Simon P Quedens

Counsel, Geneva

+41 58 105 2000

squedens@lalive.law

Simon P Quedens

Simon specialises in corporate and commercial law, M&A transactions and banking and finance, including financial regulatory matters. He also practices litigation, with a focus on financial, corporate and shareholders disputes and white-collar crime.

Recent publications

Corporate Litigation: Swiss Supreme Court confirms abuse of right by a majority shareholder
SIMON P. QUEDENS, ANDRÉ BRUNSCHWEILER
In: Lexology online and LALIVE Blog, 22 October 2024

Final call for Swiss sustainability reporting by listed companies and bond issuers as well as financial institutions.
DANIEL LUCIEN BÜHR, NICOLAS OLLIVIER, SIMON P. QUEDENS, TABEA TSERING SEGESSENMANN
In: Lexology online: LALIVE’s Corporate Responsibility Series – Issue 8, May 2023

Unsigned contracts: can they be binding under Swiss law?
THOMAS WIDMER, SIMON P. QUEDENS
In: Lexology online and LALIVE Blog, 28 March 2023

International Joint Ventures: Switzerland (2nd Edition)
JEAN-PAUL VULLIÉTY, ANDRÉ BRUNSCHWEILER, SIMON P. QUEDENS
In: Juris Legal Information, 30 December 2020

Recent conferences

International Business Law Consortium
IBCL Business Meeting

SIMON P. QUEDENS, Panellist : strategic communications
Milan, 17 March 2023

Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA) – UIA 14th Winter Seminar
“Hot Legal Topics in the Age of Digitalization”

SIMON P. QUEDENS, Speaker
Aspen, Colorado, 2 April 2019

Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA) – International Sales Commission
“Drafting Effective International Contracts”

SIMON P. QUEDENS, Speaker How to Choose the Right Incoterm?
Poznan, Poland, 18 May 2018

Current professional memberships

  • Member of the Geneva Bar Association
  • Member of the Association Genevoise de Droit des Affaires
  • Member of IBLC Advisory Council (International Business Law Consortium)
  • Member of IBLC Future Leaders Committee (International Business Law Consortium)

Career history

  • Counsel, LALIVE, Geneva, 2022 – present
  • Associate, LALIVE, Geneva, 2015 – 2021
  • Foreign Intern, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Frankfurt, Germany, 2014
  • Foreign Intern, UBS Deutschland AG, Frankfurt, Germany, 2014
  • Associate, Budin & Partners, Geneva, 2012 – 2013
  • Trainee Lawyer, Budin & Partners, Geneva, 2009 – 2011
  • Legal clerk, Office of the Federal Investigating Magistrates, Geneva, 2008 – 2009

Academic qualifications

  • LLM Finance, Institute for Law & Finance, Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt, 2015
  • Master of Laws, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, 2009
  • Bachelor of Laws, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, 2007
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