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Marco Balmelli

Marco Balmelli

Dr. iur., Attorney at Law and Notary Public, Partner About Dr. Marco Balmelli is on the board of directors of several Swiss and international companies, especially larger medium-sized family businesses. He advises on national and international M&A transactions, joint ventures, and corporate successions. He is an experienced specialist in corporate and real estate law, preferably for advising entrepreneurs and companies; he also serves as a notary. Dr. Marco Balmelli is also a judge at the CAS/TAS Sports Arbitration Court in Lausanne and an expert in sports law.
Aurélien Barakat

Aurélien Barakat

Attorney-at-Law, Partner, Certified Tax Expert, University Lecturer at Neuchâtel University and UniDistance About Aurélien Barakat specialises in various aspects of individual taxation, in particular real estate taxation, as well as for private clients with regard to estate planning or wealth restructuring. He is also active on behalf of companies, in particular in relation to company transfers, restructurings and profit-sharing plans. Finally, he regularly acts for his clients before the courts in matters of tax litigation. He is also involved in civil and political society, being vice-president of the Geneva Green-Liberal Party. He regularly teaches tax law and accounting law at the Universities of Neuchâtel and UniDistance, and is involved in other university and postgraduate courses on these same subjects.
Florian Baumann

Florian Baumann

Attorney at Law, Of Counsel About Florian Baumann is co-head of Kellerhals-Carrard’s commercial criminal law department. As a consultant and litigation lawyer, he has extensive experience in the field of commercial criminal law, including international judicial assistance (criminal administrative and civil law), asset recovery, compliance and internal investigations. He represents companies and individuals in criminal proceedings as well as related civil and debt enforcement proceedings. In recent years, Florian Baumann has represented clients in large-scale criminal proceedings with related civil litigation as well as in complex international judicial assistance proceedings.
Jean-Luc Chenaux

Jean-Luc Chenaux

Attorney at Law, Partner, Professor Dr. About Jean-Luc Chenaux specializes in mergers and acquisitions, financing, restructuring and governance. He also practices commercial litigation and arbitration. Senior partner at Kellerhals Carrard Lausanne/Sion SA, associate professor of commercial law at the University of Lausanne and co-director of the Master of Law & Economics program, vice-president of the Federal Takeover Board. Jean-Luc Chenaux co-leads the Sustainability & ESG Desk of Kellerhals Carrard.
Frédérique Flournoy

Frédérique Flournoy

Attorney at Law, Partner About Frédérique Flournoy is mainly involved in financial and estate planning, as well as trusts, estates and foundations. She is also experienced in banking and contractual matters and in family and inheritance law. Frédérique Flournoy is also responsible for the financial intermediation obligations of the firm (Anti-Money Laundering Act, AMLA). She specializes in the field of animal welfare and also provides legal advice to charitable organizations. She works in the following areas: Civil proceedings and private international law Negotiation and contract drafting Banking law and practice Financial criminal law and anti-money laundering measures Trusts, foundations and estate planning Residence permit law Animal welfare
Sébastien Fries

Sébastien Fries

Attorney at Law, Partner About Sébastien Fries practices litigation, arbitration and judicial law in commercial, criminal, and administrative cases, as well as construction and real estate law. Sébastien focuses on sports law, banking and finance, asset recovery and enforcement, fraud, international sanctions and fundamental rights, as well as national and international litigation. He appears before cantonal and federal authorities and courts, and before arbitration tribunals and international courts.
Alexandre Gachet

Alexandre Gachet

Attorney at Law, Partner, Lic. iur., LL.M. About Alexandre Gachet has extensive experience in advising start-ups, investors and SMEs. His main areas of expertise are fundraising and employee incentive. He runs numerous seminars and workshops in these fields, notably as part of the training courses organized by InnoSuisse. He is one of the co-founder of Seed Up SA, the platform dedicated to early-stage start-ups. Alexandre Gachet also has extensive experience in corporate restructuring and liquidation. In particular, he heads the legal and operational liquidation activities of Banque Privée Espírito Santo SA in liquidation, and acts as director of Carrard Consulting SA, a subsidiary of the firm offering restructuring and liquidation services to companies, as well as fiduciary services.
Claudio Helmle

