Alain BergerPartner
Languages
Main fields of activity
- Family law (national and international divorce, separation, matrimonial estate, nuptial and prenuptial agreements, judiciary measures of protection of the marital union, international child abduction, registered partnerships)
- Family finances
- Splitting of occupational pension scheme (second pillar under Swiss law)
- Inheritance law (national and international, estate planning)
- Recognition and enforcement of foreign orders and judgments
- Internation judicial assistance in civil matters
- International private law
- Civil liability
- Criminal law
Memberships
- Geneva Bar Association (Member of the Bar Association's Board from 2002 to 2008)
- Swiss Lawyers' Federation
- Geneva Association of Business Law
- Swiss Society of Criminal Law
- International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (IAFL), currently Governor of the European Chapter
Education
- Law Degree at the University of Geneva (1974)
- Bar Exam, Geneva (1977)
Professional experience
- Partner of the Firm BRS Berger Recordon & de Saugy, of which he was one of the three founding partners in 1985
- Swiss bar association Expert for lawyers specializing in family law (2013)
- Trainee (1974-1977) and thereafter Associate (1977-1985) of Mr. Dominique PONCET †, Esq.
publications
- International Trust and Divorce Litigation ( October 2013)
- Family Law Journal ( November 2011)
- Swiss contribution in : International Pre-Nuptial and Post-Nuptial Agreements (Jordan Publishing Limited) ( January 2011)
- Swiss contributor in : International tables of Suzanne KINGSTON (Family Law journal) ( April 2008)
- Cross-border matrimonial Law, with James COPSON and Alexandre BOICHE (Family Law journal) ( October 2006)
- Swiss contributor in : International tables of Suzanne KINGSTON (Family Law journal) ( May 2007)
- Swiss contributor in : International tables of Suzanne KINGSTON (Family Law journal) ( June 2007)
- Swiss contribution in: Practical Law Family Global Guide, Thomson Reuters 2021 ( December 2020)
