lic iur Jean-Philippe Rochat > Kellerhals Carrard > Lausanne, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

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

Work Department

  • Commercial and contract law
  • Corporate law
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Sports and media law
  • International arbitration and alternative dispute resolution
  • Estate planning, wills and probate

Position

lic. iur., Attorney at Law, Partner

Career

  • since 1998: Partner at Kellerhals Carrard

Languages

  • French
  • German
  • English
  • Italian

Memberships

  • Vaud Bar Association (OAV)
  • Swiss Bar Federation (FSA)
  • International Bar Association (IBA)
  • Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
  • Italian-language Jurists (AIGLI)
  • Registered in the Cantonal Attorney’s Register (Vaud)

Education

  • 1987: Bar exam, Canton of Vaud

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Sports law

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 .