Member Profile

ISA-Lex Avocats - Lawyers & Legal Consultants Geneva and Nyon (Switzerland) Andrea is the founding partner of ISA-Lex Avocats, a boutique law firm in Geneva and Nyon, Switzerland. He is an international lawyer admitted to the bars of Geneva and New York. He studied law in Neuchâtel Switzerland and Washington DC USA. Andrea practiced in the USA and Europe with prestigious law firms and international arbitration centers where he became familiar with complex international, multilingual and multicultural situations. In addition to practicing law, Andrea acquired 5 years of business administration experience in automotive, real estate, corporate, small and medium business and finance. Andrea provides elegant and out-of-the-box solutions to institutional and private clients.

ISA-Lex Avocats provides institutional and private clients with a full range of Local and International Legal Services including Contentious Matters, such as Litigation and International Arbitration & ADR, and Non-Contentious Matters/Business Legal Advice as well as International Trade Law and Investments. The diversity of the members of our Team coupled with our legal skills and the depth of our expertise strengthens our ability to evaluate and solve the issues that are confronting our clients and to communicate effectively on their behalf in any setting. We have a deep commitment to our clients, to their cases and to the quality of our work. Availability, responsiveness and teamwork are the core of our services. We think out-of-the-box in order to propose to our clients result oriented innovative solutions.

National and International Litigation, including International Commercial Arbitration & ADR as well as Investment Disputes (ICSID and other BIT – Bilateral Investment Treaties) Contracts, Commercial & Business Law,

Areas of Specialization: Alternative dispute resolution, international litigation, foreign investment and contracts, automotive (distribution, contracts, sales) management, development and financing of construction projects; real estate, corporate, small and medium business and finance.

Of Counsel (2011-2013) Ochsner & Associés, Geneva; Of Counsel Naef & Piantino, Geneva (2009-2011); Managing Director, Westcore Sàrl, Lausanne, Switzerland, overseeing European operation of a Real Estate company, (2008-2009); Area Manager (Western Europe); Fiat Auto S.p.a., Turin, Italy, automotive sector, focused on management, distribution, contracts, sales (2004-2008); International Senior Counsel, SGS Société Générale de Surveillance SA, Geneva (2001 – 2004); International Associate, Jeantet & Associés, Paris (1999 – 2001); Counsel, Secretariat of the Court, ICC International Court of Arbitration, Paris (1998 – 1999); International Associate, Lawyers-from-Abroad Program; Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C. (1997 – 1998); Legal Consultant, ICSID, The World Bank, Washington, D.C. (1997); Associate, Pirenne Python Schifferli & Peter, Geneva (1996)

Switzerland: Conciliation and Mediation under the New Provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, in World Trade Arbitration & Mediation Review (WAMR), 2015 Vol. 9, No 1; Comparaisons entre le Règlement d’arbitrage CCJA et ceux de la CCI et du CIRDI; Frais d’arbitrage : comparaison des barèmes CCI et CCJA, in Bulletin du Centre pour le Recherche et l’Étude du Droit Africain Unifié (CREDAU), Janvier 2001, N°1; L’Arbitrage : une stimulation à l’investissement [Arbitration: a Stimulation to Invest], in Revue Camerounaise de l’Arbitrage, N° 7, Octobre-Novembre 1999; La nouvelle loi sur la protection des données et la bonne foi [The new law of data protection and the bona fide], L’abus de droit et le principe de la bonne foi; IIIème Cycle de Droit, Lausanne, 1994

Professional Associations: ASA (since 1993); ASIL (since 1998); International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA) (since 1998); IBA (since 2000). Panels of Arbitrators: ICC Swiss Committee and Italian Committee, OHADA, Milan Chamber of Commerce.