Claudio Helmle

Attorney at Law, Partner About Claudio Helmle is a recognized expert in the field of life sciences. His areas of expertise specifically include the pharmaceutical and biotech fields (e.g. authorizations and approvals, inclusion of products in the federally approved drugs list, reimbursement for advanced therapy medicinal products, advertising and product recalls) and medtech (e.g. authorization, labeling and obligations of economic players). Claudio is also active in the healthcare sector (e.g. official licenses for doctors, practices and hospitals to practice their profession and for their work to be covered by the social health insurance). He advises and represents clients from these sectors in all legal matters concerning their professional activities, and specifically matters of research and development, manufacturing and sales. He also advises his clients in the areas of (product) liability law, antitrust and competition law, contract law, general civil and administrative law, as well as national and international civil procedure laws. Claudio is listed as a life sciences expert in the Chambers and Partners and Who is Who Legal international lawyer directories.
Jean-Christophe Hocke

Jean-Christophe Hocke

Attorney at Law, Partner About Jean-Christophe Hocke mainly advises entrepreneurs, HNWIs, medium-sized companies and family offices on all matters relating to commercial and corporate law, in particular with regard to private equity investments and real estate transactions. Jean-Christophe Hocke also advises his clients on transferring their domicile and activities to Switzerland, as well as on issues relating to shareholders' rights and other family relationships in connection with investments in Switzerland and abroad. He also has extensive expertise in residential and commercial real estate projects, including the hotel sector.
Henric Immink

Henric Immink

Attorney at Law, Partner About Henric Immink advises financial institutions, companies and entrepreneurs on the legal, tax and regulatory aspects of their business and assists them in their projects, including restructuring, merger/acquisition and compliance projects, as well as in their internal investigations and investigations of them by supervisory, tax or administrative authorities. In addition, he advises and assists private clients with their plans, including relocation and taking up residence in Switzerland, acquisition of movable and immovable property and wealth, tax and estate planning. Thanks to his business knowledge and pragmatic approach, Henric Immink helps his clients to achieve their objectives, while taking into account the associated legal, regulatory and tax risks.
Ingrid Iselin

Ingrid Iselin

lic. iur., LL.M., Attorney at Law, Partner Certified Specialist SBA inheritance law, TEP About Ingrid Iselin has extensive experience in estate litigation and estate planning. She represents her clients, both Swiss and foreign, in inheritance disputes, often in an international context, both in negotiations and before the Swiss courts and authorities. She also advises both Swiss and foreign private clients on their estate planning, entrepreneurs on the transfer of their businesses and the various parties involved in an estate (executor, banks, family offices, etc.) on the administration and liquidation of complex estates. She assists clients who are planning to move to Switzerland, including for tax issues. She also advises on contract law, corporate law and trusts. She is a member of KC’s Sustainability & ESG Desk. Ingrid Iselin holds the title of Swiss Bar Association (SBA) specialist in inheritance law. She is co-moderator of the Forum of Estate Lawyers of the Geneva Bar Association and a member of the Committee of the Contentious Trusts and Estates Group of STEP. Since 2017, Ingrid Iselin has also been an expert in the Federal Expert Group for the reform of inheritance law, whose members were appointed by the Federal Office of Justice.
Vincent Jäggi

Vincent Jäggi

Attorney at Law, Partner, Doctor of Law, Master of Advanced Studies (LL.M.) in Business Law (MBL) About Vincent Jäggi focuses on mergers and acquisitions, commercial law, competition law and sports law. He regularly assists a clientèle composed of private and listed companies, entrepreneurs and institutional players in a wide range of commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, financing, joint ventures and other partnerships, licensing of intangible assets, as well as corporate governance matters in various sectors, such as the luxury goods industry and the distribution and industrial sectors. Vincent Jäggi is heavily involved in the world of sports and entertainment. He has developed a significant practice in advising stakeholders in the field of governance and transactions in these areas, in particular with regard to the organization and marketing of rights of well-known sports and cultural events, the representation of athletes and complex strategic partnership transactions in the context of the development of new league and championship formats.
François Kaiser

François Kaiser

Attorney at Law, Partner, Dr jur. About François Kaiser focuses on advising Swiss and international companies, in particular in the areas of commercial law, corporate law, contract law, executive employment law, mergers and acquisitions, commercial contracts, joint venture agreements, investment and financing round agreements, shareholders' agreements and real estate contracts. François Kaiser also provides estate planning services for private clients and family businesses. His experience also extends to domestic and international commercial arbitration (Swiss Rules, UNCITRAL, ICC and Ad Hoc) as chairman, co-arbitrator, sole arbitrator, and as counsel in sports law and arbitration before the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Armin Kühne

