Bettina Abihssira-Aciman

Born in 1987, Bettina graduates with a Bachelor of Laws (’07) and a Master of Laws (’09) from the University of Fribourg. After completing an International Financial Law Certificate Program at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), she obtains an LL.M degree at the University of Pennsylvania Law School (UPenn) along with the Wharton Business and Law Certificate of the Wharton School. From 2010 to 2012, she works as a junior associate for the Firm ZPG Ziegler Poncet Grumbach Carrard Lüscher (which later became CMS) before joining the Firm Canonica Valticos Carnicé & Associés as an associate in 2012. Bettina became a partner of the Firm in July 2016.

Bettina advises and represents her clients in civil and commercial litigation cases. She also regularly assists her clients in criminal matters, especially in white collar crime cases.

Her main areas of practice are civil law (including family law), contracts and white collar crimes.

In parallel to her legal work, Bettina is a practicing mediator (FSM). She is specialized in family mediation and criminal mediation.

She is admitted to the Geneva Bar (2010) and the New York State Bar (2015).

She is a member of the Geneva Bar Association, the Swiss Bar Association, the New York Bar Association and the Swiss Mediators Association.