Sébastien Zulian

Counsel, Geneva

+41 58 105 2000

szulian@lalive.law

Sébastien Zulian

Sébastien specialises in private clients and commercial law. He advises and represents clients in domestic and cross-border litigation and transactional cases, with a focus on inheritance and family business matters.

He is SBA Certified Specialist in inheritance law (Avocat spécialiste FSA droit des successions).

Recent conferences

Inheritance at Risk: Defending Art and Reputation Across Borders
SÉBASTIEN ZULIAN, Speaker
London, 8 November 2024 

Supervisory Jurisdiction and Arbitration in Trusts: Support for Administration and Dispute Resolution
SÉBASTIEN ZULIAN, Speaker: Trust and Estate Arbitration in Switzerland: Update and Recent Experiences
Lugano, 17 October 2024 

Private Client NextGen: English Trusts, Liechtenstein Foundations and Trusts & Swiss Disputes
SÉBASTIEN ZULIAN, Moderator
Zurich, 18 April 2024 

 

 

 

 

Current professional memberships

  • Member of the Geneva Bar Association and the Swiss Bar Association
  • STEP Affiliate Member
  • Member of the Geneva Bar Association’s Forum on Inheritance Law
  • Member of the Geneva Business Law Association
  • Member of the Société romande des avocats spécialistes en successions (SASS)

Career history

  • Counsel, LALIVE, Geneva, 2024 – present
  • Associate, LALIVE, Geneva, 2017 – 2023
  • Associate, Lenz & Staehelin, Geneva, 2016
  • Trainee, Lenz & Staehelin, Geneva, 2014 – 2016
  • Research Assistant, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva, 2013 – 2014

Academic qualifications

  • LLM, Columbia Law School, 2017
  • Certificate of Advanced Studies in Legal Professions, University of Geneva, 2014
  • Bilingual Master of Laws, University of Basel and University of Geneva, 2014
  • Certificate in Transnational Law, University of Geneva, 2013
  • Bachelor of Laws, University of Geneva, 2012
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Practices

  • Corporate Commercial Advisory
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Private Client

Languages

  • English
  • French

Nationality

  • Italian
  • Swiss

Admission

  • Switzerland, 2016

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