Armin Kühne

Attorney at Law, Partner About Armin Kühne’s practice focuses on providing legal advice to regulated financial institutions in the areas of asset management, banking law, insurance law, financial market enforcement and anti-money laundering in connection with regulatory, corporate law and contract law matters. Another focus of his work is the conducting of licensing procedures and restructuring for supervised financial institutions, collective investment schemes, and investment foundations, as well as the clarification of licensing obligations under financial market law. He also provides legal advice in connection with organizational issues (ICS, risk management, compliance, corporate governance, etc.) and the drafting and amendment of contracts, corporate documents, and the internal rules of supervised financial institutions. Armin Kühne is a member of the online platform FIDLEG SOLUTION, a fintech solution for ensuring compliance with FIDLEG/FINIG.
Jean-Cédric Michel

Jean-Cédric Michel

Attorney at Law, Partner About Brainstorms, research, strategy and a razor-sharp writing style – Jean-Cédric Michel and his team take a direct rhetorical approach to the law. A man for high stakes and policy matters, he has represented clients before the Federal Tribunal more than fifty times, and obtained numerous favorable decisions in areas as varied as sports law, forfeiture, bond liability, attachments and non-competition clauses. A specialist in financial litigation, Jean-Cédric Michel obtained in Ireland the first settlement with a major bank for its liability as custodian of a Madoff fund. He has appeared before the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the European Court of Human Rights – where he has achieved two landmark victories against UN Security Council sanction regimes.
Serge Migy

Serge Migy

Attorney at Law, Partner, Lic. iur. About Serge Migy has been working in the fields of taxation and corporate law since 2002. He focuses on advising companies, entrepreneurs, and private clients. In addition, he regularly advises Swiss and foreign clients in a variety of industries on domestic and international transactions. Serge Migy teaches a course in taxation at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland in Fribourg. He is regularly called upon to give lectures and publish articles in his preferred fields (notably the tax aspects of business transfers).
Jean-Pierre Morand

Jean-Pierre Morand

Attorney at Law, Partner, Lic. iur. HSG, Attorney at Law About Jean-Pierre Morand studied law at the University of St. Gallen. In 1984, he completed his legal internship at Baker & McKenzie in New York and then in Geneva, where he was admitted to the bar in 1986. From 1988 to 1995, he was part of the management team at the marketing agency Groupe Marc Biver Développement, which became IMG Switzerland in 1993. He returned to the bar in 1995 and in 1997 founded the law firm Legrand, Morand & Partners with Jean-Paul Legrand. Since 2009, he has been a partner at the law firm Carrard & Associés, which became Kellerhals Carrard in 2015. Jean-Pierre Morand specializes in commercial and corporate law, and in sports law. Counsel to several international sports federations and organizers of major events, he is regularly called upon to take part in international arbitration proceedings, including at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Jean-Pierre Morand has chaired the UCI Disciplinary Commission since 2012. Outside the field of sport, he is also a board member at various Swiss companies. He is a member of the Board of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) and a member of the International Bar Association (IBA).
Didier Nsanzineza

Didier Nsanzineza

Attorney-at-Law, Partner, Certified Tax Expert, Chairman of the Geneva Young Bar Association About Didier Nsanzineza specialises in various aspects of corporate taxation, in particular profit-sharing plans, complex financing, mergers and acquisitions and restructuring. He also advises private clients, particularly in the negotiation of tax packages. He also acts as First Secretary of the Young Bar Association of Geneva and sits on the Swiss Committee of the International Fiscal Association (IFA) as the Swiss representative of the Young IFA. He also assists his private and institutional clients with VAT-related issues, particularly in the context of transactions or reorganisations.
Arnaud Philippe

Arnaud Philippe

Attorney at law, Partner About Arnaud Philippe's practice focuses on domestic and international M&A transactions (acquisitions and divestures in public and private companies, mergers), private equity transactions (assistance to investors, sellers and management teams in MBOs, venture capital and start-ups) and general corporate law (corporate governance, shareholders' agreements, joint ventures, restructurings, executive incentive arrangements). Arnaud Philippe also regularly assists banks and other financial institutions on financing transactions, asset management and regulatory matters. Arnaud Philippe holds an LL.M. in corporate governance and practice from Stanford Law School and a PhD in corporate law from the university of Geneva (summa cum laude). He is a regular speaker and regularly publishes in the field of corporate law.
Edgar Philippin

