lic iur Jean-Pierre Morand > Kellerhals Carrard > Lausanne, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

Kellerhals Carrard
PLACE SAINT-FRANÇOIS 1
PO BOX 7191
1002 LAUSANNE
Switzerland

Work Department

  • Sports and media law 
  • International arbitration and alternative dispute resolution
  • Commercial law and contract law
  • Corporate law
  • Intellectual property and unfair competition law

Position

lic. iur., Attorney at Law, Partner

Career

  • Since 2009: partner at Kellerhals Carrard
  • 1998-2009: arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) 
  • Member of the board of directors and Chairman of several companies in the field of energy, consumer products and management
  • 1997-2008: partner at the law firm Legrand, Morand & Partners in Geneva 
  • 1995-1997: attorney and independent counsel in Geneva 
  • 1988-1995: legal manager and subsequently deputy CEO of Marc Biver Développement Group, a sports marketing agency in London, Paris and Neuchâtel
  • 1986-1988: attorney at the law firm Baker & McKenzie in Geneva 
  • 1984-1986: trainee attorney at the law firm Baker & McKenzie in New York and Geneva

Languages

  • French
  • German
  • English

Memberships

  • Vaud Bar Association (OAV)
  • Swiss Bar Federation (FSA)
  • Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
  • International Bar Association (IBA)
  • Registered in the Cantonal Attorneys’ Register (Vaud)

Education

  • University of St. Gallen (Lic. Iur.)
  • Bar Exam

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Sports law

(Leading individuals)

Jean-Pierre MorandKellerhals Carrard

Kellerhals Carrard is a ‘leading firm in sports law’ with ‘deep knowledge’ of doping-related and football disputes before CAS, regulatory and governance matters, as well as non-contentious work around event hosting, sponsorship, media, merchandising, and licensing. The team is headed by David Casserly SC, who is qualified as an Irish barrister and was appointed as a silk there in 2023, whose practice covers advising on significant commercial sports deals such as player transfers and club investments and representing international clients before CAS, and Jean-Pierre Morand, who is an anti-doping dispute specialist and has extensive expertise in the field of sports marketing and hosting contracts. Sports commercial contracts and sports arbitration are also the expertise of Luc Argand, Andrea Fioravanti , Massimiliano Maestretti, Stefano Perucchi , Henry Peter, and Jean-Philippe Rochat .