Vincent Mignon is the founder of LEAX Avocats, where he advises on all areas of business law, both in advisory and litigation matters. He holds a PhD in law awarded summa cum laude and the Vigener Prize, and brings to his clients a combination of academic rigour, strategic vision and operational experience.
Before founding LEAX Avocats, Mr Mignon practised at a Swiss law firm and later held a senior management position in a fiduciary company resulting from a management buyout of Ernst & Young. This experience provides him with a direct understanding of the economic, organisational and human challenges faced by businesses.
He advises Swiss and international companies on mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, business transfers and complex contractual negotiations. He leads and secures transactions for SMEs, established groups and private investors. In litigation, he represents clients in strategic civil and commercial disputes as well as in matters of white-collar crime, adopting a methodical and solution-oriented approach.
A pioneer in the field of digital assets, he advises on matters relating to blockchain, cryptoassets and the legal structuring of technology projects. The author of several leading publications, Mr Mignon is regularly consulted by technology companies, institutions and market participants on innovative legal issues, particularly in relation to cryptoasset regulation and decentralised finance.
His approach combines legal precision, financial understanding and strategic clarity, with the constant objective of transforming complex issues into practical, secure solutions aligned with his clients’ interests.
Founder
Vice director
Lawyer
Researcher
Research assistant to Professor Thomas Probst
Research assistant to Professor Thomas Probst
Internship
PhD, summa cum laude (Vigener Award)
Admission to the Bar
Master in Law, magna cum laude
Statute of limitations for claims arising from employment contracts and the scope of a termination agreement concluded within a group of companies; analysis of Federal Tribunal judgment 4A_331/2015
- DroitDuTravail.ch Newsletter, December 2015
Employer status when the employment contract is concluded within a group of companies; analysis of Federal Tribunal judgment 4A_564/2014
- DroitDuTravail.ch Newsletter, June 2015
"Bitcoin": A New Challenge for Swiss Legal Professionals?
- Jusletter published on May 4, 2015
Collection of Tax Laws of the Republic and Canton of Neuchâtel
- Neuchâtel 2013 (with Daniel De Vries)
Real Estate Gains Tax in the Canton of Vaud
- SPG Newsletter 2013
What Companies Need to Know in the Field of Intellectual Property Law
- Wirtschaftsbild Solothurner Handelskammer of January 28, 2011, pages 74-75.
Swiss Private Law Challenged by Community Private Law: A Comparative Methodological Analysis of French, German, and Swiss Law
- Doctoral thesis, 2010