CURRICULUM VITÆ
2009
Admitted to the Geneva Bar
since 2025
Founding Partner, Alessia Schmid Law Firm LLC
since 2018
Member of the Fiscal and Financial Commission of the Geneva Bar Association
CURRENT POSITIONS
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
2019 to 2024
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Founding Partner, ATHENA Lawyers | Attorneys-at-law (2021-2024)
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Counsel at Briner & Brunisholz Law Firm, Geneva (2019-2021)
2011 to 2019
Associate at law firms in Switzerland :
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Ducrest Heggli Avocats LLC (2018-2019)
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Python Tax Team, now Streng SA (2011-2013 / 2016-2018)
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Oberson Avocats, then Oberson Abels SA (2014-2016)
2009 to 2011
Ernst & Young SA, Geneva - Associate
2006 to 2008
Mentha Avocats, Geneva - Trainee Lawyer
2005 to 2006
SICPA SA Legal Department, Vaud – Lawyer
Sustainable Finance, University of Cambridge, 2023
LL.M. in Business Law, Universities of Geneva and Lausanne, 2008
Law Degree (Cum Laude), University of Neuchâtel, 2004
EDUCATION
OTHER ACTIVITIES
LANGUAGES
French, English, Italian
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATION
Geneva Bar Association
Swiss Bar Federation
Conferences
" International exchange of information in tax matters : what transparency for real estate right holders? " organized by the Geneva Real Estate Chamber (CGI Advice), Geneva, 03.12.2015.
" Corporate tax law " organized by OREF, Lausanne, 26.06.2012, topic : " Currency translation differences – case law review " (co-speaker).
Publications
" Tax treatment of currency translation differences " (co-author), in L'Expert-Comptable Suisse 6-7/2011, pp. 530-537.
CONFERENCES
& PUBLICATIONS
2019 to 2024
-
Founding Partner, ATHENA Lawyers | Attorneys-at-law (2021-2024)
-
Counsel at Briner & Brunisholz Law Firm, Geneva (2019-2021)
2011 to 2019
Associate at law firms in Switzerland :
-
Ducrest Heggli Avocats LLC (2018-2019)
-
Python Tax Team, now Streng SA (2011-2013 / 2016-2018)
-
Oberson Avocats, then Oberson Abels SA (2014-2016)
2009 to 2011
Ernst & Young SA, Geneva - Associate
2006 to 2008
Mentha Avocats, Geneva - Trainee Lawyer
2005 to 2006
SICPA SA Legal Department, Vaud – Lawyer
since 2025
Founding Partner, Alessia Schmid Law Firm LLC
since 2018
Member of the Fiscal and Financial Commission of the Geneva Bar Association
2009
CURRENT POSITIONS
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Admitted to the Geneva Bar
CONFERENCES
& PUBLICATIONS
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATION
French, English, Italian
Conferences
" International exchange of information in tax matters : what transparency for real estate right holders? " organized by the Geneva Real Estate Chamber (CGI Advice), Geneva, 03.12.2015.
" Corporate tax law " organized by OREF, Lausanne, 26.06.2012, topic : " Currency translation differences – case law review " (co-speaker).
Publications
" Tax treatment of currency translation differences " (co-author), in L'Expert-Comptable Suisse 6-7/2011, pp. 530-537.
Sustainable Finance, University of Cambridge, 2023
LL.M. in Business Law, Universities of Geneva and Lausanne, 2008
Law Degree (Cum Laude), University of Neuchâtel, 2004
OTHER ACTIVITIES
LANGUAGES
Geneva Bar Association
Swiss Bar Federation
EDUCATION