DR LALIVE, American lawyer, specializing in the field of General Practice, with special emphasis on International Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, International Contracts, Banking and Finance. Tax Law. Conflict of Laws, International and Transnational Law.
Education
University of Geneva (Master of Laws, Doctor of Laws). Graduate Institute of International Studies. Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (A.M.).
Harvard Law School and Columbia University School of Law (1936-1938). Secretary General, Joint Relief Commission of the International Red Cross, 1941-1945. First Secretary of the International Court of Justice, The Hague, 1947-1953.
General Counsel of United Nations Relief and Works Agency, Beirut, Lebanon, 1953-1958. Secretary General of the International Commission of Jurists, Geneva, 1958-1961. Honorary Consul General of Thailand.
Chairman, Board of Geneva Opera, since 1965. Elected Member, Institute of International Law, 1977. Spoken languages: French, English and German.
Career
Working as a partner of LALIVE BUDIN. Admitted to the bar, 1940, Geneva.
Membership
Geneva Bar; Geneva Law Society. Swiss Arbitration Association. Swiss Society of Jurists.
Swiss Society of International Law. Geneva Association of Business Law. ILA (Swiss Branch); International Bar Association.
Union Internationale des Avocats. British Institute of International and Comparative Law. American Society of International Law.
Southwestern Legal Foundation (Member, Advisory Board).