LALIVE is sought after for its depth of knowledge in asset protection and recovery, sanctions, civil and criminal proceedings and complex, cross-border restitution claims. For families, the firm is also well versed in inheritance and divorce law. The team is jointly led by the ‘outstanding’ Werner Jahnel and the ’forensic’ Sandrine Giroud. Together, they advise various clients in the art and cultural property and financial services industries. Alexander Troller left the firm.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘The team are approachable and very helpful. I have dealt with many lawyers and this team are the most efficient and professional that I've come across. What also makes them different is their empathy, understanding and insight regarding my own uniquely difficult circumstances.’
‘My lawyers Dr Werner Jahnel and Sébastien Zulian are truly outstanding.
- 'They are very dedicated, hardworking, compassionate and perceptive when it comes to handling my late husband's estate. Indeed my late husband would have been very happy to know his estate was being managed by such capable and competent individuals.’
‘This firm is a fighter. As a disputes specialist it is top of its field and many people are also involved in international organisations making it well connected and a force to be reckoned with.’
‘Sandrine Giroud is forensic, sharp and very driven. My clients love working with her.’
‘The team works as a complete unit and are not only attentive but emotionally sympathetic to the client's needs and circumstantial situation. They go well beyond the normal call of duty.’
‘Werner Jahnel and his associate Andrea Florin work uniquely in providing a tailored service. They both are not only attentive but emotionally sympathetically responsive to the particular circumstantial situation at hand. They go well beyond the normal call of duty, both in effort and accommodation of client's needs to an extent that is unimaginably human focussed.’
‘An extremely focused and considered approach to contentious matters. ’
Work highlights
- Representing a UHNWI and related entities in one of the largest art fraud cases related to artwork transactions exceeding one billion US dollars involving several jurisdictions.
- Advising a HNWI domiciled in Switzerland in relation to inheritance and asset structuring issues involving complex trust structures with Swiss heirship rules, identifying and finding assets in Europe and Africa and subsequently drafting the wills.
- Advising an heiress in a complex cross-border litigious succession over real estate and other assets worth CHF 40 million located in Switzerland, Europe and North Africa.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Werner Jahnel, Sandrine Giroud