Registered with the Geneva bar

French, English, Russian, German

• New York bar (1986)
  
• Master in Comparative Jurisprudence (M.C.J.), New York University (1985)
  
• Attorney at law, Geneva (1983)
  
• Lic. iur, University of Geneva (1980)

• Joined ALTENBURGER in 2011, as Partner
• Member of the Panel of Experts of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
• Establishment of Swiss-Russian law firm Secretan Troyanov Schaer in Moscow (1992), Chairman of the Board
• Secretan Troyanov, Attorneys-at-law, Geneva and Moscow (1986 - 2010)
• Kelley Drye & Warren, Attorneys-at-law, New York, associate (1985 - 1986)
• Lenz & Staehelin, Attorneys-at-law, Geneva, associate (1981 - 1984)
• Bank Gebrüder Gutmann, Vienna, trainee (1981)
• University of Vienna, Austria, Law Faculty, Assistant to Prof. Fritz Schönherr, commercial law (1980 - 1981)

• Geneva Bar Association (OdA)
• Swiss Bar Association (FSA)
  
• Association of International Business Lawyers (AIBL)
  
• International Bar Association  (IBA)
  
• Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA)
  
• Swiss-Russian Chamber of Commerce, member of the Committee