Christian Girod
Global Guide 2024
Band 4 : Litigation
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Band 4
About
Provided by Christian Girod
Practice Areas
Commercial Litigation; Banking Litigation; Estate and Trust Disputes.
Career
University of Geneva, Law degree (1982). Swiss bar (1985). Harvard Law School, Master of Laws (1986). Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) (2006). Certified Specialist SBA Inheritance Law (2012). Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer (1986), Partner (1994).
Professional Memberships
Certified Specialist SBA Inheritance Law, Trust and Estate Practitioner (STEP); member of professional associations, such as: Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA) and the Société Romande des Avocats Spécialistes en Droit des Successions.
Publications
Letters rogatory as a proper means for the heir in a foreign succession to obtain information about bank accounts of the deceased with Swiss banks.
Personal
Languages: French, English, German.
Chambers Review
Global
Christian Girod has experience in commercial litigation. He represents multinationals as defendants in class actions and also acts on disputes in the insurance sector.