Sofia
Suarez-Blaser

Attorney-at-law

Admitted to the Bar (Fribourg 2014 and Geneva 2016)

Main areas of practice

Sofia Suarez-Blaser assists clients in the areas of criminal law, white-collar crime, international criminal law and international mutual assistance, as well as in contracts and business law matters. She regularly represents clients in both civil and criminal courts. Sofia Suarez-Blaser sits on the Human Rights Committee of the Geneva Bar Association.


Languages

French, English, Italian, Spanish, German


Education

Bar examination, Fribourg (2014)

Bachelor and Master of Laws, University of Fribourg (2010); Jean-Pictet Competition of international humanitarian law (2010); Erasmus exchange program, University of Bristol (2008-2009)


Professional experience

Attorney-at-law, Aubert Neyroud Stückelberg Fratini, Geneva (since 2016)

Lawyer, Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland, Bern (2015-2016)

Trainee attorney with the law firm Perroud Vicente, Fribourg (2012-2014)

Legal intern, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, The Hague (2011-2012)

Legal intern, Juvenile Criminal Court, Fribourg (2011)

Research assistant to Professor José Hurtado-Pozo, University of Fribourg, Department of Criminal law (2009-2010)


Professional memberships

Geneva Bar Association; Swiss Bar Association

Human Rights Committee of the Geneva Bar Association


Publications

Sandrine Giroud/Sofia Suarez-Blaser, 30e anniversaire des Principes de base des Nations Unies relatifs au rôle du barreau : défendons le droit de défendre, in : Anwalts/Revue de l’avocat 10/2020, p. 390 – 395.