Profile
Marie-Noëlle Zen-Ruffinen specializes in corporate and commercial law and is a recognized expert in corporate governance. She also regularly advises on early termination of commercial contracts. She is part-time Professor at the University of Geneva, School of Economics and Management, and co-founded the Swiss Board Institute. She is also a non-executive member of the board of directors of several listed and non-listed companies. She is the author/co-author of numerous publications, including the reference book Le Conseil d’administration and is regularly invited as a speaker on corporate governance matters.
Practice Areas
Experience
Marie-Noëlle Zen-Ruffinen has extensive knowledge and experience in corporate law and corporate governance. Recent experience includes in particular the review, as a member of an expert panel, of the governance of a large group (circa 100’000 FTE), the setting up of a family governance, the review of the remuneration structure and policy and the employment contracts for members of the management.
- L’augmentation de capital dans la société anonyme (art. 650 à 653i CO) in : Tercier/Amstutz/Trigo Trindade (edit.), Code des obligations II – Commentaire Romand, 3rd ed., Geneva et al. 2023
- Le contrat de vente mobilière (art. 184-215 CO et art. 222-225 CO) in: Luc Thévenoz/Franz Werro (éd.), Commentaire romand du Code des obligations I, 3rd ed., Geneva et al. 2021
- Die Rolle des Verwaltungsrats in Zeiten der COVID-19 Pandemie in: Schweizerische Juristen-Zeitung (SJZ) online, April 2020
- Guide pratique du conseil d’administration: Outils et modèles pour une gestion efficace Zurich et al. 2018
- Le conseil d’administration 2nd ed. Geneva et al. 2017
- Best efforts clauses in Swiss law in : Concerto arbitral en trois mouvements pour Pierre Tercier, Mélanges en l’honneur du Professeur Pierre Tercier, Geneva et al. 2013
- Le contrat de prêt in: Recueil de contrats commerciaux, Basel 2013 (with Marie-Noëlle Zen-Ruffinen)
- Transferring real estate into trust in: STEP Journal, 2011
- Indemnité pour la clientèle: bonne affaire pour les distributeurs? in: Rita Trigo Trindade/Henry Peter/Christian Bovet (éd.), Economie Environnement Ethique, De la responsabilité sociale et sociétale, Liber Amicorum Anne Petitpierre-Sauvain, Geneva et al. 2009, p. 423 ss
- Lex Koller et Trusts in : AJP/PJA 9/2009 1123 ss
- La résiliation pour justes motifs des contrats de durée Thèse Fribourg 2007
- Merger Law/Loi sur la fusion/Fusionsgesetz/Legge sulla fusione Geneva et al. 2005
- Cultural Property Transfer/Transfert des biens culturels/Trasferimento dei beni cultura-le/Kulturgütertransfer Geneva et al. 2005
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