Bernard Lachenal, LL.M.

Of Counsel, Geneva

65 rue du Rhône | Case Postale 3199 | CH-1211 Geneva 3 | Switzerland

65 rue du Rhône | Case Postale 3199 | CH-1211 Geneva 3 | Switzerland
T +41 58 552 03 93
bernard.lachenal@mll-legal.com

Profile

Bernard Lachenal is a member of MLL Legal’s Dispute Resolution practice group in Geneva. He is specialized in Swiss and international dispute resolution in relation to private banking and private clients.

He acts on behalf of private and institutional clients before State courts and arbitration panels in complex proceedings with international ramifications. He also acts as Director of various multinational companies in Switzerland and as Vice-Chairman of Banque Piguet Galland & Cie SA.

Practice Areas

Industry Groups

Private Clients

Rankings & Awards

Who's Who Legal Private Clients Switzerland 2022

“Bernard Lachenal is highlighted for his truly excellent private client practice as well as his profound expertise in domestic and international dispute resolution” – Who’s Who Legal, Private Client, 2022
Bernard Lachenal is featured as a key lawyer in The Legal 500 EMEA, Litigation, 2022
Bernard Lachenal is ranked by Leaders League in Banking & Finance Litigation and Commercial Litigation, Switzerland 2022
“Bernard Lachenal is the key practitioner in banking and finance” – Legal 500 EMEA, Banking & Finance, 2019

Deals & Cases

Advised Lenders on a US$ 122 million Gold Mine Financing Project in Republic of Guinea

Education & Admission

UC Berkeley School of Law, Master of Laws (1977)
Admitted to the bar in Switzerland (1975)
University of Geneva, lic. iur. (1972)

Memberships and public offices

Founding member of the Geneva Branch of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
Member of various other national and international associations

Languages

French
English
German

“Bernard Lachenal is highlighted for his truly excellent private client practice as well as his profound expertise in domestic and international dispute resolution”
Who’s Who Legal, Private Client, 2022

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Firm News

MLL ranked in Leaders League Switzerland 2022: Litigation & Arbitration, Human Capital & Labor Law

28.03.2022

Leaders League published their 2022 rankings in the areas of Litigation & Arbitration and Human Capital & Labor Law.

Expert Guides 2017 recognizes MLL partners

08.08.2017

Legal Media Group's Expert Guides have listed several of our firm's legal experts as leading practitioners in specific areas of law.

Leading Firms 2017: Who’s Who Legal publishes Switzerland research

30.03.2017

Who's Who Legal (WWL) has published their 2017 Leading Firms research for Switzerland.

13 lawyers from Meyerlustenberger Lachenal were listed in The Best Lawyers in Switzerland 2017

22.06.2016

Inclusion in Best Lawyers® is based entirely on peer-review. As stated on their website, "the methodology is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area." Alexander Vogel and Olivier P. Dunant were included in the The Best Lawyers in…

Madoff case: Claw-Back Claim

15.06.2015

1. Decision of the Federal Tribunal of 21 February 2012 The question as to whether a bank may object to the restitution of a client’s assets within the context of the proceedings started in the US in the Bernard L. Madoff matter had led to a decision of the Federal tribunal dated 22 February 2012 […]

Recovery of tax claims in the matter of the Multilateral Convention OECD and the Council of Europe on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters

01.06.2014

1. Preliminary remarks The aim of the present note is to determine to what extent the provisions of the recovery of tax claims pursuant to the Multilateral Convention OECD and the Council of Europe on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters dated 25 January 1988 and amended by the Protocol dated 27 May 2010 (hereinafter: […]