Nicolas Rouvinez Associate
Attorney at Law

Nicolas Rouvinez

Associate
Attorney at Law
+41 58 450 70 00
nicolas.rouvinez@lenzstaehelin.com
Geneva
Route de Chêne 30
CH-1211 Geneva
www.lenzstaehelin.com
  • Expertise

    Nicolas Rouvinez is an associate in our Geneva office and a member of the Litigation and Arbitration group. He assists private and corporate clients in both civil and criminal litigation, with a focus on contractual disputes.

  • Practices

  • Professional Experience and Education

    and Education

    2024Associate at Lenz & Staehelin
    2020Research and teaching assistant at the University of Geneva
    2020Associate at a Swiss business law firm
    2018Trainee Lawyer at a Swiss business law firm
    2023Exchange student at Harvard Law School
    2020Admission to the Geneva Bar
    2018University of Geneva (CAS in Legal Professions)
    2018University of Geneva (MLaw,)
    2017Exchange at the University of Zurich (MLaw)
    2016Exchange at the University of Exeter (MLaw)
    2016University of Geneva (BLaw)
  • Specialist Areas

    Litigation and Arbitration, Civil and Commercial Litigation, White Collar Criminal Litigation, Bankruptcy and Debt Collection
  • Languages

    French, English, German, Italian
  • Memberships

    Geneva Bar Association (OdAGE), Swiss Bar Association (SBA)
  • SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

    • Martin-Rivara I, Rouvinez N., Protection de la possession en matière immobilière : état des lieux, projet de modification et vœux pieux,, in: SJ 2024, p. 625 ss
    • Trabaldo Togna F., Rouvinez N., Under What Conditions can an Option Right be Enforced in a Shareholders Agreement?, Swiss Contract Law, September 4, 2024
    • Rouvinez N., Analyse de la portée d’une clause de confidentialité, Centre de droit bancaire et financier, August 5, 2024
    • Rouvinez N., « Gare à cette clause ! », ou pourquoi les conditions résolutoires et les prétentions réelles en restitution ne font pas bon ménage, in: Le juge apprécie, Mélanges en l’honneur de Bénédict Foëx [Paaux van Delden M.-L./Marchand S./Bernard F., edit.], Geneva 2023
    • De Werra J, Rouvinez N., Cancellation of Sports Sponsoring Agreements for Force Majeur (COVID-19): Which Part of the Sponsorship Fees must be Reimbursed to the Sponsor?, Swiss Contract Law, August 25, 2023
    • Rouvinez N., Unsuccessful claims of a former distributor: no indemnity for goodwill and no set-off of counterclaims, Swiss Contract Law, September 21, 2022
    • Rouvinez N., Witzig A., A party acting as a representative once, may not be a representative twice, Swiss Contract Law, September 2, 2022
    • Rouvinez N., Witzig A., Contract for the chairman of a listed company: how to manage a conflict of interests?, Swiss Contract Law, July 26, 2022
    • Rouvinez N., Simultaneous performance of the parties’ obligations under a Share Purchase Agreement (SPA), Swiss Contract Law, December 17, 2021
    • Rouvinez N., Du rachat d’un fonds de placement américain à un litige d’assurance en Suisse, Centre de droit bancaire et financier, November 25, 2021
    • Rouvinez N., Le droit de recours contre la décision de jonction au sens de l’art. 51 LFINMA, in: Semaine Judiciaire 2020 II, p. 265 ss
    • Rouvinez N., Quels seront les effets civils des règles de conduite de la future loi sur les services financiers ?, Archive ouverte de l’Université de Genève, June 13, 2017
  • Contact Details

  • 01 Nov 2024

    Protection de la possession en matière immobilière : état des lieux, projet de modification et vœux pieux,

    in: SJ 2024, p. 625 ss

  • 04 Sep 2024

    Under What Conditions can an Option Right be Enforced in a Shareholders Agreement?

    Swiss Contract Law, September 4, 2024