Eric W. Fiechter graduated from the Geneva Law School in 1973 and, after one year of postgraduate research at the University of Basle, he obtained his master degree from New York University in 1975. He was admitted to the Geneva Bar in 1977, after having practiced law for one year in New York at Serko & Simon and at what has become Fox Horan & Camerini, LLP. He practiced under the banner of Secretan Troyanov™ since 1979.

 

Eric W. Fiechter practiced in the "Banking and Finance", "Corporate and Commercial" and "Trust and Private Clients" groups of Secretan Troyanov, and works now with Des Gouttes & Associés (www.desgouttes.ch). He advised banks and commercial companies and their stakeholders, sometimes as director, but more frequently as legal counsel. He also has considerable experience in providing estate planning advice to high-net worth individuals.

 

Further, Eric W. Fiechter assists clients in dispute resolution efforts, and is an accredited Mediator since 2002 as well as an experienced arbitrator and counsel in arbitration proceeding (ICC and Swiss Rules).

 

Eric W. Fiechter was Deputy Judge at the Geneva Court of Appeals since 1997. He was reelect twice, but resigned in November 2011, to focus on his move to Singapore to head Secretan Troyanov LLP.

 

He is fluent in French, German (+ Swiss-German) and English, with a working knowledge of Italian and Spanish.