Karen Monroe practices in the area of international corporate and securities, contracts, arbitration, and intellectual property law with an emphasis on cross-border transactions between Switzerland, Europe, and the United States. A New York attorney based in Geneva, Switzerland for more than 15 years, Ms. Monroe heads the firm’s European office. She serves as outside general counsel and as a member of the board of directors of Swiss and U.S. for profit and not-for-profit, public and private companies. She is an elected member of the Executive Committee of the Foreign Lawyers Section of the Geneva Bar Association.

Ms. Monroe advises on legal and business issues and provides practical solutions to problems and issues faced by international companies. She advises with respect to strategy and tax planning, securities, mergers, acquisitions, and dispositions, contracts, arbitration, and intellectual property in a variety of industries including finance, interior design, food and beverages, software, alternative investments, telecommunications, luxury goods, manufacturing, and entertainment.

A graduate of the International Law Program of American University, Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C., she was an editor of the American Society of International Law Journal and is an active member of professional associations in the field of international corporate, securities, arbitration, and intellectual property law, including the International Bar Association’s Capital Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Securities Law Committees, the Swiss Arbitration Association, and the International Trademark Association. She served for many years on the editorial board of the International Trademark Association’s law journal, The Trademark Journal, focusing on international intellectual property issues. She regularly writes or co-authors articles, is asked to speak on international legal and business issues, and is quoted in financial and business publications.

Prior to joining Wilk Auslander Ms. Monroe was a member of Burns Summit Rovins & Feldesman, Shustak Jalil & Heller, and Reed Smith. Ms. Monroe is a dual national American and Swiss and bilingual in English and French.