TALI PASCHOUD
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Member of the Geneva Bar
Certificate of Advanced Studies in Financial Regulation, Universities of Geneva and Bern
Master's degree in law, specializing in economics, contracts and assets, University of Fribourg
Bachelor’s degree in law, University of Fribourg

Tali Paschoud advises and represents individuals and companies in civil and criminal litigation. She specialises in economic criminal law, as well as financial and commercial litigation. She also assists and guides clients in matters of corporate social responsibility (CSR), the fight against greenwashing and sustainable finance.

areas of expertise

LITIGATION, ARBITRATION & MEDIATION

  • Legal representation of individuals and companies before civil, criminal and administrative courts
  • Advice on contract law, criminal law, banking and financial law, commercial law and insolvency and restructuring
  • Climate justice (Unfair Competition Act, greenwashing)
  • Alternative dispute resolution (trained in collaborative law)

WHITE-COLLAR CRIME & CRIMINAL MATTERS

  • Legal representation of individuals and legal entities (accused party or civil claimant)
  • Economic criminal law  
  • Common criminal law and enforcement of sentences and measures
  • Administrative criminal law 
  • International mutual assistance in criminal matters and extradition

BANKING & FINANCE

  • Advice and representation in disputes between clients and financial institutions  
  • Money laundering regulations (AMLA)
  • Advice to financial intermediaries (proceedings before self-regulatory organisations or the Money Laundering Reporting Office Switzerland)
  • Sustainable finance and greenwashing 

COMMERCIAL & CORPORATE LAW

  • Advice and representation in litigation (liability claims against corporate bodies, shareholder disputes)
  • Corporate social responsibility (CSR)

INSOLVENCY & RESTRUCTURING

  • Representation and advice on insolvency and restructuring
  • Debt collection
  • Liability claims against corporate bodies

EDUCATION/CAREER

2025
Associate, Junod Halpérin

2019
Certificate of Advanced Studies in Financial Regulation, Universities of Geneva and Bern

2018
Basic training in Collaborative Law, Association romande de droit collaboratif

2017-2024
Associate, Ming Halpérin Burger Inaudi, Geneva

2016-2017
Associate, Bär & Karrer, Geneva

2014-2015
Associate, Hayat & Meier, Geneva

2014
Admission to Geneva Bar

2013-2014
Trainee lawyer, Lenz & Staehelin, Geneva

2012
Certificate of specialisation in legal practice, University of Geneva

2012
Master's degree in law, specializing in economics, contracts and assets, University of Fribourg

2010
Bachelor’s degree in law, University of Fribourg

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES

Member of various professional associations:

  • Geneva Bar Association (OdA)
  • Swiss Bar Association (FSA)
  • Geneva Business Law Association (AGDA)
  • ALBA – Avocates à la barre Women's White Collar Defense Association

Founding member of Avocat.es pour le Climat since 2021

Publications

LITIGATION, ARBITRATION & MEDIATION

2024
TALI PASCHOUD
Lutte contre l’écoblanchiment: le Conseil fédéral fait marche arrière (Tali Paschoud, in Bilan, Opinions, June 2024)
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LITIGATION, ARBITRATION & MEDIATION

2024
TALI PASCHOUD
L’autoréglementation peut-elle rendre la finance suisse durable ? (Tali Paschoud/Clara Brambilla in Juriste International, UIA, I-2024, pp. 64-67)
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LITIGATION, ARBITRATION & MEDIATION

2023
TALI PASCHOUD
Pour une finance respectueuse du climat (in Sous toutes réserves, Revue du Jeune Barreau de l’Ordre des Avocats de Genève, No. 36, summer 2023)
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LITIGATION, ARBITRATION & MEDIATION

2022
TALI PASCHOUD
La finance durable passera-t-elle par les accords sectoriels ? (Tali Paschoud, in Bilan, Opinions, February 2022)
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COMMERCIAL & CORPORATE LAW

2022
TALI PASCHOUD
Entreprises responsables: bien choisir sa caisse de pension (Tali Paschoud, in Bilan, Opinions, August 2022)
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LITIGATION, ARBITRATION & MEDIATION

2021
TALI PASCHOUD
La FINMA pseudo-légifère en matière de finance durable (Tali Paschoud, in Bilan, Opinions, August 2021)
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COMMERCIAL & CORPORATE LAW

2021
TALI PASCHOUD
Entreprises responsables : limites et risques du rapport annuel sur les questions non financières (Tali Paschoud, in Bilan, Opinions, August 2021)
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LITIGATION, ARBITRATION & MEDIATION

2021
TALI PASCHOUD
Critères ESG : écoblanchiment ou réel investissement durable? (Tali Paschoud, in Bilan, Opinions, May 2021)
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WHITE-COLLAR CRIME & CRIMINAL MATTERS

2020
TALI PASCHOUD
La désignation du représentant de l’entreprise poursuivie pénalement (CRIMPC Art. 112 ) (in Revue Pénale Suisse Volume 137/2019, p. 224 - p. 236).
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Conferences

LITIGATION, ARBITRATION & MEDIATION

2022
Interview on the role of climate justice (Radio Cité Genève, October 2022)
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BANKING & FINANCE

2022
Tali Paschoud, Yves-Marie Hostettler (ASIP), Mathias Schlegel (Greenpeace) Les caisses de pension, indifférentes au climat? (RTS, Forum, le grand débat, September 2022)
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Je suis écolo mais mes finances ne le sont pas

2021
Je suis écolo mais mes finances ne le sont pas (Interview, Rethink & React podcast, October 2021)
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