Reed Smith

Chabrier Avocats is affiliated to Reed Smith, a global law firm acknowledged as a leading advisor to many of the world’s foremost companies in industries including financial services, life science, shipping, energy trade and commodities, advertising, technology and media, and more. The affiliation provides Chabrier Avocats with a global support and gives Reed Smith a presence in Switzerland - an increasingly important geographical base for clients in the international trade, energy, commodities and trade finance sectors.

Switzerland and, in particular, Geneva is a major business centre for commodity and energy trading and trade finance and a number of the firm's premier clients have significant trading presences here. The affiliation is seen not only as a way of supporting those clients but also as an important step for the firm's continued growth in these sectors. With Reed Smith lawyers from London working from the Geneva office on a rota basis, the combined capabilities of Chabrier Avocats and Reed Smith provide a seamless service to clients based in Switzerland with a need for local and international legal services.

Our firm has had extensive experience working with international clients having a presence in Switzerland. This includes international commercial arbitrations for Swiss based energy clients, trade finance transactions with Swiss banks and for Swiss corporates, and the enforcement of arbitral awards and commercial court judgments against Swiss-located assets. We have also had experience of enforcing worldwide freezing orders against Swiss companies, or companies with assets located in Switzerland.

Although driven by the energy trade and commodities sector, the affiliation allows us to better serve our international clientele in fields such as the financial services, real estate, and general commercial litigation and arbitration.

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