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“a go-to practitioner in the field of investigations whose expertise runs the gamut of matters from white-collar crime to extradition and asset tracing.”

 
 
George Ayoub
Geneva

George Ayoub

Partner

+41 22 707 8121

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Janâ Benattia

Assistant


jana.benattia@swlegal.ch

George Ayoub is a Partner in our Dispute Resolution Group in Geneva and a member of the White-Collar Crime and Compliance Team.

Expertise

  Dispute Resolution   Internal Corporate Investigations
  White-Collar Crime and Compliance

Experience

  • Business crime defense work, asset-tracing and recovery, international mutual assistance in criminal and administrative matters
  • Regulatory and compliance issues
  • Complex litigation involving an international component and multi-jurisdictional aspects

Career

Professional Experience
2019
Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer
2015
Senior Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer
2012
Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer
2011
Associate at a renowned business law firm
2008
Trainee Lawyer at a renowned business law firm
2007
Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland
Education and Admission
2011
Bar Admission in Switzerland
2007
Master of Law, University of Lausanne
2006
Bachelor of Law, University of Lausane
Additional Professional Activities
  • Member of several professional associations, notably the Geneva and Swiss Bar Associations as well as of the International Bar Association
  • Regular speaker on topics within his areas of expertise at the Transnational Crime Conferences of the International Bar Association
 

Recognitions

  • Who's Who Legal: Global and National (Switzerland) Leader in Investigations since 2018, Business Crime Defence since 2020
  • Legal 500: Dispute Resolution - Litigation 2018-2020
  • LMG Expert Guides Rising Star: White Collar Crime 2018-2020

Languages

  • French
  • English
  • German
  • Arabic
  • Hebrew

Selected Publications

  GIR Know how: Securities & Related Investigations 2020 – Swiss Chapter   GIR Extradition Know-How   GIR Know-How Securities & Related Investigations - Swiss Chapter   Securities & Related Investigations : Switzerland 2017
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Speaking Engagements

  George Ayoub: Lecturer at the Geneva Haute Ecole de Gestion Executive MBA Class   George Ayoub: Speaker at C5 Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery Conference   Sponsor of the European Law Moot Court (ELMC) Competition
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