EXPERTISE
Josef Alkatout heads our Family Law Department. He advises and represents our clients in negotiations and legal proceedings in court.
His expertise encompasses marriage and cohabitation, legal separation and divorce, child protection, family-related criminal proceedings, adoption, and same-sex parentage law.
He also engages in matrimonial planning, notably for the drafting and negotiation of international prenuptial agreements, and assists our clients in emergency separation situations, such as child abductions, parental rights conflicts, sequestration and freezing orders.
EXPERIENCE
Since 2024
Counsel and Head of Family Law at Borel & Barbey
Since 2010
Lecturer in Law in Swiss and foreign Universities
2020 - 2024
Head of Family Law at Borel & Barbey
2020
Visiting researcher, Harvard University, Boston, United States
2020
New York Bar
2020
Master of Laws (LL.M.), Columbia University, New York, United States, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar Prize
2017 - 2019
Associate at a law Firm specialised in family law, Geneva
2017
Geneva Bar
2015 - 2017
Trainee lawyer at a law Firm specialised in family law, Geneva
2015
Certificate of Advanced Studies in Legal Professions, University of Geneva
2014
PhD in Law, University of Göttingen, Germany
2010 - 2014
Legal advisor in a multinational company, London & Geneva
2009
Master of Law (MLaw), Universities of Geneva and Helsinki (1 semester)
2008
Bachelor of Law (BLaw), University of Geneva
2008
Bachelor in International Relations, University of Geneva
RECOGNITIONS
- 2024 : Chambers - High Net Worth Guide
- 2020 : Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar Prize, University of Columbia
MEMBERSHIPS
- Geneva Bar Association (ODAGE)
- Swiss Bar Association (FSA)
