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Christian Lüscher
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Christian Lüscher, LL.M.

Attorney at Law

Languages
  • French
  • English
  • German

Christian Lüscher focuses primarily on litigation, economic and financial criminal law, banking law, construction law and tenancy law.

Admitted to the Geneva Bar in 1990, he went on to earn a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Tulane Law School in the United States in 1991. He founded his own firm in 1994 and became a partner at ZPG in 2005, which later merged with CMS in 2014.

Christian Lüscher was vice-president of the PLR (Liberal-Radical Party) from 2012 to 2020. He was a member of the Geneva Grand Council before joining the National Council from 2007 to 2023, where he was a member of the Legal Affairs Committee and Chairman of the Economics and Taxation Committee. He was the French-speaking rapporteur for the adoption of the Code of Civil Procedure in 2008 and for its revision in 2022-2023.

Christian Lüscher has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of Geneva International Airport (AIG) since February 2024.

Publications

  • Christian Lüscher-David Hofmann, Le Code de procédure civile, 3rd edition, Stämpfli, Berne 2023
  • L'accès facilité à la justice dans le CPC révisé, Revue de l'avocat/Anwaltrevue 5/2023 p. 204-208
  • Christian Lüscher-David Hofmann, Le Code de procédure civile, 2nd edition, Stämpfli, Berne 2015
  • Christian Lüscher-David Hofmann, La procédure ordinaire dans le Code de procédure civile, Revue de l’avocat/Anwaltsrevue 6-7/2010 p. 261-264
  • Christian Lüscher-David Hofmann, Le Code de procédure civile, Stämpfli, 2009

Lectures list

  • Lecture "Code de procédure civile: questions choisies" (with David Hofmann and Baptiste Hurni):
    • 13 January 2025, in Lausanne, organised by the Vaud Bar Association
    • 14 January 2025, in Delémont, organised by the Valais Bar Association
    • 21 January 2025, in Sierre, organised by the Valais Bar Association
    • 30 January 2025, in Neuchâtel, organised by the Neuchâtel Bar Association
    • 10 February 2025 in Geneva, organised by the Geneva Young Bar Association
    • 19 May 2025, in Fribourg, organised by the Fribourg Bar Association
Practice Areas

Further reading

  • Dispute Resolution

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