Paul Michel is one of the founding partners of STUDIO LEGAL. His preferred areas are employment law, social insurance, immigration law, and civil procedure. He also advises on commercial law and artificial intelligence. He supports companies in all personnel management challenges and civil and administrative disputes.
He has solid experience in complex employment law, restructuring (acquisition, mass layoffs, etc.), end-of-employment negotiations, and intragroup remuneration systems. His advice is strengthened by his expertise in social insurance and immigration law.
Paul is also regularly retained by private individuals and high-net-worth families in Switzerland and abroad regarding all aspects of staff management.
He is further specialized in civil and administrative litigation, representing companies and pension funds in proceedings across French-speaking Switzerland and before federal courts.
Paul is a laureate of several rhetoric competitions, including the prestigious Nançoz competition.
Languages
- French
- English
Education
- Admission to the Geneva Bar, 2017
- Certificate of advanced studies in legal professions (ECAV), University of Geneva, 2015
- Master of Law, Universities of Geneva and Basel, 2015
- Bachelor in International Relations, University of Geneva, 2013
- Certificate, Philosophy, Theology and Anthropology, 2009
Career
- STUDIO LEGAL, partner (2023)
- Lenz & Staehelin, attorney-at-law (2020-2023)
- Eversheds Sutherland, lawyer (2017-2020)
- Industrial Tribunal, law clerk (2016-2017)
- FBT Avocats SA, trainee lawyer (2015-2017)
- Swiss Mission to the UN and other international organizations (2009-2014)
Affiliations
- Geneva Bar Association
- Member of the ODAGE Civil Law Commission
- Member of the ODAGE Social Insurance Forum
- Swiss Bar Association (FSA)
- Member of the Legal and Tax Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce France-Switzerland
Publications
- L’indemnisation de la perte de gain maladie à la fin des rapports de travail, Sara Rousselle-Ruffieux and Paul Michel, Panorama IV en droit du travail, 2023
- Contestation de l’incapacité de travail par l’employeur en procédure, Rayan Houdrouge and Paul Michel, La Revue de l’Avocat, 2021
