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Kellerhals Carrard Offices

Kellerhals Carrard
PLACE SAINT-FRANÇOIS 1
PO BOX 7191
1002 LAUSANNE
Switzerland
Visit website 41 58 200 33 00 41 58 200 33 11

David Casserly

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+41 58 200 33 00 david.casserly@kellerhals-carrard.ch

Work Department

  • Sports Law
  • Arbitration and Litigation
  • Commercial and contract law, particularly in football
  • Mediation

Position

MLaw, Attorney at Law, Partner
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Career

  • since 2017: Partner, Kellerhals Carrard, Lausanne
  • since 2008: Barrister, practising at the Irish Bar
  • 2009-2011: Associate, Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler, Geneva
  • 2009: Intern, ICDR/American Arbitration Association, New York
  • 2005-2008: Legal Counsel & Head of Mediation at the Court of Arbitration for Sport
  • 2003-2004: Attorney, Shearman & Sterling, Paris

Languages

  • English
  • Irish
  • French

Memberships

  • Vaud Bar Association (OAV)
  • Swiss Bar Association (FSA)
  • Registered in the Vaud Cantonal Attorneys’ Register (List of registered EU lawyers)

Education

  • 2013: Masters II Droit du Sport, Université Paris Sorbonne
  • 2012: Admitted to the Bar of England & Wales
  • 2007: Arbitration Fellow, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
  • 2005: Accredited Mediator, ADR Group
  • 2005: Admitted to the Bar of Ireland
  • 2005: Barrister-at-Law Degree, The Honorable Society of King’s Inns
  • 2004: Diploma in Construction Law, Trinity College Dublin
  • 2004: Admitted to the New York Bar (Attorney-at-law)
  • 2003: Diploma in Legal French, ICC Paris and the Law Society of Ireland
  • 2003: Diploma in Arbitration, University College Dublin
  • 2002: Bachelor of Civil Law Degree, University College Dublin
  • 2001: French and European Civil Law, Université de Caen

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Switzerland > Sports law

(Next Generation Partners)

David Casserly – Kellerhals Carrard

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.’

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