CV of Eric Fiechter

Eric W. Fiechter graduated from the Geneva Law School in 1973 and, after one year of postgraduate research at the University of Basle, he obtained his master degree from New York University in 1975. He was admitted to the Geneva Bar in 1977, after having practiced law for one year in New York at Serko Simon and at what has become Fox Horan Camerini, LLP. He practiced under the banner of Secretan Troyanov™ from 1979 until 2011.

Eric W. Fiechter practiced in the "Banking and Finance", "Corporate and Commercial" and "Trust and Private Clients" groups of Secretan Troyanov, and has been working with Des Gouttes Associés (www.desgouttes.ch) since 2011.

Eric Fiechter advised banks and commercial companies and their stakeholders, sometimes as director, but more frequently as legal counsel. He is also experienced in providing estate planning advice to high-net worth individuals.

Further, Eric W. Fiechter assisted clients in dispute resolution efforts, and became an accredited mediator in 2002 after having practiced as party appointed arbitrator or co-counsel in arbitration proceeding (under the ICC and Swiss Rules).

Eric W. Fiechter was Deputy Judge at the Geneva Court of Appeals between 1997 and 2011. He was re-elected twice, but resigned in November 2011, to focus on his move to Singapore, where he has been living between November 2012 and December 2023.

Eric Fiechter continued to work as attorney at law with Des Gouttes & Associés (www.desgouttes.ch) for legal work that needed to be done in or out of Geneva, but devoted most of the time to his activities in or out of Singapore before retiring at the end of 2023.

He was fluent in French, German (+ Swiss-German) and English, with a working knowledge of Italian and Spanish.