Practice areas
Practice areas
A generalist Geneva attorney at the Bar since 2012, Maître von Flüe works across seven core columns — family law (divorce, custody, maintenance, incl. cross-border), successions, Swiss immigration (LEI), social insurance (LAI & LPC), employment, adult and child protection, and criminal law — serving Swiss residents, expatriates and Swiss-French frontaliers in French, English and Spanish.
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Adult & child protection
Adult and child protection — the TPAE in Geneva
Anticipated mandate, advance health directives, graduated curatorship measures, placement in institutions — CC arts. 360-456. Procedure before the TPAE Geneva.
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Cross-border family
Binational custody and joint custody
Joint custody, sole custody, alternating residence and visitation rights for binational and frontalier families in Geneva — Swiss Civil Code 296-298a, Hague Convention 1996.
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Family law
Criminal law — criminal complaint, plaintiff representation, defence in Geneva
Criminal law in Geneva: criminal complaint, plaintiff representation, domestic violence, child non-return, default on maintenance (CP arts. 217-220), defence before the Public Prosecutor.
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Cross-border family
Cross-border divorce (Swiss-French)
Binational, frontalier and expat divorce in Geneva: jurisdiction (LDIP / Brussels IIb), applicable law, choice of forum, enforcement of judgments abroad.
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Cross-border family
Cross-border maintenance (CH-FR-EU)
Cross-border child and spousal maintenance: calculation under Swiss law, recognition and enforcement under the Lugano Convention, recovery via the Aripa and SCARPA.
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Social insurance
Disability insurance (AI) — pension, rehabilitation, appeals
Filing an AI pension claim, navigating the OAI Geneva, contesting medical expert reports, calculating the degree of disability, appealing to the TAPI and the Federal Tribunal.
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Employment
Employment law — Geneva Labour Court (Prud'hommes)
Wrongful dismissal, summary dismissal, unpaid wages, overtime, work certificate, harassment, non-compete clauses — CO arts. 319-362. Procedure before the Geneva Prud'hommes.
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Family law
Family law — general practice
General family law practice in Geneva: parental authority, child protection, marital protection measures, paternity, filiation, adult and child guardianship — Maître Andrea von Flüe.
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Cross-border family
Foreign-judgment recognition (exequatur)
Recognition and enforcement in Switzerland of foreign judgments — Lugano Convention, LDIP art. 25 ss, Hague Convention 1970 on divorce — civil, commercial, family.
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Cross-border family
International child abduction (Hague Convention 1980)
Wrongful removal or retention of a child abroad — emergency procedure under the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 and the 1996 Convention. Action within 24-48 hours.
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Family law
Joint custody and shared physical care
Joint parental authority, alternating physical custody, primary-residence arrangements — Swiss Civil Code arts. 296-298a. Maître Andrea von Flüe, Geneva.
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Family law
Judicial divorce in Geneva
Divorce in Geneva — joint or unilateral petition, procedure before the Court of First Instance, legal effects, agreement, final judgment. Swiss Civil Code arts. 111-149. Maître Andrea von Flüe.
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Family law
Maintenance (alimony)
Calculation, modification and enforcement of child and spousal maintenance under Swiss law — Federal Supreme Court two-step method (BGE 144 III 481, ATF 147 III 265). Maître Andrea von Flüe.
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Family law
Marital protection measures (MPUC) — Geneva
Marital protection measures before the Family Chamber of the Court of First Instance: living separately, custody, maintenance, attribution of the family home — CC arts. 172-179.
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Family law
Marriage annulment — CC arts. 104-109
Conditions and procedure for marriage annulment in Switzerland: defective consent, forced marriage, marriage of convenience, incapacity. Distinct from divorce.
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Family law
Negotiation and family mediation
Family mediation, structured negotiation, divorce convention drafting, out-of-court settlement — Swiss CPC arts. 213-218 mediation framework. Geneva.
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Immigration
Residence permits and Swiss immigration law (LEI)
Residence permits B, C, L, G — family reunification, retention of permit after divorce (art. 50 LEI), opposition and appeals before the OCPM and TAPI. Maître Andrea von Flüe, Geneva.
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Family law
Second-pillar (LPP) split on divorce — CC arts. 122-124e
Equal split of occupational pension assets accumulated during the marriage on divorce — calculation, exceptions, refusal, modification. Distinct from matrimonial property liquidation.
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Successions
Successions and inheritance law in Geneva
Wills, forced heirship, disclaimer, public inventory, estate division — CC arts. 457 ss, LDIP arts. 86-96 for international successions. Maître Andrea von Flüe.
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Social insurance
Supplementary benefits (PC) — AVS/AI complement in Geneva
Supplementary benefits for AVS and AI pensioners whose income falls below the subsistence minimum — conditions, calculation, divestment rules, estate-recovery reform 2021.
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Family law
Uncontested divorce (joint petition) — CC arts. 111-112
Joint-petition divorce in Geneva — comprehensive agreement, ratification by the Court of First Instance, accelerated 4 to 9 month timeline. CC arts. 111-112.
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Family law
Visitation rights (personal relations) — CC arts. 273-275a
Setting, modifying and enforcing visitation rights in Geneva — standard scope, supervised visits at the Point Rencontre, grandparents' rights, restrictions and suspensions.
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First consultation
A question about your situation? A first 30-minute consultation costs CHF 50 — at the office or by phone.