Mercato: Laurent Contat joins Penalex Avocats. Welcome Master!

After more than 12 years with the Public Prosecutor’s Office, this talented criminal prosecution specialist

ACAB in Vaud: Will the gendarmes be eaten with hunter sauce?

Is an association personally and directly affected by comments made about a large group of

A day at Penalex Avocats

Have you always wanted to meet the lawyers and specialists at Penalex Avocats SA but

Survey of Switzerland’s top law firms: Penalex for better, against the worst … and among the best!

Once again this year, Penalex Avocats SA ranks among Switzerland’s top law firms in the

Congratulations to Sara Casimiro on being admitted to the bar

The entire team at Penalex Avocats SA would like to congratulate Sara Casimiro, a former

Does the exercise of the right to silence give rise to circumstances incriminating the accused?

In a legal system based on the presumption of innocence, where the onus is on

Criminal law and artificial intelligence

Some technological developments are meteoric, constantly reshaping our behavior and our relationship with the world,

Can the lawyer’s writings be used to convict his client for defamation?

This is a ruling from last summer, but so important to practitioners that it is

Training and education: Maîtres Filliez-Bonnard and Tirelli speak at the FVO’s continuing education seminar

At Penalex Avocats, we are always keen to train ourselves to remain at the forefront

Variable geometry of illicit evidence … or the exploitation of inoperable evidence?

In a ruling 1B_595/2022 In its decision of December 23, 2022, which was not intended

In 2023, we will also be listening to you… but to better defend you!

The entire team of Penalex Avocats SA wishes you a happy new year and a

Congratulations to Mr. Brühlart for winning the first prize in the International Bar Association’s public speaking competition

We are very proud of Mr. Guillaume Brühlart, one of our brilliant trainee lawyers who

Maudet affair or the guilty “malaise

The Federal Court has ruled. The Public Prosecutor’s Office appeal against the judgment acquitting former

Cybercrime and investigation strategies: which law to choose when the offender is in Côte d’Ivoire?

In cybercrime cases, there is often more than one applicable law, depending on whether one

Lawyers bugged… Hello Earth?!

The respect of the professional secrecy between the lawyer and his client is one of

Police control: Can I refuse to blow in the balloon?

This recurring question is related to the principle that everyone has the right not to

The accused acquitted, but ordered to pay compensation?

In a decision to be published 6B_1310/2021 of 15 August 2021 the Federal Supreme Court

Penalex Avocats at the Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime

Economic crime and cybercrime know no borders. This is why Penalex Avocats SA was present

The validity of a waiver to file a complaint

In a decision not intended for publication (1B_694/2021 of August 8, 2022), the Federal Court

Me Silvant publishes on the criminal liability of companies for environmental offences

We are proud to announce that the research of Me Marc Silvant, trainee lawyer at