Guillaume BRAIDI
Partner
Date of birth: 1986
Nationality: Suisse
Position: Partner
LANGUAGES
French
English
German
EDUCATION
Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Commercial Law / Corporate Governance, Stanford Law School, under the supervision of Prof. Michael Klausner (2018–2019)
Attorney-at-law, 1st Rank, summa cum laude, Geneva (2017)
Ph.D. in Banking Law, University of Fribourg, under the supervision of Prof. Jean-Baptiste Zufferey (2013–2016)
Research Fellow (Swiss National Science Foundation) with Prof. Wolfgang Schön, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Munich (2015)
Master of Laws, University of Fribourg (2013)
Certificate in Transnational Legal Studies, Center for Transnational Legal Studies, London (2011–2012)
Bachelor of Laws with triple distinctions: bilingual (French-German), European Law and utriusque juris, University of Fribourg (2010)
French-German bilingual Matura, Collège St-Michel, Fribourg (2007)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Professional
Partner, Banking and Finance Department, PONCET TURRETTINI, Geneva, since 2019
Associate, Banking and Finance Department, Lenz & Staehelin, Geneva (2017–2018)
Trainee Lawyer, Banking and Finance Department, Lenz & Staehelin, Geneva (2015–2017)
Paralegal, Capital Markets Department, Lenz & Staehelin (2012–2014)
Research Fellow (Swiss National Science Foundation), Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Munich (2015)
Board and Executive Positions
Member of the Board of Directors and Vice-Chair of the Audit Committee, CBH Compagnie Bancaire Helvétique SA, Geneva, since 2025
Secretary General, Fund for the Afghan People, since 2024
Member of the Board of Directors of the Caisse Publique de Prêts sur Gages de la Ville de Genève (Geneva Public Pawn Office), 2020–2023
Academic Appointments and Research
Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva, since 2019
Editor, IusNet Banking Law, since 2019
Lecturer at the annual Charmey Seminar organized by the Chair of the Law of Obligations, University of Fribourg (2014 and 2015)
Research activities focusing primarily on regulatory law, contract law and corporate law
DISTINCTIONS
Second Prize, International Surrealist Pleading Competition, Brussels (2018)
First-ranked Geneva Bar Examination / Best Bar Examination Results of the 2017 Session, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva
Best Rebuttal Award, “Michel Nançoz” Public Speaking Competition, Geneva (2017)
Second Prize, “My Thesis in 180 Seconds” Competition, International Qualification, Lausanne (2016)
NKF Excellence Award for Best Research Paper in Business Law, Faculty of Law, University of Fribourg (2013)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member of the Tax and Financial Commission of the Geneva Bar Association, since 2021
Member of the Association of Swiss Independent Asset Managers (Groupement patronal des gérants de patrimoines), since 2020
Swiss Bar Association
Geneva Bar Association
Member of the Stanford Law School Alumni Association and Stanford Regional Representative for Switzerland, since 2019
Member of the Max Planck Alumni Association, since 2015
Member of the Executive Committee of the Young Bar Association of Geneva (2017–2018)
Member of the Editorial Board of Quid? Fribourg Law Review (2015–2017)
Member of the Swiss Study Foundation, since 2011
Publications
Commentaire Romand, La loi sur les services financiers (art. 3 ss LSFin)
2021 | édition 2021
Guillaume BRAIDI, Carlo LOMBARDINI
Commentaire Romand, la Loi sur les services financiers (art. 38 ss LSFin)
2021 | A paraître, édition 2021
Guillaume BRAIDI, Prof. J.-B. ZUFFEREY
Commentaire Romand, Code des obligations I, le contrat de dépôt (art. 472 ss CO)
2021 | À paraître édition 2021
Guillaume BRAIDI, Richard BARBEY
Petit commentaire du CPC, art. 236 ss CPC
2020 | CPC - Code de Procédure civile
Guillaume BRAIDI, Prof. Michel HEINZMANN
Les frais de procédure et d’investigation sous pression
2020 | in: Revue Suisse du droit des affaires 2020, p. 168 ss
Guillaume BRAIDI
Les formations LL.M.,
2019 | in: Revue de l'avocat novembre 2019
Guillaume BRAIDI
Recueil de lois genevoises – Procédures et autorités
2019 | Éditions juridiques Libres, 2ème édition, Lausanne 2019
Guillaume BRAIDI, Adrien VION
L’interdiction d’exercer face au test du principe de proportionnalité
2019 | Publié le 6 février 2019 par le Centre de droit bancaire et financier, https://www.cdbf.ch/1046/
Guillaume BRAIDI
La classification des clients selon la loi sur les services financiers
2018 | in: Revue Suisse de droit des affaires, 2018, p. 486 ss
Guillaume BRAIDI
Protocole épistolaire, Comité du Jeune Barreau de l’Ordre des avocats genevois
2018 | Septembre 2018
Guillaume BRAIDI, Nicolas GURTNER, Adrian HAUSSLER, Hadrien MANGEAT
Financial Services Compliances
2018 | in: Getting the deal through 2018
Guillaume BRAIDI, François RAYROUX, Patrick SCHLEIFFER, Laurence VOGT SCHOLLER, Patrick SCHARLI
Procédure d’enforcement: La pratique de la FINMA sanctionnée par le TAF
2018 | Publié le 12 juillet 2018 par le Centre de droit bancaire et financier, Https://www.cdbf.ch/1013/
Guillaume BRAIDI
Protection des clients selon la future loi sur les services financiers, de l’asymétrie d’information au consentement éclairé
2018 | in: Jusletter du 23 avril 2018
Guillaume BRAIDI
Assistance judiciaire en faveur des personnes morales: le Tribunal fédéral toujours plus réticent
2018 | in: Sous toutes réserves (STR) no 31, printemps 2018
Guillaume BRAIDI
Etat des lieux de l’assistance judiciaire en faveur des personnes morales
2018 | in: Revue de l'avocat 2018, p. 133 ss;
Guillaume BRAIDI
La restitution de données: les outils à la disposition du praticien, in: PJA 2017
2017 |
Guillaume BRAIDI, Arnaud NUSSBAUMER, Yaniv BENHAMOU
FinTech: une déréglementation innovante
2017 | in: Jusletter du 21 août 2017
Guillaume BRAIDI, Laurent SCHMIDT
L’individu en droit financier: un statut juridique en perpétuelle évolution
2017 | in: Lettre du conseil de l'Ordre des avocats genevois, no 63, avril 2017
Guillaume BRAIDI
L’individu en droit de la surveillance financière: autorisation, obligations et interdiction d’exercer
2016 | Thèse, Genève/Zürich/Bâle 2016
Guillaume BRAIDI
L’individu face à la surveillance financière
2016 | in: Revue Suisse du droit des affaires 2016, p. 182
Guillaume BRAIDI
Swiss Banking Secrecy: A Haven of Peace in Distress for U.S. Taxpayers, Quid ?
2014 | Fribourg Law Review 2/2014, p. 7
Guillaume BRAIDI, Laurent COUSINOU
L’interdiction d’exercer selon l’art. 33 LFINMA: étendue, qualification et délimitations
2013 | in: Revue Suisse du droit des affaires 2013, p. 204;
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Conférences
Mesures COVID-19 – Geneva Aero Industry Network (GAIN)
2020 |
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