The Legal 500

The 13th Demi-journée Marathon de formation permanente de l'ODA is a program of continuous education sponsored by the Geneva Bar. It will take place on Saturday, 28 April 2012 at the Geneva University (Uni Mail). Manuel Bianchi della Porta will discuss the latest developments In media law.

BCCC peaks in Banking and Finance

BCCC is among the leading law firms in Geneva according to Legal500 Europe 2012.

BCCC is proud to announce that one of its founding partners, Jean-Marc Carnicé, has been appointed Vice-Chairman of the Geneva Bar during the Ordinary General Meeting held on Friday 30 March 2012.

The Young Bar Association of Geneva will host an in-depth seminar on Saturday 24 March 2012, at the Château of Divonne.

BCCC presents its new logo and the new content of its "practice areas" page now displaying for each area of expertise a downloadable brochure.

The 13th Demi-journée Marathon de formation permanente de l'ODA is a program of continuous education sponsored by the Geneva Bar. It will take place on Saturday, 28 April 2012 at the Geneva University (Uni Mail). Manuel Bianchi della Porta will discuss the latest developments In media law.

BCCC has the great pleasure to announce two new partners, Stéphanie Fuld and Thomas Goossens, as of January 1st, 2012:

Michel has decided to leave BCCC to set-up his own law firm. In agreement with the Partners, he will leave the firm during the first semester of 2012. We thank him for his commitment to BCCC and wish him the best for his future endeavors.

Michel Jaccard (TMT | IP, Corporate) is inivted by the Geneva Association for Business Law to give a presentation on the legal challenges surrounding the holding of general meetings of shareholders, today and tomorrow.

Yves de Coulon will be one of three speakers at the 18th seminar of the Vaud Young Bar Association taking place on November 23.

Michel Jaccard (TMT | IP, Corporate) and Jean-Baptiste Emery (Banking, Corporate) will lead with Laurent Rigoli of the audit firm Moore Stephens SA a half-day class and workshop of the Academy of the Swiss Audit Chamber (EDUCARIS) on the relationship between the board of directors and the auditors in connection with a restructuring or a sale of a private company.

In the last Swiss edition of PLC - Which Lawyer?, BCCC is distinguished for its work in media law, with the mention "highly recommended". Manuel Bianchi della Porta is recognised individually. A month ago, Manuel was selected by his peers to be included in "Best Lawyers Switzerland" in the media field.

For the second year in a row, Michel Jaccard (TMT | IP, Corporate) will attend the Monaco Media Forum, an invitation only event bringing together media industry leaders.

Michel Jaccard (TMT | IP, Corporate) will attend the Tech Tour Web & Mobility Summit in London as a member of its selection committee, composed of technology and venture capital heavyweights.

Best practices in social media community management

Michel Jaccard (TMT | IP, Corporate) is inivted by the Geneva Association for Business Law to give a presentation on the legal challenges surrounding the holding of general meetings of shareholders, today and tomorrow.

For the second year in a row, Michel Jaccard (TMT | IP, Corporate) will attend the Monaco Media Forum, an invitation only event bringing together media industry leaders.

Michel Jaccard (TMT | IP, Corporate) will attend the Tech Tour Web & Mobility Summit in London as a member of its selection committee, composed of technology and venture capital heavyweights.

Michel Jaccard (TMT/IP, Corporate) will give a presentation to the 10th edition of the eCulture Forum on ethics in complex IT agreements. Other speakers include Richard Stallman, co-founder of the open source movement and of the GNU/Linux project, and Florence Devouard, former chairwoman of the Wikimedia foundation.

Dominique Hänni has been granted the 2011 BCCC Scholarship. For the second year in a row, BCCC provides financial assistance to a postgraduate student of the Law School of the Geneva University who attends the fall semester at the Harvard Law School. Academic excellence is the main criteria to take part in this exchange program.

CEDIDAC – Data Protection

As codirector of the Master of New Technologies at the University of Lausanne, Philippe Gilliéron jointly sets up with Prof. Edgar Philippin and Philippe Meier half a day of seminar related to the legal issues raised by data protection for companies. 

Philippe Gilliéron takes part in the task force to which he was invited among 10 European practitioners, in-house counsels and scholars by Microsoft France and SciencesPo, to brainstorm about the legal issues raised by Cloud Computing as to data protection and its potential solutions.

BCCC's TMT team head Michel Jaccard and members Vincent Robert and Juliette Ancelle will give presentations on selected legal aspects of Social Media within Companies at a "First Tuesday" Rezonance Event in Lausanne and in the course of a class by the Swiss Marketing and Advertising Institute.

Michel Jaccard is invited by the « Société Genevoise de Droit et de Législation » to speak about Wikileaks and the Swiss legal framework.

At the occasion of the forthcoming seminar of the International Association of Lawyers (UIA), one of the largest worldwide organisations of lawyers, which will take place in Barcelona on September 16 and 17, 2011

Philippe is invited during the general assembly of INGRES (Institut für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz)

by the Bilan Magazine

Michel Jaccard (TMT / IP | Corporate) has been ranked by the business magazine Bilan among the 300 most influential personalities in Switzerland (all industries being considered)

In charge with the setting up of a yearly event devoted to IP by the Center of Business Law of Lausanne Law School since last year, Philippe has decided this year with his co-organizer to focus on the relations entertained between IP and Contracts.

