Laurent Moser > Kellerhals Carrard > Geneva, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

Kellerhals Carrard
RUE FRANCOIS-BELLOT 6
1206 GENEVA
Switzerland

Work Department

  • Business Law and contract law, in particular in relation to professional football and the hotel industry
  • Sports law and representation of football players
  • Consulting and Lead Counsel for influential families in the Middle East, in particular trusts, foundation and family governance
  • Acquiring residence and nationality in Europe and worldwide
  • Complex negotiations in the area of business as well as with governments and parliaments (creation of natural reserves, etc.)
  • Management of communication during situations of crisis
  • Advice in relations with getting established in West Africa and in the Indian Ocean region (Seychelles, Mauritius, etc.)

Position

lic. iur., Attorney at Law, Partner

Career

  • since 2019: Partner, Kellerhals Carrard, Geneva
  • 2003-2018: Practice of the bar within the law firm De Pfyffer & Associés
  • 2001-2003: Proxyholder in the International Wealth & Estate Planning of the bank, tasked with the development, creation and management of structures in view of estate, financial and tax planning, Dresdner Bank (Switzerland) SA
  • 1999-2001: Associate, Mudry Iglehart & Associés, Geneva
  • 1999-2001: Teaching on the use of online legal databases, Weblaw Sàrl
  • 1998: Trainee Attorney, Wedlake Bell, Corporate Finance Group, London
  • 1996-1998: Trainee Attorney, Lachenal, Brechbühl, Cottier & Roguet, Geneva
  • 1995: Teaching assistant for French legal terminology to law students, Faculty of Law, University of Bremen, Germany,
  • 1995: Trainee Attorney at the law firm Ahlers & Vogel in Bremen, Germany
  • 1991: Internship in the import and export of raw material, Chipharma Trading S.A., Louisiana, USA

Languages

  • French
  • English
  • German

Memberships

  • Geneva Bar Association
  • Swiss Federation of Lawyers
  • The Geneva Society for Beekeeping
  • Club Prosper Montagné, Embassy in Geneva
  • Cercle MBC (formerly Maxim’s Business Club)
  • Nautical Society of Geneva
  • Tennis Club of Geneva
  • Founding member and former chairman of the Leo Club Geneva

Education

  • 1999-2002: Training for the Swiss-certified Tax Expert diploma, Swiss Tax Academy, Lausanne
  • 1998: Bar admission, Canton of Geneva
  • 1994-1996: Postgraduate courses in European economic law, University of Bremen
  • 1991-1994: BA in Law, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva; Certificates in legal German and digital legal research (Sibil/Swisslex)
  • 1989-1990: High School Diploma, Scarsdale High School, New York
  • 1986-1991: Secondary school diploma (baccalaureate) specialised in science, Collège Claparède, Geneva