2015-2024: Partner at Borel & Barbey
Borel & Barbey
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- Veröffentlicht:07 Juli 2025
- Vertragsart:Festanstellung
- Arbeitsort:Zurich
Job-Zusammenfassung
Borel & Barbey verbindet Tradition mit Zukunftsvisionen.
Aufgaben
- Verantwortung für die strategische Ausrichtung der Kanzlei.
- Förderung organischen Wachstums und Anpassung an Veränderungen.
- Aufbau starker Beziehungen zu Klienten und Partnern.
Fähigkeiten
- Langjährige Erfahrung in der Rechtsberatung erforderlich.
- Exzellente Kommunikations- und Führungsfähigkeiten.
- Technisches Know-how und interkulturelle Kompetenz.
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Borel & Barbey: balancing
future and tradition
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Amongst Switzerland's most distinctive characteristics, there's the fact that each major city hosts a unique business ecosystem, providing different access points to international routes. The case of Borel & Barbey, a firm based solely in Geneva since 1907, yet active internationally, is a concrete personification of that trait. Once an associate and partner at the firm, since January 2025 Luca Bozzo has joined Borel & Barbey's managing partnership lineup. "More pressure, more responsibilities, more support to other partners" - that's what changed for him at first glance. Beyond those aspects though, there's much more to discover. You're the third and latest appointed managing partner at the firm. Could you please tell us which aspects are shared between the three of you and which are specific to your work? We work together on most tasks, so there is no a priori or specifically defined allocation of responsibilities. My two co-managing partners are Marc Fischer and Nicolas Killen, who both go back a long time in the role. Our responsibilities are somehow in continuity of what we previously experienced throughout our careers. BOREL & BARBEY'S OFFICES IN GENEVA | 41 |
"We prefer to grow organically and conservatively, avoiding trends that we don't believe represent lasting developments" As the newest managing partner, I am the one promoting different perspectives and pushing for changes, but also the one with the least experience. On that note, our firm never considered disruption as something necessary, yet we do our very best to always adapt and evolve. Over the last 20 years, we have managed to stay upon all standards. We do embrace progress and technological advances but not blindly or for the sake of following trends. freedom in choosing the specialists we collaborate with. We're not tied to any larger structure or firm that might impose specific choices on us.
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- This independence is a deliberate decision on our part. no shortage of capable and Based on this model, it seems like lateral hires skilled young for the partnership would not fit the firm's wider strategic approach, is that the case?
That's correct: while we don't typically consider lateral hires for partnership positions, we do engage in lateral hiring for certain senior roles. In such cases, advancement to partnership remains contingent on the lawyer demonstrating strong Borel & Barbey is synonymous with Geneva: technical expertise, substantial experience, what unique and specific opportunities does and importantly, exceptional interpersonal and this city create for a law firm? What limits, if leadership skills. any, are posed by it? We are indeed deeply rooted in Geneva, a small Speaking of the next generation at the firm, city, but full ofpotential. Here, we do have access are you seeing any peculiar shift in mentality to a wealth of interesting cooperation opportuamong your younger associates? nities, as well as a concentration of promising The new generation is often described as probleindividuals. Of course, with that comes along matic, because, as a matter of principle, more conquite intense competition. Now, how do we cerned about work-life balance. While I think it handle this? First and foremost, we always try to is a clear trend, at Borel & Barbey we don't see it work with our specialists in the different fields as a negative one. 30 years ago there were just no to assist and advise our clients -companies and limits: if you wanted to be a lawyer - so they said individuals. When advising on matters with a - the first five to seven years of your career, you wider or international dimension, which is often had to sacrifice your private life. That's clearly sothe case, we partner with other firms based in mething that the new generation does not accept Switzerland or abroad. The fact that our physical anymore. Notwithstanding such change, we can presence is strictly limited to Geneva provides us definitely say there's no shortage of capable and with a distinct advantage: it grants us complete skilled young lawyers out there. LUCA BOZZO'S PROFESSIONAL TIMELINE Since 2025: Managing Partner at Borel & Barbey
- 2015-2024: Partner at Borel & Barbey
- 2011 - 2014: Associate at Borel & Barbey
- 2007 - 2010: Associate at Lenz & Staehelin Zurich
- 2007: Geneva Bar
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You transitioned to managing partnership in 2025, amid a moment of economic instability. Has that impacted any of your strategic decisions for the firm? As a partnership, we have never evolved based on trends. When we decide to allocate more resources to a certain department, it means we have strong feeling and data showing the need for that change. We do tend to make these decisions more carefully than some of our competitors. So while we might not capture the same immediate value from positive trends, we will also take on fewer risks in case of a downturn. As a consequence, our business model won't "explode" upwards in case of an excessively good economic environment, though we would certainly benefit from it nonetheless. That's also true on the flip side of the coin, when we can better absorb an economic downturn. We prefer to grow organically and conservatively, avoiding trends that we don't believe represent lasting developments. Throughout your career, you supported companies of all sizes and typologies. To what extent do you rely on versatility as a tool to navigate the responsibilities of a managing partner? Just like my fellow managing partners, I had the luck to be in very close contact with bright and skilled clients and to participate in a lot of business ventures. I do believe that this is helpful, however the most important aspect of that experience is the personal and human side, even more than the technical one. For sure, having the opportunity to work on different business transactions and evolve in a business environment gives you a certain degree of flexibility. Borel & Barbey was founded in 1907. How do you ensure that the firm's original values are maintained while still being up to date with the market's evolution? Over the last 20 years, we have undergone a major shift towards a more technical approach. Today, lawyers must be specialised, there's no way around it. As a firm, we've done our very best to embrace this change without detaching from 31
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