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Douglas Hornung

 

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Name   
   
First Name:   Douglas 
Last Name:   Hornung 
   
Professional Details   
   
Professional "Headline": 
Principal, Hornung Avocats (Switzerland)
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Biography: 

Born 1952.

Education

LLM (Licence en droit) University of Geneva in 1977. Admitted to practice at Geneva Bar in 1980.

Career

Substitute Judge at the Geneva Court of Appeals.

Member

Secretary to the Executive Board of PEOPIL (Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers) since 2003. Member of the Executive Committee of IPBA (Inter Pacific Bar Association) and Swiss Delegate since 2004. Member of the Geneva and Swiss Bar Associations, Swiss Federation of Lawyers, Past President and member of the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA), Association of International Business Lawyers, International Union of Lawyers, Swiss Arbitration Association, Geneva Association of Business Law, International Chamber of Commerce, Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce.

Specialization

 

  • banking and stock exchange law 
  • international private law 
  • liability law 
  • commercial law 
  • insolvency and bankruptcy law 
  • international arbitration 

Languages

 

French and English.

   
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