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Nicolas de Gottrau

+41 22 702 15 15 ndegottrau@pplex.ch

Position

Partner specializing in:

• Banking and Finance
• Commercial Contracts
• Litigation and Insolvency
• Real Estate and Construction

Career

• Partner, PYTHON (2000 to date)
• Associate, PYTHON (1993 to 1999)
• Member (contributeur externe) of the Centre for Banking and Financial Law of the University of Geneva School of Law (http://cms.unige.ch/droit/cdbf) (2003 to date)
• Visiting lecturer (Bank Guarantees), Certificate of Advanced Legal Studies in Construction and Real Estate Law, Swiss Bar Association and University of Fribourg (2007 to date)
• Member of the Editorial Board “Sureties, international payments and financings” of the Revue de droit des affaires internationales / International Business Law Journal, Paris (2013-2018)
• Seminar lecturer (Documentary Credits), Master of Advanced Studies in Banking & Finance (LLM Banking & Finance), University of Geneva (2011-2013)
• Seminar lecturer (Secured Transactions) with Prof. B. Foëx, Master of Advanced Studies in Business Law (MBL), University of Geneva (2001-2009)
• Lecturer (Fraud in Documentary Credit Transactions), Master of Advanced Studies in Economic Crime Investigation, Haute école de gestion (HEG) Neuchâtel (2001 to 2017)
• Attorney with Petitpierre & Partners Geneva (1991-1992)
• Legal Adviser of Tardy de Watteville & Cie Private Bankers [now Banque Vontobel Genève SA] Geneva (1989-1990)
• Banking Practice (Int’l Capital Market Financing) with Union Bank of Switzerland [now UBS SA] Head Office Zürich (1987-1988)

Languages

• French
• English
• German

Memberships

• Geneva Bar Association
• Swiss Bar Association
• Geneva Association of Business Law

Education

• University of Geneva (Ph.D., summa cum laude, Prof. Walther Hug’s Prize and Joseph Des Arts’ Award, 1999)
• Duke University School of Law (LL.M., 1991)
• Duke Institute in Transnational Law (1990)
• University of Geneva (Master of Laws, 1984)