Beat MUMENTHALER

 
Office : Geneva
Rue François-Bellot 6, 2nd floor, 1206 Geneva, Switzerland
Phone(s): +41 22 702 15 15

Fax(es): +41 22 702 15 55
+41 22 702 14 50


E-Mail : bmumenthaler@pplex.ch

Practice groups :
  • Commercial Contracts
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Litigation and Insolvency
Spoken languages :
  • Swiss German
  • German
  • Italian
  • French
  • English
Bar admissions :
  • Ticino Bar (1998)
  • Geneva Bar (1991)
  • Bern Bar (1990)
Education : University of Berne (Fürsprecher, 1990)

Positions held :
  • Visiting Attorney, Wilmer Hale, London (1998)
  • Attorney, Lenz & Staehelin, Geneva (1991-1994)
  • Clerk with the District Court of the State of Berne, Biel/Bienne (1988)
Memberships :
  • UIA (Union Internationale des Avocats)
  • INSOL Europe
  • Honorary Member of AIJA (The International Association of Young Lawyers)
  • Swiss Debt and Bankruptcy Law Association
  • Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce
  • Italian Chamber of Commerce for Switzerland
  • Geneva Bar Association
  • Swiss Bar Association
Publications :
  • "Il sequestro dei beni del debitore con dimora all’estero secondo l’art. 271, c. 1, n. 4 LEF – Il " collegamento sufficiente " del credito con la Svizzera", author, Int’l Lis, 2/2003
  • "Le séquestre des biens du débiteur domicilié à l’étranger selon l’art. 271 al. 1 ch. 4 LP - Le lien suffisant de la créance avec la Suisse", author, AJP/PJA, 3/1999
  • "Nachlassregelung und Erbschafts- und Schenkungssteuer in Deutschland und der Schweiz (Genf/Waadt)", co-author, Verband Deutscher Bediensteter bei Internationalen Organisationen der Vereinten Nationen, Rundbrief Nr. 101, 1999
  • "Intermediate Sovereignty as a Basis for Resolving the Kosovo Crisis", co-author, IGC Balkans Report No. 46, 1998
  • "EFTA Legal Systems - An Introductory Guide", co-author, Swiss contribution (English Edition), 1993
  • "Swiss Company Law", lecture with the International Financial Management Association, Geneva (Affiliate of the Institute of Management Accountants USA), 1992
Speeches :
  • "When M&A meets Insolvency: a new frontier for transactional lawyers", lecture with the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA), Como/Italy, 2008
  • "The Liability of Board Members: the decision making process", lecture with the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA), Barcelona/Spain, 2007
  • "The history of the Swissair bankruptcy (from the creation of the company to the grounding of the airplanes and the current composition)", lecture with the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA), Trieste/Italy, 2003
  • "Les clauses communes aux différents contrats informatiques", lecture with the International Faculty for Executives (IFE), 2000
 
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