Sonja Maeder Morvant

Practice Areas

Sonja Maeder Morvant is a partner with Reiser Avocats, in which she heads the white-collar crime and investigation practice. She specializes in white collar crime, mutual judicial assistance matters, corporate investigations, compliance matters, sanctions asset tracing, the law of armed conflicts. She has acted as counsel for both individuals, corporate entities as well as foreign States and notably acts in complex multi-jurisdictional proceedings.

Career

Co-founder of Reiser Avocats since 2020.

Currently also:

Advisory board of Trial International (NGO)

Anti-money laundering controler for the Self-regulatory body of the Swiss Bar Association

Board of directors of the Ports Francs et Entrepôts de Genève

Previously partner with OHER in 2018 and 2019; associate and counsel with Lalive between 2008 to 2018; Legal counsel at the Office of the AG in 2008.

Professional Memberships

Former Co-chair and on the Advisory board of the Business Crime Committee of the IBA

Member of the American Bar Association (ABA), Women’s White Collar Defense Association (WWCDA), the Geneva Bar Association and the Swiss Federation of Lawyers.

Personal

Languages: French; English, German, Italian

LL.M. in Humanitarian Law (2005) and Master degree in Law, University of Geneva and University of Bern (2003)