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
2020

Head of Family Law, Borel & Barbey

2020

Harvard University, Boston (Fellow)

2020

New York Bar

2020

Columbia University, New York (LL.M. ; Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar for Excellent Academic Performance)

2017

Geneva Bar

2015

Trainee and Attorney-at-law in a law firm in Geneva specialized in Family Law

2015

Certificate of Advanced Studies in Legal Professions, University of Geneva

2014

Doctor of Laws, Göttingen University, Germany

2010

Lecturer with different universities

2010

Legal advisor in a multinational company, London and Geneva

2009

Geneva University/Helsinki University (Master of Laws)

LANGUAGES

English

French

German

PUBLICATIONS
“Evolution dans le droit de l’entretien : quelles conséquences ?”, Tribune de Genève (2021), available online
“Le contrat de mariage et ses limites”, Le Temps (2021), available online
“Le Tribunal fédéral redéfinit l’homoparentalité”, Le Temps (2021), available online
“Tour de vis sur les contributions d’entretien après divorce”, Le Temps (2021), avaiable online
“Le mariage perd de son importance – même en droit de la famille”, Focus droit (2021), available online
“Comment divorcer en tant qu’entrepreneur ?”, Business Guide 2021 Bilan Magazine, avaible online
“Mit einem Vertrag zur besseren Ehe – Neben der Wahl des Güterstands können Ehegatten zahlreiche weitere Abkommen schliessen”, NZZ (2021), available online
“Les contributions d’entretien d’enfant en voie de changement”, Le Temps (2021), available online

Artwork has no « average price » – how Switzerland’s Supreme Court evaluates a divorcing couple’s collection of paintings“, Art Law Magazine (2020), available online