Patrick MOUTTET
Patrick spent about 27 years at the service of various banks, as legal officer, head of legal departments as well as delegated officer, allowing him to build up a considerable expertise in banking, financial as well commercial law. He thus acquired an extensive background in advisory as well in litigations matters (civil, criminal and administrative), in Switzerland and abroad.
His professional skills allowed him to develop a large Swiss and international network, he makes available to his clients, private as well as institutional.
Patrick appreciates sharing his know how and experiences in the context of the associative and political worlds.
DownloadCurriculum Vitae
1985
Bar admission
Current position:
as of 2021
ATHENA Avocats | Attorneys-at-Law, founding partner
Past positions:
2010 - 2021
Mentha, Geneva - partner
2006 - 2009
LC.CH Legal.Compliance.CH, Borex - Legal and compliance advisor
2003 - 2006
BNP Paribas Private Banking (Switzerland) SA, Geneva - Head of Legal and Member of the Direction
1997 - 2003
Credit Suisse, Geneva - Head of Legal Suisse romande
1985 - 1996
Swiss Volksbank, Bern - Head of Legal Suisse romande and Ticino (1996-199), Legal advisor
1985
Council of Europe, Bundesjustizministerium, Bonn, Germany / Ministero di Grazia & Giustizia, Rome, Italy
1982 - 1985
Trainee, Canton of Jura (law firm Christe, Delémont, District and Cantonal Courts, Public Administration)
Areas of expertise:
Banking and Finance law (public and private law)
Business law
Contract law
Criminal business law
Education:
Bachelor in Law, Geneva University, 1982
Other para-professional activities:
Member of the Board of Foundation Actions for the Environment (Stiftung Umwelt-Einsatz) Schweiz, Thoune
Vice-President, Appeal Commission for the 1st League, Swiss Football Association
Languages:
French, German, Italian, English
Affiliations:
Geneva Bar Association (OdA)
Swiss Bar Association (SAV/FSA)
Geneva Business Law Association (AGDA)
Member of the Board, Association of International Business Lawyers (AIBL)
Compliance officers' Group Suisse Romande and Ticino (GCO)
Geneva Society of Law and Legislation (SGDL)
Swiss Society for Criminal Law (SSDP)
Publications/Conferences:
Le secret bancaire a-t-il encore un avenir ? Approche d’un praticien, Revue Economique et Sociale, Bulletin de la Société d’Etudes
économiques et sociales, Lausanne, Nr. 1, March 2002
Encadrement des relations banques/gérants : quels changements après l’entrée en vigueur de LEFin/LSFin ? Comment organiser
contractuellement les relations entre les banques et les gestionnaires de fortune indépendants (GFI), Genève (2020)
Encadrement des relations banques/gérants, Identification des bénéficiaires économiques et des risques, Genève (2019)
Update in banking and financial law, (en collaboration avec Me Sébastien Micotti, Cité Gestion SA), Genève (2019)
Services bancaires digitalisés : fraudes et risques de responsabilité, Genève (2019)
Encadrement des relations gérants/banques, Comment organiser contractuellement les relations entre les banques et les gérants
indépendants ? Genève (2018)
Risk Management et place financière suisse : récentes évolutions législatives, Paris/Genève (2006)
Quelle coordination mettre en place entre l’Audit interne, le juridique, le risk management et les conseils externes ?
Eclairage
quant à la réglementation bancaire suisse, Paris (2004)
Compliance 2002: Identifier les interdépendances entre les services juridique, Audit et Contrôle interne, Paris (2002)
Réformes de la lutte contre le blanchiment : Intégrez les dernières réglementations sur le secret bancaire et la
déclaration de soupçon, Paris (2001)
Lutte contre le blanchiment et levée du secret bancaire, Genève (2000)
Blanchiment, concilier secret bancaire et obligations légales, Paris (2000)
Lutte anti-blanchiment, Expériences, Séminaire Suisse-Roumanie, Police Cantonale Genevoise, Carouge (2000)