Pierre-Alain RecordonOf counsel, Emeritus Professor at the University of Geneva

Languages

• French, English, Spanish

Main fields of activity

• Matters taught at Geneva University: Contracts and Torts, Negotiable Instruments, Construction Contracts, Partnership and Corporate Law, International Contracts.
• Legal practice in Business Law, Domestic and International Contracts, Company Law, International Private Law, Commercial Litigation.
• Commercial Arbitration as counsel or arbitrator, mainly in international matters

Memberships

• Geneva Bar
• Swiss Federation of Lawyers
• Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
• Geneva Association of Business Law
• Geneva Society of Law and Legislation

Education

• Licence en droit, Lyon (France), 1965.
• Doctorat en droit, Geneva (Switzerland), 1974.
• Visiting Scholar, Yale University, New Haven (Conn. USA), 1971-1973.
• Geneva Bar Exam 1975.

Professional experience

• Attorney-at-law, of Counsel to Berger Recordon & de Saugy, of which he was one of the three founding partners in 1985
• Emeritus Professor, Geneva University since October 2009
• Professor of Obligations and Commercial Law, School of Economic and Social Sciences (HEC-Geneva Section), Geneva University, 1982-2009
• Associate-dean, School of Economic and Social Sciences, Geneva University, 2001-2007.
• Attorney-at-law, Geneva, since 1973. Law offices of PONCET, TURRETTINI, AMAUDRUZ & NEYROUD, Geneva, 1976-1985
• International Labour Office, Geneva, Department of International Norms Application, 1967-1968
• Research assistant, Corporate and commercial laws, Geneva University Law School, 1966-1971, 1973-1976

Publications

• La société en nom collectif I et II (January 2013)
• Les premiers pas de l'art. 711b CO (January 2010)
• L'ignorance et le droit (January 2010)
• L'arbitre, le vrai et le possible, in De lege negotiorum, Liber amicorum en l'honneur de François Chaudet (January 2009)
• Contribution to the Commentaire Romand of the Code of Obligations, CR CO II, on general partnership and limited partnership (January 2008)
• La Société simple II (January 2005)
• La Société simple I (January 2004)
• La Société simple III (January 2001)
• Contribution to the Commentaire Romand of the Code of Obligations, CR CO II, on general partnership and limited partnership