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Kellerhals Carrard Offices
Via Canova 15
P.O. Box 6280
CH-6901 Lugano
Switzerland
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Work Department
- Commercial law
- M&A
- Sports law
Position
lic. iur., Attorney at Law, Managing Partner Lugano
lic. oec. HSG
Career
- as of September 2017: Partner, Kellerhals Carrard Lugano SA, Lugano
- 2004-2017: Partner, PSMLaw SA, Lugano
- 2004-2009: General Counsel, Ferrari SpA, Maranello, Italy Member of Management Committee
- 2000-2004: Associate, PSMLaw SA, Lugano
- 1999: Associate, Carter, Ledyard & Milburn, 2 Wall Street, New York
- 1996-1999: Legal internship, PSMLaw SA, Lugano
- 1995-1996: Legal and tax assistant, Arthur Andersen SA, Lugano
Languages
- Italian
- English
- French
- German
Memberships
- Bar Association of the Canton of Ticino (OATi)
- Swiss Bar Association
Education
- 1998: Admission to the Bar of the Canton of Ticino
- 1992-1994: lic. iur., magna cum laude, University of Berne
- 1987-1992: lic. oec., University of St. Gallen, HSG
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 .
Switzerland > Leading firms: Italian-speaking Switzerland
Kellerhals Carrard‘s Lugano team demonstrates proficiency across a multitude of areas, from arbitration and mediation to IP and TMT related mandates. Ivan Paparelli helms the practice with his extensive experience in domestic and international litigation, with an established presence in corporate, commercial and banking law areas. Tax and commercial law expert Giovanni Stucchi and sport and M&A expert Massimiliano Maestretti are additional names of note. Other key contacts include Andrea Fioravanti, Stefano Perucchi and Jonathan Bernasconi. Lars Schlichting departed in March 2023 to set up his own firm, Lexify.
Switzerland > Commercial, corporate and M&A
Capable of handling a diverse range of corporate and M&A issues, Kellerhals Carrard is particularly noted for its expertise in the life sciences, technology and leisure sectors. The team is led by Beat Brechbühl, Ines Pöschel, Edgar Philippin, Emanuel Dettwiler and Massimiliano Maestretti. Together, they maintain a strong practice advising across commercial law issues, private matters and equity transactions, among others.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading firms: Italian-speaking Switzerland Switzerland
- Sports law Switzerland
- Commercial, corporate and M&A Switzerland
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Employment
- Fintech
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Leading firms: Italian-speaking Switzerland
- Public law
- Sports law
Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance: Zurich
- Capital markets
- Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Insurance
- Real estate and construction
- Regulatory, compliance and investigations
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution: arbitration
- Intellectual property
- Tax
- TMT
- Dispute resolution: litigation
- Private client
- Banking and finance: Geneva