Luc Argand > Kellerhals Carrard > Geneva, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

Kellerhals Carrard
RUE FRANCOIS-BELLOT 6
1206 GENEVA
Switzerland

Work Department

  • Business law
  • Banking law
  • Estate and trust law
  • International tax law
  • Immigration law
  • Sports law
  • Commercial and sports arbitration
  • International, judicial and administrative assistance

Position

lic. iur., Attorney at Law, Partner

Career

  • since 2019: Partner at Kellerhals Carrard, Geneva
  • 1982-2018: Partner at dePfyffer Avocats, Geneva
  • 1977-1981: Lawyer at Banque Edmond de Rothschild Suisse AG in Geneva
  • 1972-1974: Internships at Benjamin & Edmond de Rothschild Financial Company, Goldman Sachs, New York, NMR, London

Languages

  • French
  • English
  • German
  • Italian (spoken)

Memberships

Geneva Bar Association

Education

  • 1976: MBA INSEAD, Paris
  • 1974: Bar admission, Geneva
  • 1972: lic.iur., University of Geneva
  • 1969: High school diploma, Collège de Genève Secondary School

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 .