Urs SAAL

Admitted to the Geneva bar

Born in 1965

Practice areas :

  • Civil and Commercial Litigation
  • International and Domestic Arbitration
  • Corporate, Commercial and Contract Law
  • International Trade Law
  • Aviation Law
  • Maritime and Transportation Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Labour and Employment Law

Languages :

  • French
  • German
  • English

Education :

  • 1990: University of Geneva, Law Degree
  • 1993: ETH Zurich,Lecturer in environmental law
  • 1996: University of Lausanne (for PhD) , Complementary Degree
  • 1993‐1997: University of Lausanne, Assistant in German private international law and civil law
  • 1999: Admitted
  • 2008: Université of Heidelberg, lecturer in international commercial law

Professional experience :

Assists clients in the constitution, and/or acquisition of companies, and related contractual monitoring of their business and represents clients, in case of dispute, in the commercial courts and arbitration.

Budin Partners, Trainee (1997-1998).
Budin Partners, Associate (1999-2007).
Budin Partners, Partner since 2007.

Memberships :

  • Geneva Bar
  • Swiss Bar Association
  • Deutsch-Schweizerische Juristenvereinigung Germania, Lausanne
  • Alte Leipziger Landsmannschaft Afrania, Heidelberg

Publications

(In collaboration with Mrs. Alexia Valiton) :
« Cash withdrawal: an uphill battle »
« Cash withdrawal – A gauntlet for some customers »
Invest’news n° 21, February 2015