Anton Vallélian

“Premier brevet“
Highest grade on the Geneva Bar Exam 2018

ESG Update: The new Swiss National Action Plan on BHR, two constitutional initiatives, and the revision of the Swiss non-financial reporting regime
SANDRINE GIROUD, DANIEL LUCIEN BÜHR, ANTON VALLÉLIAN, CHRISTELLE COMECHE
In: Lexology online, LALIVE insight, 2025

Quick Answers on State Immunity – Switzerland
SANDRINE GIROUD, ANTON VALLÉLIAN
In: Quick Answers on State Immunity, Kluwer Law International (online), 2024

The revised Swiss data protection act and international organizations
SANDRINE GIROUD, THOMAS WIDMER, VINCENT REYNAUD, ANTON VALLÉLIAN
In: Lexology online, LALIVE blog, 2023

BHRLA and the International Bar Association BHR Committee - Evolving Professional Legal Standards: the IBA Updated Guidance Note on Business and Human Rights (hosted by the BHRLA and the International Bar Association BHR Committee)
ANTON VALLéLIAN, Role: Speaker
Geneva, 27 November 2024

Thought Leaders 4 Fire - Enforcement of Awards Against Sovereigns: Latest Developments, TL4
ANTON VALLéLIAN, Role: Speaker
Virtual, 21 May 2024

University of Lausanne - International Conference – Business and Human Rights
ANTON VALLéLIAN, Role: Panellist/Commentator: “Swiss Legislation on Business and Human Rights: A Reform needed toward Harmonization” by Prof. Damiano Canapa, Prof. Giulia Neri-Castracane and Teymour Brander
University of Lausanne, 31 May 2023

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• Member of the International Bar Association
• Member of the Geneva Bar Association
• Member of the Human Rights Commission of the Geneva Bar Association
• Member of the Business and Human Rights Lawyers Association
• Member and auditor of the Swiss Society of International Law

• Counsel, LALIVE, Geneva, 2024 – present
• Associate, LALIVE, Geneva, 2018 – 2023
• Trainee, LALIVE, Geneva, 2016 – 2018
• Visiting Researcher, Harvard Law School, 2015 – 2016
• Teaching and Research Assistant, University of Geneva, 2012 – 2016
• Paralegal and Assistant Editor, Patocchi & Marzolini, Geneva, 2014 – 2016
• Instructor, Coursera “Introduction to Human Rights” MOOC, Geneva, 2014 – 2015
• Paralegal and Assistant Editor, Lenz & Staehelin, Geneva, 2010 – 2013

• Doctor of Law in public international law and human rights law, University of Geneva (Swiss National Science Foundation Fellow; Harvard Law School Visiting Researcher), 2021
• Certificate of Advanced Studies in Legal Professions, University of Geneva, 2015
• Master of Laws, University of Geneva (Prize for Best Master’s Thesis 2013; top 2% of the class), 2013
• Bachelor of Laws, University of Geneva (major de promotion: highest grades in the class; Schellenberg Wittmer Prize), 2011
• Certificate in Transnational Law, University of Geneva in collaboration with the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (major de promotion: highest grades in the class), 2011