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Employment

Switzerland

12 Years Ranked

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Rayan Houdrouge leads the Employment and Pensions practice group of Lenz & Staehelin in Geneva. As an accredited labour law expert (SBA certificate), he advises and represents Swiss and multinational companies as well as international organizations on all employment law matters. He has an extensive experience in executive transfers, employee benefits, compensation packages, work regulations, internal audits and collective procedures such as business transfers and collective dismissals. Rayan Houdrouge is also an accredited social security expert (Swiss federal certificate) and regularly assists clients in matters related to social security and pension funds, including contentious aspects.

His other main area of practice is competition law, and in particular in the context of internal audits, merger control filings and cartel-related investigations.

Career

University of Lausanne (lic iur, 2002), Admission to Geneva Bar (2005), Joined Lenz & Staehelin (2005), New York University School of Law (LLM in Corporate Law, 2007), Partner at Lenz & Staehelin (2014), Certified Specialist SBA Labour Law (2016)

Professional Memberships

President of the UIA Immigration and Nationality Law Commission. Memberships: Geneva Bar Association, Swiss Bar Association, International Bar Association, Union Internationale des avocats

Personal

Languages: English, French, German

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Rayan Houdrouge handles a variety of employment matters, ranging over mass dismissals, internal investigations, disputes and corporate reorganisations.

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