Nicolas Zbinden > Kellerhals Carrard > Lausanne, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile
Kellerhals Carrard Offices

PLACE SAINT-FRANÇOIS 1
PO BOX 7191
1002 LAUSANNE
Switzerland
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Nicolas Zbinden

Work Department
- Litigation
- Arbitration
- Sports Law
- Commercial and contracts law
Position
MLaw, LL.M., Attorney at Law
Career
- Since 2020: Senior Associate at the law firm Kellerhals Carrard
- 2015-2019: Attorney – Carrard & Associés
- 2013: Attorney with Des Gouttes & Associés, Geneva
- 2011-2013: Trainee attorney with Des Gouttes & Associés, Geneva
- 2010-2011: Assistant to Professor Rigozzi (Sports law), University of Neuchâtel
- 2008-2009: Legal counsel, Players’ Status Department (FIFA), Zurich
Languages
- German
- English
- French
Memberships
- Vaud Bar Association (OAV)
- Swiss Bar Federation (FSA)
- Jeune Barreau vaudois
- Registered in the Cantonal Attorneys’ Register (Vaud)
- ASA
- Swiss Association for Sports law (ASDS)
Education
- 2014: LL.M., University of Cambridge, UK
- 2013: Bar exam, Geneva
- 2011: MLaw, University of Neuchâtel
- 2009: BLaw, University of Lausanne
Lawyer Rankings
Switzerland > Sports law
(Rising stars)The ‘very versatile and resourceful‘ team at Kellerhals Carrard impresses with its broad scope of covered matters. It is able to advise on transactions, contracts and dispute resolution; in the latter, it has particular know-how in football and doping-related cases. The client portfolio includes multisport bodies, international federations, national anti-doping agencies, automotive teams and drivers as well as several football federations, clubs, players, agents and investment funds. Ross Wenzel is ‘a world leader in anti-doping‘, and David Casserly specialises in football law. François Carrard also acts in regulatory, disciplinary and membership disputes. Other key contacts are Jean-Pierre Morand, Marco Balmelli and Massimiliano Maestretti. Associate Nicolas Zbinden is ‘an emerging star in regulatory disputes.’
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Employment
- Fintech
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Leading firms: Italian-speaking Switzerland
- Public law
- Sports law
Firm Rankings
- Capital markets
- Data privacy and data protection
- Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Insurance
- Leading firms: German-speaking Switzerland
- Regulatory, compliance and investigations
- Banking and finance: Zurich
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition
- Dispute resolution: arbitration
- Intellectual property
- Leading firms: French-speaking Switzerland
- Real estate and construction
- TMT
- Dispute resolution: litigation
- Private client