Cyrus Siassi

Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales
Attorney at Law, admitted to the Geneva Bar
29, Avenue de Champel - 1206 Geneva, Switzerland

Tel: +41 22 705 10 40 
M. +41 79 597 88 30 
Email: [email protected]
Website:  https://www.smbclaw.ch

Founding Partner of SMBC Law in Geneva
In association with Hill Dickinson - www.hilldickinson.com

 

Swiss qualified lawyer, admitted to the Geneva Bar, Switzerland
Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales, member of the Law Society of England & Wales, registered with the Solicitors Regulation Authority - Higher Rights of Audience
Lloyds Maritime Institute - Certified in Maritime Law & Shipping Contracts
Grain and Feed Trade Association (GAFTA) - Certified in Gafta Trade Foundation Course, Contract Terms and Approved Registers, Commodity Shipping, Commodity Dispute Resolution
Arbitration Practitioner – Swiss Arbitration Academy
Diploma in International Maritime Arbitration - Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIARB)
Global Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration (CIARB - Oxford)
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIARB) - Accredited Mediator
Civil-Commercial Mediation – Accredited International Civil/Commercial Mediator
Lecturer at the Finance & Banking Institute of, in Geneva, in the fields of international commodities and shipping transactions, Anti-Money Laundering/Corruption and International Embargos/Sanctions, Trade and Export Control Restrictions.
Over twenty years of experience within the Legal & Compliance Departments of Republic National Bank of New-York (HSBC Republic), BNP Paribas (Suisse) SA and ING Belgium, Brussels, Geneva Branch, as Head of Legal, & Compliance of ING/Head of Dispute Resolution, Litigation, Legal Investigation & Legal Financial Security at BNP Paribas (Suisse) SA.
Acts in a broad range of contractual, financial transactions, pre-contentious and contentious matters, international and cross-border complex transactions.
Specialized in International commercial legal and regulatory matters, both under advisory, mediation and (pre) litigation matters, including as Counsel in major international mediations and arbitration matters (SAC, ICC, LCIA, LMAA, GAFTA), with a focus on commodities (soft, oil, metal) and shipping transactions.

 

Memberships:

Swiss Bar Association - https://www.sav-fsa.ch/en/home
Geneva Bar Association - [member of the ADR Committee] -  https://odage.ch/fr
Geneva Association of Business Law - https://www.agda.ch/
Geneva Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services - https://www.ccig.ch//
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) -  https://iccwbo.org/
International Bar Association – IBA [member of the Arbitration Committee] - https://www.ibanet.org/
Association of International Business Lawyers - https://www.aibl.ch/
The Law Society (UK) - https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/
Founding Member of the Geneva International Legal Association – GILA - https://www.gila.legal/
Grain And Feed Trade Association (GAFTA) - https://www.gafta.com/
Geneva Propeller Club, Port of Geneva - https://propellerclub-gva.ch/
London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) - https://www.lcia.org/
Supporting Member of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA) - https://lmaa.london/
Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration (SCMA) - https://www.scma.org.sg/
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIARB) - https://www.ciarb.org/
Swiss Chamber of Commercial Mediation (SCCM) - https://skwm.ch/?lang=en
Geneva Mediation Federation - https://fgem.ch/
Association of Certified Sanctions Specialists (ACSS) - https://sanctionsassociation.org/

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