{"id":1423,"date":"2024-04-02T16:26:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T14:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/casus-belli.legal\/team\/michel-cabaj\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T15:23:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T13:23:26","slug":"michel-cabaj","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/casus-belli.legal\/en\/team\/michel-cabaj\/","title":{"rendered":"Michel Cabaj"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1423\" class=\"elementor elementor-1423 elementor-143\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2a401b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f2a401b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5feec79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-template\" data-id=\"5feec79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"template.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-template\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"container\" data-elementor-id=\"1341\" class=\"elementor elementor-1341 elementor-682 elementor-682\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-708e0910 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"708e0910\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dc5049 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9dc5049\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">More than a lawyer, a trusted partner<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a86150 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0a86150\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efa4d1d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"efa4d1d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f4cefa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f4cefa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ma\u00eetre Michel CABAJ<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8781e2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8781e2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lawyer &#8211; Partner<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9f8ee9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f9f8ee9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>michel.cabaj@casus-belli.legal<br>Tel +41 22 839 11 11<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d69b5a5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d69b5a5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e1b740 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9e1b740\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"340\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/casus-belli.legal\/wp-content\/uploads\/michel-cabaj.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-366\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casus-belli.legal\/wp-content\/uploads\/michel-cabaj.jpg 340w, https:\/\/casus-belli.legal\/wp-content\/uploads\/michel-cabaj-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43a391d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"43a391d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11761dc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"11761dc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d86fb1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d86fb1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Activities<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06fe9ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"06fe9ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Partner, Casus Belli Avocats SA<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7be19e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7be19e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Course<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9b242d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b9b242d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table style=\"border: 0; width: 100%;\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"width: 138px;\"><ul style=\"list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0;\"><li>2025 to date<\/li><\/ul><\/td><td>Casus Belli Avocats SA, Partner<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 138px;\"><ul style=\"list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0;\"><li>2022 \u00e0 2025<\/li><\/ul><\/td><td>Bellum Avocats SA, Managing Partner<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 138px;\"><ul style=\"list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0;\"><li>2018 \u00e0 2025<\/li><\/ul><\/td><td>Deputy Judge of the Administrative Court of First Instance of the Republic and Canton of Geneva<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 138px;\"><ul style=\"list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0;\"><li>2020<\/li><\/ul><\/td><td>Vernier City Councillor<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 138px;\"><ul style=\"list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0;\"><li>2018 \u00e0 2022<\/li><\/ul><\/td><td>Bellum Avocats SA, Partner<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 138px;\"><ul style=\"list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0;\"><li>2013 \u00e0 2017<\/li><\/ul><\/td><td>Oberson Abels SA, Associate<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 138px;\"><ul style=\"list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0;\"><li>2011 \u00e0 2013<\/li><\/ul><\/td><td>Froriep Renggli, Trainee lawyer<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 138px;\"><ul style=\"list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0;\"><li>2011<\/li><\/ul><\/td><td>Geneva Court of Justice &#8211; civil, criminal and administrative chambers, Trainee lawyer<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 138px;\"><ul style=\"list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0;\"><li>2007 \u00e0 2011<\/li><\/ul><\/td><td>Trading companies, Associate<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f06b200 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f06b200\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Training<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4caced7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4caced7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table style=\"border: 0; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 138px;\">\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0;\">\n \t<li>2015<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td>Admission to the Geneva Bar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 138px;\">\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0;\">\n \t<li>2009<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td>Duke University Institute: Certificate in Transnational Law<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 138px;\">\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0;\">\n \t<li>2010<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td>Universities of Geneva and Basel: Master&#8217;s degree in business law<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d742543 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d742543\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3aa51da elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3aa51da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Languages<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e5a6c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e5a6c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>French<\/li><li>English<\/li><li>German<\/li><li>Italian<\/li><li>Polish<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86a1048 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"86a1048\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Expertise<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42aa5e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42aa5e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Tax and administrative law<\/li><li>Corporate and Business Law<\/li><li>Financial intermediation<\/li><li>Negotiation &amp; mediation<\/li><li>Economic criminal law<\/li><li>Settlement in Switzerland and immigration law<\/li><li>Inheritance &amp; succession<\/li><li>Real estate, leasing, development<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a82ebd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a82ebd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Other activities<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85333d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"85333d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Member of the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Genevoise de Droit et de L\u00e9gislation and EXPERTsuisse<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ma\u00eetre Michel CABAJ Lawyer &#8211; Partner michel.cabaj@casus-belli.legalTel +41 22 839 11 11 Activities Partner, Casus Belli Avocats SA Course 2025 to date Casus Belli Avocats SA, Partner 2022 \u00e0 2025 Bellum Avocats SA, Managing Partner 2018 \u00e0 2025 Deputy Judge of the Administrative Court of First Instance of the Republic and Canton of Geneva 2020 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1420,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1423","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/casus-belli.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/casus-belli.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/casus-belli.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casus-belli.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casus-belli.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1423"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/casus-belli.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1703,"href":"https:\/\/casus-belli.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1423\/revisions\/1703"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casus-belli.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/casus-belli.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}