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Manon Berney

Of Counsel

mberney@wg-avocats.ch
+41 21 711 71 00

About

Manon Berney is currently living in Quebec (Canada), where she works as a lawyer for a company specialized in wealth management, Gestion de Patrimoine Blue Bridge Inc. She remains in regular contact with Wilhelm Avocats.

On December 2017, Manon Berney obtained the Bar exam from the Montreal Bar Association. She was admitted to the Bar of Quebec in August 2018.

She has also an LL.M. in Business Law from the Laval University. She was a trainee attorney-at-law at Wilhelm Avocats from 2014 until 2015 and has a complete training in Swiss law, which she still practices daily.

She practiced as an independent lawyer in New York City and has worked for the legal department of Brooklyn, NYC. She practices in French and English. She is active in business law, corporate law and trust law, focusing her practice in finance and securities law.

Qualifications, training and professional experience

01.08.2018

Attorney-at law. Member of the Quebec bar.

2017

Bar exam, Bar law school, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

From 01.06.2015

Of Counsel, Wilhelm Gilliéron Avocats

2015

LL.M. in Business Law, Laval University, Quebec, Canada

2014 - 2015

Attorney-at-law, Wilhelm Gilliéron Avocats, Lausanne

2014

Voluntary pro bono lawyer at Brooklyn Legal Services, Housing Law Unit, New York City, USA

2013 - 2014

Voluntary pro bono lawyer at Bushwick Housing Independence Project, Brooklyn, New York City, USA

2012 - 2013

Clerk at the Civil Court of Geneva, Switzerland

From 2012

Voluntary pro bono lawyer at ASLOCA, Lausanne, Switzerland

2012

Master in Law, University of Lausanne Law School, Switzerland

2009

Bachelor in Law, University of Lausanne Law School, Switzerland

Languages

French, English, German, Spanish