Aylin Güney King

Aylin Güney King is specialized in domestic and cross border litigation as well as international commercial arbitration. She regularly advises and represents individuals and corporate clients before Swiss courts and authorities – including the Swiss Supreme Court – and arbitral tribunals in civil and criminal proceedings with international ramifications. Aylin has served as lead counsel in several trials, evidentiary hearings and oral arguments.

Her areas of expertise include complex commercial disputes involving contractual, banking and corporate matters as well as freezing injunctions proceedings and enforcement of foreign decisions and arbitral awards.

She is active in various fields of business, such as commodity trading, international sales of goods, distribution contracts, share and purchase agreements, shareholders’ agreements as well as joint ventures and consortia agreements. She also regularly represents corporations and employees in labor law disputes.

She further developed a strong practice in white-collar crime, extradition proceedings and international mutual legal assistance both in criminal and tax matters.

Aylin is active in the Geneva bar association and various national and international professional organizations. She is also a board member of The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Switzerland-Turkiye (CCIST)

Bar admissions

New York (2011)
Geneva (2009)

Education

LL.M, Columbia Law School, New York (2011)
Master of Laws in Economic Law, (magna cum laude), University of Geneva, Switzerland (2007)
Licentiate in Law (magna cum laude), University of Geneva, Switzerland (2006)

Professional experience

Partner, Bonnard Lawson, Geneva (2020 – present)
Associate, LHA Avocats, Geneva (2016–2019)
Foreign associate, Cerrahoğlu Law Firm, Istanbul (2014-2015)
Associate, Schellenberg Wittmer SA, Geneva (2011-2014)
Lawyer-Trainee, Froriep, Geneva (2007-2009)

Languages

French (mother tongue)
English (bilingual proficiency)
Turkish (bilingual proficiency)
Italian (reading proficiency)

Associations

Commission for innovation and modernization of the Geneva Bar Association, vice president

Geneva International Legal Association (GILA), Membre of the Young litigators commission

Swiss Bar Association (FSA)

Geneva Bar Association

Swiss arbitration association (ASA)

Women’s White-Collar Defense Association

Columbia Alumni Association

Publications

Le séquestre des articles 271 ss LP: Quoi de neuf 10 ans après, in Revue de l’avocat 5/2021

COVID-19: Audiences par vidéoconférence et justice digitale, in Revue de l’avocat 9/2020 (with Joëlle Becker, Stéphanie Chuffart-Finsterwald, Aurélie Conrad Hari, Sandrine Giroud and Mitra Sohrabi)

International arbitration center established in Istanbul, in : International Law Office, March 19, 2015 (with Eda Cerrahoglu Balssen)

Istanbul Chamber of Commerce introduces new Arbitration Centre Rules, in : International Law Office, January 22, 2015 (with Eda Cerrahoglu Balssen)

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