ANNE REISER Attorney-at-law 11, rue de Candolle 1205 Geneva Switzerland

Telephone Nr +4122 807 33 67 Date of birth: November 13, 1958 Fax Nr +4122 807 33 63 Nationality: Swiss and French E-mail: [email protected]

CURRICULUM VITAE

1. AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Family estate law, matrimonial property regimes, contract and corporate law, estate planning, trusts, retirement plans, maintenance, children rights, and criminal law related to these areas.

Private international law, and fundamental and constitutional rights.

Consulting - Negotiations - Litigation.

2. SERVICES OFFERED

. Strategic advice on the anticipation and effective control of disputes. . Judicial and extra-judicial practice, both independently and in synergy with other law firms operating in Switzerland and abroad. . Opportunities to collaborate with the most competent professionals in their areas of practice, in the best interests of the client. . Formation of teams of professionals and coordinated practice with them, based on the client's requirements and the specific details of the case, at both the local and international level. . Second opinions for clients who are being assisted by other attorneys-at-law and for attorneys-at- law advising their clients on the evaluation of disputes, on strategies to adopt and on potential outcomes. . The editing of legal documents for cases heard in courts outside Switzerland. . Ad hoc appointments for the private arbitration of international disputes where conflicting laws require equitable adjudication.

3. LAW FIRM

. Head of a lawfirm employing three attorneys-at-law admitted to practice before the Geneva Bar, a scientific clerk, an office manager, two administrative assistants and a delivery girl. . Law firm founded in 1998 in its present form . Independent practice since 1985, as partner of Reiser & Stampfli until 1991, and of Oltramare Hochstaetter Eardley & Reiser until 1998.

4. PRESENT TEACHING OCCUPATION

. Member of the Examination Commission for the Geneva Bar Exams. . Adjunct lecturer in post master classes on the preparation of divorce settlements : Geneva Lawyers’ School 1 . Adjunct lecturer in master classes on International divorce and Rights of children with the University of Fribourg, Switzerland

1 École d'Avocature de Genève 2

. Teacher of matrimonial law on a Matrimonial Law Specialisation Programme for lawyers : The Swiss Bar Association2 . Teacher of matrimonial law with AZEK, The Swiss Training Centre for Investment Professionals (to candidates for qualification as Experts in Finance and Investment) . Speaker at the Annual Seminar of Continuing Education in Family Law at the Law Marathons Programme: Geneva Bar Association3 . Speaker at annual conferences on international issues in joint matrimonial estate and inheritance planning associated with the retirement of international public officials: The United Nations and the International Labour Organisation . Participant in the design and moderator at the annual Colloquia on Cross Border Law involving the Bar Associations of Thonon-les-Bains (France), Vaud, and Valais (Switzerland), as well as the Savoie Association of Notaries (France)

5. RECENT PUBLICATIONS

. « Jurisprudence choisie en droit matrimonial »4, in Plaidoyer, November 2013, Lausanne . « Recognition and enforcement in Switzerland of English Divorce Judgments and Maintenance Orders», with Eliza Hebditch and Nicholas Bennett, Farrer & Co LLP, London, Schulthess Publishers, in Symposium on family law, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, 2013 . « Les conventions sur l’entretien, modalités formelles, clauses à prévoir et à éviter, marge de manœuvre »5, in Swiss Bar Association Publications, December 2013 . «Représentation de la communauté, régime des dettes et exécution forcée»6, in Swiss Bar Association Publications, December 2013 . 2012 : « Au nom de l’enfant… Se séparer sans se déchirer »7, Favre Publishers, Lausanne, Switzerland . 2012: « Lessive du linge sale familial : plaidoyer pour un programme court », in Plaidoyer, Year 30 (2012), n°2, p.34-38, Lausanne . 2011: « Autorité parentale, garde, relations personnelles, comment obtenir l'exécution des jugements, de lege lata ?», Schulthess Publishers, in Symposium on family law, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, 2011 . 2010 : « Divorce en Suisse et immeuble en France, essai de simplification judiciaire », in FamPra3/2010 and FamPra 4/2010, in collaboration with Mes Etienne Jeandin, notary public in Geneva, Jean-Luc Favre, Attorney-at-law before the French Bar of Thonon-les-Bains, and Dominique Naz, notary public in Douvaine, France.

6. PAST EXPERIENCE

. 2008 – 2010: Associate Judge of the Geneva Canton Social Security Tribunal8 . 2004 – 2008: Member of the Observations on Crime Jury of the Visions du Réel Documentary Film Festival in Nyon, Switzerland . 1996 – 2004: Member of the Board of the Geneva Bar Association9 . 1996 – 2005: Chairman of the Geneva Bar Association Consultation Service10 . 1985 – 1998: Member of the Commission of Experts for the Federal Accounting Certificate Examination organised by the Swiss Association of Commercial Employees11 . 1985 – 1991: Member of the Committee of the Geneva Centre for Economic and Management Studies12 . 1988 – 1990: Chairman of Les Lauriers Residence for the elderly.