Philippe is invited in a seminar dealing with e-advertising put in place in Zurich by the Swiss Forum related to Media to share his experience with regards to context sensitive advertising.

Fiscal support: requests sharp rise

The Federal Tax Administration has received more than fifteen times Requests for administrative assistance since the entry into force of eight
double taxation agreements (DTA).

For the second year in a row, Philippe Gilliéron got invited to function as an expert at the Arbitral Panel of Baselworld, one of the major annual event of the watch industry.

Michel Jaccard will be part of the 800 technology experts and leaders invited by the French president to the very first e-G8 forum to be held on May 24-25 in Paris, one day prior to the G8 Summit which this year's presidency is assumed by France.

Jean-Marc Carnicé co-hosts with Justice Alessandra Cambi the workshop "Appeal and Execution" included in a four-workshop curriculum offered by the Geneva Bar Association on Tuesday 17 May, at 12.15, Law Courts.

Philippe is invited to the annual seminar jointly put in place by the Swiss Institute of Intellectual Property and the Licensing Executives Society on the latest developments related to trademarks.

On May 3, 2011, as part of the First Tuesday program, Jean-Marc Carnicé moderates a workshop on the latest decisions in the field of criminal law, led by Prosecutor Dario Zanni, at 12.15, Law Courts (room G4).

Philippe Gilliéron was appointed privat-dozent by Fribourg Law School

Today, BCCC celebrates its 10th Anniversary as illustrated by the small animation on our web front page.

BCCC reinforces its capacity to operate in the German speaking part of Switzerland.

Jean-Marc Carnicé has been appointed, along with Prosecutor, Mrs Nathalie Magnenat Fuchs, as a substitute lecturer to lead the workshop "wording of judicial acts of first instance in the criminal field" comprised in the curriculum of the ECAV (law school of the Geneva University).

Philippe Gilliéron is interviewed by the Radio Suisse Romande after the release of the interim injunction that was rendered on January 10, 2011 by the President of the commercial Court of St-Gall in the legal action filed by Société des Produits Nestlé Ltd and Nestlé Nespresso Ltd against Ethical Coffee for trademark infringement and free-riding as to the way Ethical Coffee conducts its advertising campaigns. 

Once again, BCCC will take part in the yearly Conference organized by the Lift group in Geneva about the social implications of new technologies. For the 2011 edition, the Lift Conference will focus on current and emerging usage of digital technologies, such as online communities or social media. 

Invited by the Société genevoise de droit et de législation, Manuel Bianchi della Porta and Saverio Lembo from Bär & Karrer will share their first experiences of transforming a law firm into a corporation.

Manuel Bianchi della Porta and Michel Jaccard will present on indemnification agreements to the benefit of board members. 

Philippe Gilliéron is invited by Microsoft France and SciencesPo for a breakfast devoted to the legal issues raised by Cloud Computing.

Philippe Gilliéron got invited by ITAM (Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico), the most influential and highly regarded University in Mexico, to share his expertise as to the evolution of trademark rights in cyberspace through a series of lectures, in particular with regards to the Google Adwords case that was rendered by the ECJ on March 23, 2010.

Viviane Premand, Junior Associate in our firm, received her doctorate from the University of Fribourg on November 10, 2010. She defended her PhD-thesis on May 28, 2010 and received the "summa cum laude" mention from a judging panel composed by Prof.

Philippe Gilliéron got invited by ITAM (Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico), the most influential and highly regarded University in Mexico, to share his expertise as to the evolution of trademark rights in cyberspace through a series of lectures, in particular with regards to the Google Adwords case that was rendered by the ECJ on March 23, 2010.

Viviane Premand, Junior Associate in our firm, received her doctorate from the University of Fribourg on November 10, 2010. She defended her PhD-thesis on May 28, 2010 and received the "summa cum laude" mention from a judging panel composed by Prof.

BCCC is the proud recipient of the "2010 Swiss - Technology Law Firm of the Year Award" granted by Global Law Experts.

BCCC website is opening a new section "Communities". We practice our activities in the heart of the Lake Geneva region.

Chambers is an independent and authoritative legal guide. Its latest European edition distinguishes our work in corporate law, M&A, labour law, intellectual property, real estate, media and new technologies.

BCCC is the winner of the "Mid-Sized M&A Legal Advisory Firm of the Year in Switzerland" award, granted by Corporate Intl Magazine.

Philippe Gilliéron takes part in Lausanne to the Educaris seminar (Academy of the Audit and Tax Chamber) devoted to start-ups.

Manuel Bianchi della Porta is heard as an expert by the Swiss body in charge of ethics in the media industry.

BCCC has been recognized leading Geneva law firm by Legal500 Europe 2010. According to the legal guide, BCCC's clients benefit from an 'outstanding level of service'. Only two firms in Western Switzerland obtained a higher ranking.

Since the early time, BCCC has been involved with lift and has been active in the annual conferences that take place in Geneva around social impact of new techonologies. This year BCCC sponsors the event and hosts two workshops.

BCCC supports the exchange program between the Law Schools of Geneva University and Harvard University.

On a regular weekly program broadcasted on World Radio Switzerland, Stéphanie Fuld explores the Swiss legal landscape in particular the labour, social and immigration practices and gives her recommendations.