Emilie Kohler

Collaborator

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After obtaining a Bachelor's degree (University of Lausanne) and a Master's degree in Swiss law (University of Berne), she worked as an assistant at the University of Lausanne on courses in judicial organization and procedures and legal methodology, while writing her doctoral thesis on the influences of European law on the interpretation of Swiss law.  

She subsequently qualified as a lawyer and worked as an associate in a Lausanne law firm before joining the legal affairs department of the University of Geneva for just over five years. There, she acquired extensive experience in labor law, civil service law and intellectual property law. 

She joined the firm in June 2023. 

Emilie Kohler practices in French, English and German.

 

 

  • Main areas of practice
    Contracts Employment law Intellectual Property
  • Experience
    • Associate, Kasser Schlosser avocats (2023)
    • Senior legal officer in the legal affairs department of the University of Geneva (2017-2023)
    • Associate, CBWM & Associés (2016-2017)
    • Trainee, CBWM & Associés (2014-2016)
    • Graduate Assistant, Center for Private Law, Faculty of Law, Criminal Sciences and Public Administration, University of Lausanne (2009-2014)
    • Ad hoc clerk, Justice de paix du district de la Riviera-Pays-d’Enhaut (2012-2014)
  • Languages
    • French
    • English
    • German
  • Education
    • Bar admission (2016)
    • University Bern, Doctorate (2015)
    • University Bern, MLaw (2009)
    • University Lausanne, BLaw (2007)
  • Publications

    L'observation de la jurisprudence de la Cour de justice de l'Union européenne par les tribunaux suisses dans le cadre de l'interprétation des accords bilatéraux, in : L'influence du droit de l'Union européenne et de la Convention européenne des droits de l'homme sur le droit suisse
    In : L’influence du droit de l’Union européenne et de la Conve3ntion européenne des droits de l’homme sur le droit suisse, V. Boillet et al. (éd.), Genève, 2016, p. 267-284.

    Le rôle du droit de l'Union européenne dans l'interprétation du droit suisse
    Thèse, Berne, 2015.

    Le droit européen à l'aide de l'interprétation du droit suisse
    In : Die Europakompatibilität des schweizerischen Wirtschaftsrechts, Th. Cottier (éd.), Bâle, 2012, p. 41-57.