2 Fédération Suisse des Avocats 3 Ordre des Avocats de Genève 4 Selected case law in matrimonial law 5 Maintenance agreement, formal requirements, clauses to include and to avoid, margin of manoeuvre 6 Representation of the conjugal union, debts regime and recovery 7 « In the name of the child… How to separate without tearing each other apart », Book 8 Tribunal Cantonal des Assurances Sociales de Genève 9 Ordre des Avocats de Genève 10 Permanence de l’Ordre des Avocats de Genève 11 Société Suisse des Employés de Commerce 12 Centre d'Études Économiques et de Gestion 3

7. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Member of the Geneva Bar Association13, the Swiss Bar Association14, the International Bar Association, the International Association of Lawyers15, and the American Bar Association.

8. QUALIFICATIONS

. 1984: Admitted to practice at the Geneva Bar . 1982: Master Degree in Law, University of Geneva . 1977: Classical Studies Degree, Collège Calvin of Geneva . 1976: American High School Diploma, Doylestown Academy, Pennsylvania, United States of America

9. MEDIA, PAST TEACHING & PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

. 18.06.2013: Fribourg, Nuithonie Theater, « In the name of the child… », Conference organized by the Mouvement for Co-parenting of Fribourg. . 14.06.2013: Nyon: Colloquium of Cross-border Swiss-French Law on taxes related to international divorce proceedings. . 03.06.2013 : Symposium of Family Law of Fribourg, lecture on international recovery of maintenance, given with Prof. Andrea Bonomi, President of the Center of Comparative European and International Law, . 1985 up to now : Contributor to various television programmes (Mise au Point, Infrarouge, Temps Présent, Toutes Taxes Comprises, etc.) and radio broadcasts (The Journal, Les Temps Modernes, Grand Huit), and regular appearances on news programmes: RTS (Radio Télévision Suisse). . 21.04.2010: Moderator, legal contributor, concluding speaker at the Seminar on Family Mediation in La Chaux-de-Fonds of the Neuchâtel Family Mediation Association16 in collaboration with the Centre for Research on Amicable and Jurisdictional Conflict Management Methods17, and the University of Neuchâtel. . 2007: Seminar designer and participant in a round table at the Seminar on the Consequences of the Break-Up of the Family for Single-Parent Families for "the Haute École en Travail Social de Genève"18. . 2003-2004: With the Unité Passerelle Science Cité, the Education Office and Deans of the Faculties of Law and Medicine of the University of Geneva; the Administration of Justice; the Geneva Bar; the School and Media Office of the Geneva Department of Public Education; and Léman Bleu Television: designed a screenplay on the theme of the "The Individual under Surveillance"; Project Leader; coordinator of the institutions, professionals, and university students and scheduler of a mock trial filmed at the Geneva Court of Justice and broadcast at the University of Geneva; Designer of multi-disciplinary television content for the "Geneva, it’s you"19 broadcast, covering the legal issues raised during the mock trial; Participant in the Centenary Academic Holiday "Dies Academicus" at the University of Geneva. . 2000-2002: Organiser of open house events at the Geneva Court of Justice, in which attorneys- at-law, judges, and public officials participated and responded to questions from the public: Administration of Justice and the Geneva Bar Association. . 2000-2005: Organiser of the "Journées de la Permanence de l'Ordre des Avocats"20, events in which judges, attorneys-at-law, public officials, court officials and other participants are invited to gather in a public forum and engage in debate concerning the social and judicial treatment of specific subject areas (such as labour, accidents, or family

13 Ordre des Avocats de Genève 14 Fédération Suisse des avocats 15 Union Internationale des Avocats 16 Association Neuchâteloise de Médiation Familiale 17 Centre de Recherche sur les Modes Amiables et Juridictionnels de Gestion de Conflits, "CEMAJ" 18 University of Social Studies of Geneva 19 Genève c'est vous 20 Geneva Bar Association Consultation Service Days 4

matters) with the Geneva Bar Association, the Administration of Justice, and the Geneva Canton Administration. . 1999-2000: Organiser of a six-month training course for attorneys serving as child guardians when the new Swiss divorce law came into effect with: the former Youth Protection Service21 (currently, the Service for the Protection of Minors22); the Medical Educational Service of the Youth Office23; the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department of the Geneva Hospitals; the General Child Guardian Service24 of Geneva; the Judicial Administration of Geneva, and the Geneva Bar Association25 . 1985-1990: Organiser of conferences on business law issues with the Geneva Centre for Economic and Management Studies Committee26 . 1985-1990: Founder of a business law teaching programme focused on practice with the executive staff of the Management and Communication School of Geneva27.

10. LANGUAGES

Fluent French and English; good knowledge of German and Italian.

21 Service de Protection de la Jeunesse 22 Service de Protection des Mineurs 23 Centre médico-pédagogique de l’Office de la Jeunesse 24 Service du Tuteur Général 25 L'Ordre des Avocats de Genève 26 Centre d'Études Économiques et de Gestion de Genève 27 ESM, Ecole Supérieure de Management