Jeremy Lack

Middle Temple

Jeremy Lack is a partner with Etude ALTENBURGER in Geneva, Switzerland. He qualified as an English barrister in 1989 and as a US attorney-at-law in 1990 (New York State, various federal courts, and the US Patent and Trademark Office).

He is also a door tenant with QUADRANT CHAMBERS in London, counsel to PEARL COHEN ZEDEK LATZER LLP in New York, and is an adjunct professor with the UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL in Switzerland. Jeremy specializes in intellectual property, new technologies, life sciences, venture capital, and private equity, and has a broad dispute prevention and resolution practice (including advocacy, arbitration and mediation). He is involved in civil law as well as common law proceedings and works with a wide range of international clients, particularly on cross-border disputes. He worked as in-house counsel for BECTON DICKINSON & CO, MEDABIOTECH and NOVIMMUNE and served on the boards of several start-up companies.

Jeremy has been accredited by several mediation institutions in Europe and the USA (including IMI, WIPO, INTA, SCCM, CMAP, CEDR, IPOS). He also serves on several ADR committees, including the Independent Standards Committee of IMI, as Co-Chair of the ABA Dispute Resolution Section's International Committee, CPR's European Advisory Boars, CIArb's Mediation Practices and Standards Subcommittee, SCCM's Regional Committee for Western Switzerland, the Geneva Chamber of Commerce's Advisory Council and the Board of Directors of GNII. He has Swiss, British, Israeli and US citizenship, and lives with his wife and two daughters in Geneva. For further information, please see http://www.altenburger.ch/en/team/employees/lawyers-geneva/lack-jeremy

Academic Qualifications

MA (Oxon), Lincoln College, Oxford (Jurisprudence and Physiological Sciences)
Graduate diplomas in Competition Law and Comparative law of Copyrights from Kings College, London

Other qualifications

2003: Geneva Bar (admitted as a foreign EU Attorney)
1991: United States Patent and Trademark Office (Reg. No. 35,813)
1990: US Federal Courts: EDNY, SDNY, NDNY, CAFC
1990: US New York Supreme Court (1st Dept.)

Appointments

Co-Chair of the International Committee of the American Bar Association (ABA)'s Dispute Resolution Section

Member of the Independent Standards Committee of the International Mediation Institute (IMI)

Member of the Mediation Sub-Committee of the Practices and Standards Committee of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)

Member of the European Advisory Committee of the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR)

Advisor to the Geneva Chamber of Commerce on mediation issues, and member of the Advisory Council for the Swiss Rules of

Commercial Mediation of the Swiss Chambers of Commerce and Industry

Member of the Executive Committee of the Section of International Lawyers of the Ordre des Avocats de Genève (ODAGE)

Languages

English, French, Spanish, Hebrew
(Conversational Italian and German)

Publications

Recent publications include:

• Finding an International Mediator: Identifying Suitable Candidates to Mediate an International Commercial Dispute (co-written with Michael McIlwrath, Diane Levin, & Giovanni Nicola Giudice), The Peacemaker, Vol. 24, No. 2 February 2010
• The New Swiss Rules of Commercial Mediation of the Swiss Chambers of Commerce and Industry: Possible Links to Arbitration, Müller/Rigozzi (eds.) New Developments in International Commercial Arbitration 2008, Schulthess Editions Romandes 2008, pp. 105-24 (Nov 2008)
• The Interaction Between Arbitration and Mediation: Vision vs. Reality (co-written with Prof. Dr. Renate Dendorfer of Munich, Germany) Dispute Resolution International, May 2007 Vol 1 no 1 (also published in SchiedsVZ 4/2007 - German Arbitration Journal, C.H. Beck Verlag, Munich, pp. 195-205)

Papers delivered

Recent papers presented include:

• March 10, 2010: Presentation to the James Martin 21^st Century School, Oxford University, UK on "Understanding the Mind in Peace Negotiations: The Neurobiology of Conflict and New Approaches to Dispute Prevention and Resolution"
• March 4, 2010: Presentation to the European Court of Arbitration in Milan, Italy on "The Neurobiology of Conflict: Understanding Procedural Choices"
• February 11, 2010: Presentation at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris, France on "Mediation in Practice: Tools & Tips on Selecting an Institution & Mediator"
• October 29, 2009: Presentation to the 3rd International Conference by the Scientific & Methodological Center for Mediation & Law in Moscow, Russia on "Hybrid Vigour and the Growing Use Of Combined ADR Processes for Cross-Border Disputes"
• October 8, 2009: Presentation to the International Bar Association in Madrid, Spain on "Breakthroughs in the Neurobiology of Conflict and Negotiation"
• June 1, 2009: Presentation to the Croatian Bar Association in Zagreb, Croatia on "Negotiation and Mediation -- A Threat Or a Business Niche for Lawyers? Adapt or perish! The Importance of ADR for the Future of the Legal Profession"

Memberships

ABA, ODAGE, ASA, IMI, CPR, SCCM, CEDR, CMAP, INTA, LES, CIArb

In-house experience

• Director and General Counsel of Medabiotech SA (CH) 1998-2003)
• CEO and General Counsel of NovImmune SA (CH) 1999-2001
• International Attorney and European Intellectual Property Counsel for Becton Dickinson, Inc. (US) 1995-98

Pro-Bono

The International Mediation Institute (IMI), The Hague, NL

Director of the International School of Geneva (ECOLINT), Switzerland

Personal

British, Swiss, Israeli and US citizenships

Married with 2 children

Mediator Accreditations

• International Mediation Institute (IMI), NL
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the United Nations
• The Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) UK
• Le Centre de Médiation et d'Arbitrage de Paris (CMAP), France
• The Swiss Chamber of Commercial Mediation (SCCM), Switzerland
• The International Trademark Association (INTA), USA
• The "Grand Conseil" of the State of Geneva, Switzerland
• In Place of Strife (IPOS), UK
• Global InterMediation, USA
• The Chamber of Commerce of Milan, Italy