Oriana Jubin specialises in family law, cohabitation and inheritance law.
After obtaining her law degree, Oriana Jubin completed a master’s degree (LL.M) in international humanitarian law and human rights. She then worked at the University of Geneva's Faculty of Law in the Civil Law Department as a research and teaching assistant in family and inheritance law, estate planning and sports law.
Oriana Jubin decided to focus on the legal issues involved in cohabitation and, more specifically, the lack of legal status for unmarried couples – the subject of her doctoral thesis.
Dr Jubin went on to become an associate in a law firm specialising in family law before co-founding ONLEGAL and then JG Partners.
Her academic experience and legal practice have enabled her to develop cutting-edge expertise in her chosen fields. Widely recognised for her expertise, Dr Jubin is regularly instructed by other lawyers to provide legal opinions in connection with Swiss and foreign proceedings. She is also called upon by her peers to collaborate on complex cases.
Oriana Jubin provides her clients with a human approach to family law issues such as separation, divorce, inheritance, estate planning and related matters. No matter the complexity of a case, Dr Jubin’s technical expertise enables her to offer her clients tailored advice and thus highly effective representation.
EXPERIENCES
- Partner at JG Partners (December 2024)
- Co-founder of the law firm ONLEGAL (2021)
- Associate lawyer, Geneva (2018-2021)
- Bar exam, Geneva (2018)
- Trainee lawyer, Geneva (2016-2021)
- Doctorate in Law (PhD), magna cum laude, University of Geneva (2016)
- Certificate of Advanced Studies in Legal Professions, Geneva (2014)
- Research and teaching assistant, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva (2009-2016)
- Master of Advanced Studies in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (LL.M.), Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Geneva (2008)
- Law degree, University of Geneva (2006)
Gilles Giacca specialises in national and international litigation, with fifteen years’ experience in institutional, diplomatic and judicial circles. He practises law in civil, criminal and administrative matters.
His practice focuses on criminal law and economic crime (for victims and alleged perpetrators of offences), international mutual assistance in criminal and administrative matters, contract law, debt collection and bankruptcy law, immigration law, the law of associations (in particular for non-governmental organisations), as well as the protection of fundamental rights.
Dr Giacca studied law at universities in Geneva and Fribourg. After obtaining his doctorate from the University of Geneva, he worked as a research and teaching fellow at Oxford University’s famed Law School. He then worked for international organisations, particularly in the field of new technologies and cybersecurity, before joining a Geneva-based law firm specialising in international arbitration. He worked as a law clerk at the Criminal Court of the Canton of Geneva while completing his training in criminal law and prosecution.
Gilles Giacca is the author of numerous books and articles on legal doctrine.
EXPERIENCES
- Partner at JG Partners (December 2024)
- CAS in criminal law and prosecution, Neuchâtel (2024)
- Law clerk at the Criminal Court of the Canton of Geneva (2021-2024)
- Associate in international commercial arbitration, Geneva (2020-2021)
- Admitted to the Geneva Bar (2018)
- Legal Adviser, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Legal Division, Geneva (2013-2017)
- Research Fellow and Coordinator of the Human Rights Programme, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford (2011-2013)
- Doctorate in law (PhD), University of Geneva, Francis Lieber Prize (2012)
- Research and teaching assistant, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva (2007-2012)
- LL.M. in International Law, School of Law, University of Essex (2006)
PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCES
"Positive Obligations of the Occupying Power: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory" Human Rights Law Review (OUP), 2020
"Et si le droit suisse affirmait pleinement sa primauté sur le droit international ? Implications juridiques et analyse critique d’un éventuel changement de paradigme", Revue de droit international et de droit comparé, no. 4, 2018, pp. 653-696
The Arms Trade Treaty: A Commentary, Oxford University Press, 2016 (co-rédigé avec A. Clapham and S. Casey-Maslen)
"Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Armed Conflict, Monograph in International Law Series, Oxford University Press, 2015. Prix Francis Lieber Prize, décerné à Washington D.C. par l’American Society of International Law
"From ‘Killer Robots’ to Military Enhancement: Ethics, law, and design for robotic weapons systems’, Oxford University Martin School Policy Paper, 2014
"Principle 25 on Peace, Development and Environmental Protection" in Jorge E. Viñuales (ed.) The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development: A Commentary, Oxford University Press, 2014
"Commentary on Article 68 of the United Nations Charter", in Bruno Simma (ed.), The Charter of the United Nations - A Commentary, 3rd edn, Oxford University Press, 2012
"International law and armed non-State actors in Afghanistan", International Review of the Red Cross, Cambridge University Press, Vol. 93, No. 881, 2011
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