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Bail, immobilier, obligations, divorce, commercial, travail, étrangers, exécution forcée, pénal, fonction publique · Mark Barokas - Jean-Philippe Klein - Jérôme Nicolas - Alireza Moghaddam

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Mark Barokas
After obtaining a law degree from the University of Fribourg, Mark Barokas completed his legal training in Geneva.
He then served as a delegate for the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Returning to Geneva, he practiced law for four years before founding the firm in 2009.
Mark Barokas works in French and English.
He is a member of the Bar Association.
He is also a graduate of the Institute of Real Estate Studies.

Areas of practice

Advisory
Administrative law
Family law
Real estate law
Contract law
Criminal law
Corporate and commercial law
Banking and financial markets law
Debt collection
Collaborative law

Jean-Philippe Klein

Jean-Philippe Klein studied in Basel, where he obtained his doctorate. He was admitted to the bar in Geneva, where he worked for many years in a large law firm before joining Mark Barokas in 2015.

Jean-Philippe Klein's working languages are French, German, Swiss German, English, and Italian. He pleads before courts in French-speaking and German-speaking Switzerland. He publishes in French and German.

Jean-Philippe Klein is a member of the Geneva Bar Association, the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA), the Swiss Association for Debt Collection Law, and a member of the Committee of the Association romande de droit collaboratif (ARDC).

His main areas of practice are:

Contract law
Family law
International litigation
Debt collection law
Consulting
Collaborative law

Alireza Moghaddam

Admitted to the Geneva Bar in 1998.

Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Organizational Leadership obtained in Geneva in 2009.

Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Magistracy obtained in Neuchâtel in 2010.

Director of the Geneva Debt Collection Office between 2006 and 2016.

Independent lawyer since 2020.

Working languages: French, English, and Persian.

Areas of practice:

Debt collection and bankruptcy
Criminal law
Contract law
Administrative law (in particular civil service law)
Commercial law
Property law

Jérôme Nicolas

Studied in Geneva, Germany (LL.M.) and Japan.

Admitted to the Geneva Bar in 2003.

18 years of experience in a large law firm.

Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in labor law in 2017.

Independent attorney since 2022.

Working languages: French, English, German, and Japanese.

Member of the Geneva Bar Association, the Association Romande des Spécialistes en Droit du Travail (AROSDT) and the Association Romande de Droit Collaboratif (ARDC).

Areas of practice: