Lalive

About this office:

Lalive is a Geneva-based law firm, with a very active international practice. The Firm's core activities include international contracts (sales, construction, agency), banking and finance, private banking, corporate finance, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, taxation, corporations and joint ventures, industrial and intellectual property law, trade and World Trade Organisation law, competition law, art law, telecommunications, international judicial assistance (in criminal and civil matters) and domestic litigation. The Firm is well known in particular for its practice in international arbitration and public and private international law. The Firm is active in many important international disputes, and its clients include national governments and State corporations from around the world, and major European, as well as North American and Asian corporations. Today, Lalive comprises about thirty qualified, creative and accessible lawyers and legal advises from Switzerland, the United States, Germany, Italy, Canada, Finland and the Netherlands. In their areas of specialisation, the Firm's members keep abreast of the latest developments in law and business practices. Jointly, they form a dynamic and flexible team from which clients can draw the skills needed for their cases. Every client has permanent access to the partner in charge of the case, as well as to the team assigned it. The Firm is independent and has no organic links with other firms and alliances; in many of its cases, Lalive works in close co-operation with major firms from around the world. The Firm's capacity over the years to adapt to clients' needs and to turn successfully to new practice areas has brought Lalive wide recognition for its professional services. Members of the Firm are regularly invited to share their knowledge in crucial areas of the law as speakers or chairmen at international conferences, or in publications or expert commissions. Members of the Firm are lecturing and publishing extensively in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa.

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