ACTIVITIES
Josef Alkatout is specialized in national and international family law. He advises his clients when entering into settlement agreements as well as during litigation before cantonal and federal courts. He is also active in matrimonial asset planning, including complex financial prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. Josef Alkatout assists in urgent separation procedures (kidnapping, asset freezing or protection orders) as well as in parental rights disputes.
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Head of Family Law, Borel & Barbey
Harvard University, Boston (Fellow)
New York Bar
Columbia University, New York (LL.M. ; Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar for Excellent Academic Performance)
Geneva Bar
Trainee and Attorney-at-law in a law firm in Geneva specialized in Family Law
Certificate of Advanced Studies in Legal Professions, University of Geneva
Doctor of Laws, Göttingen University, Germany
Lecturer with different universities
Legal advisor in a multinational company, London and Geneva
Geneva University/Helsinki University (Master of Laws)
LANGUAGES
English
French
German
PUBLICATIONS
2023
« Le Tribunal fédéral défend l’homoparentalité », Tribune de Genève (2023)
« Tribunal fédéral: il n’y a que deux sexes », Tribune de Genève (2023)
«Les frais d’avocat ne sont plus déductibles fiscalement», Le Temps (2023)
2022
«Le « mariage pour tous » entre en vigueur: quels changements financiers?», Le Temps (2022)
2021
2020
“Artwork has no « average price » – how Switzerland’s Supreme Court evaluates a divorcing couple’s collection of paintings“, Art Law Magazine (2020), available online