwab

Senior Associate, Geneva

+41 58 105 2000

aschwab@lalive.law

Alexandre Schwab

Alexandre specialises in complex domestic and international dispute resolution. He advises and represents clients in in both civil and criminal Swiss proceedings, with a focus on domestic and cross border commercial disputes and fraud litigation, including asset recovery and insolvency.

Recent publications

Asset recovery: Can foreign receivers access Swiss assets?
BENOIT A.MAURON, ALEXANDER SCHWAB, PIERRE-HENRI SCHWARZEN
In: Lexology (online), 12 June 2024

Insolvency and Arbitration – National Report on Switzerland
DOMITILLE BAIZEAU, ALEXANDRE SCHWAB
In: IBA Toolkit on Insolvency and Arbitration, IBA Arbitration Committee, 2021

Current professional memberships

  • Member of the Geneva Bar Association and the Swiss Bar Association
  • Member of INSOL Europe
  • Member of the Swiss Association for for Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law (association pour le droit des poursuites et de la faillite)

Career history

  • Senior Associate, LALIVE, Geneva, 2024 – present
  • Associate, LALIVE, Geneva, 2018 – 2023
  • Trainee, Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law, Geneva, 2016 – 2018

Academic qualifications

  • Certificate of Advanced Studies in Legal Professions, University of Geneva, 2016
  • Master of Laws, University of Geneva, 2016
  • Exchange semester, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, 2015
  • Certificate in Transnational Law, University of Geneva, 2015
  • Bachelor of Laws, University of Geneva, 2014
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Practices

  • Asset Recovery & Insolvency
  • Corporate Commercial Advisory
  • Commercial Litigation
  • White Collar Crime

Languages

  • English
  • French
  • German

Nationality

  • Swiss

Admission

  • Switzerland, 2018