Josef Alkatout

Lawyers

Josef Alkatout

Head of Family law

Phone 

+41 22 707 18 00

Fax 

+41 22 707 18 11

Languages 

English, French, German

Expertise 

Josef Alkatout is specialized in national and international family law. He advises his clients when entering into settlement agreements as well as during judicial proceedings before cantonal and federal courts. He is also active in matrimonial asset planning, including complex financial prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. Josef Alkatout assists in urgent separation procedures (kidnapping, asset freezing or protection orders) as well as in parental rights disputes.

Practice Areas

Family Law

Education and Professional Experience 

2009 Geneva University/Helsinki University (Master of Laws)
2010 Legal advisor in a multinational company, London and Geneva
2010 Lecturer with different universities
2014 Doctor of Laws, Göttingen University, Germany
2015 Certificate of Advanced Studies in Legal Professions, University of Geneva
2015 Trainee and Attorney-at-law in a law firm in Geneva specialized in Family Law
2017 Geneva Bar
2020 Columbia University, New York (LL.M. ; Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar for Excellent Academic Performance)
2020 New York Bar
2020 Harvard University, Boston (Fellow)
2020 Head of Family Law, Borel & Barbey

Publications 

"Evolution dans le droit de l'entretien : quelles conséquences ?", Tribune de Genève (2021), available online
"Le contrat de mariage et ses limites", Le Temps (2021), available online
"Le Tribunal fédéral redéfinit l'homoparentalité", Le Temps (2021), available online
"Tour de vis sur les contributions d'entretien après divorce", Le Temps (2021), avaiable online
"Le mariage perd de son importance - même en droit de la famille", Focus droit (2021), available online
"Comment divorcer en tant qu'entrepreneur ?", Business Guide 2021 Bilan Magazine, avaible online
"Mit einem Vertrag zur besseren Ehe – Neben der Wahl des Güterstands können Ehegatten zahlreiche weitere Abkommen schliessen", NZZ (2021), available online
"Les contributions d'entretien d'enfant en voie de changement", Le Temps (2021), available online
"Artwork has no « average price » - how Switzerland’s Supreme Court evaluates a divorcing couple’s collection of paintings", Art Law Magazine (2020), available online