Edgar Philippin

Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of Kellerhals Carrard Société Coopérative, Attorney at Law, Partner, IDP-C About Edgar Philippin focuses on advising Swiss and international companies and organizations, particularly in the areas of corporate law, M&A transactions and commercial contracts. His experience also extends to domestic and international arbitration, mainly as an arbitrator or expert on Swiss law issues. As a professor at the University of Lausanne, his main areas of teaching and research are mergers, acquisitions, and takeovers, as well as general principles of private law.
Frédéric Rochat

Frédéric Rochat

Attorney at Law, Managing Partner Lausanne/Sion, Dr. iur, LL.M. (Columbia ‘04) About Frédéric Rochat began his career as a business attorney with a leading law firm in New York and London. Since then, he has specialized in medium-sized M&A transactions, particularly in the financial, technology, and real estate sectors. He also advises companies and investors on financing transactions and was appointed by the FINMA as co-liquidator in the bankruptcy of Banque Privée Espírito Santo. His clients appreciate his personal involvement and his pragmatic approach to contract negotiation.
Virginie Rodieux

Virginie Rodieux

Attorney at Law, Partner, lic. iur., LL.M. About Virginie Rodieux advises and assists her clients in the field of intellectual property, life sciences, contracts, and corporate law. Her practice areas include technology transfer contracts and other contracts relating to intellectual property and/or life sciences (licensing agreements, R&D contracts, clinical trial contracts), social media, and copyright and trademark protection and exploitation. She is regularly involved in commercial transactions (business acquisitions or asset transfers), particularly those involving substantial intangible assets (trademarks, patents, domain names). Virginie Rodieux also has a strong background in data protection law. Virginie Rodieux works in French and English. She is licensed to practice throughout Switzerland and is a member of the Bar Association of the Canton of Vaud.
Elga Reana Tozzi

Elga Reana Tozzi

Certified Tax Expert, Of Counsel, Tax Advisor About Elga advises mainly corporate tax law in relation to M&A transactions, IPOs, reorganizations, cross-border structuring, corporate succession planning (carve-outs, MBOs), capital market transactions and employee participation plans (ESOP). She has extensive experience in advising multinationals, private equity, SMEs and start-ups. She also advises in all tax matters for entrepreneurs and shareholders as well as high net worth individuals. Based on her long-standing professional experience with international advisory firms (EY and PWC), an in-house group tax department of a listed company and more recently in a leading international law firm, she has successfully managed and delivered many substantial and complex national and international projects. Elga was awarded the Rising Star in Tax Award 2020 by European Women in Business Law, Euromoney Legal Media Group in tax and listed by Legal 500 EMEA 2024 in the category Tax Switzerland.
Jörg von Manger-Koenig

Jörg von Manger-Koenig

Attorney, Consultant , Assessor iur. About Jörg von Manger-Koenig brings almost 30 years of experience in executive and general management in the pharmaceutical industry, biotechnology and medical technology as General Counsel / legal expert as well as head of regulatory affairs and quality management to his consulting activities. His main focus is on consulting in legal affairs, compliance, regulatory affairs, quality management and general management, with a focus on this industry sector. In his many years of corporate experience, he was globally responsible for the areas of Legal / Intellectual Property, Compliance, Regulatory Affairs, Quality Management and Human Resources at Roche Vitamins and Berna Biotech, most recently as EVP Legal and Compliance / Group General Counsel and Secretary of the Board of Directors of Nobel Biocare and VP Regulatory Affairs / Quality Management of the Danaher Dental Platform. As part of this role, he was responsible for all relevant areas of responsibility in the legal department of a listed company. Jörg von Manger-Koenig combines management and industry experience with legal and regulatory expertise. A particularly important focus of his work is on the role and principles of sustainability as regards the structure and successful long-term management of companies.
Yannick Wavre

Yannick Wavre

Attorney at Law, Partner About Yannick Wavre advises Swiss and international companies and groups mainly in the fields of business law (in particular corporate and contract law), real estate law (real estate acquisitions and/or sales, brokerage, leasing, construction, etc.), and related litigation. Yannick Wavre also advises private clients, HNWIs and family offices, particularly in the fields of investment, wealth and estate planning, matrimonial law and, more generally, settling in Switzerland.  
Nicolas Zbinden

Nicolas Zbinden

Attorney at Law, Partner, MLaw, LL.M. (Cantab) About Nicolas Zbinden is co-Head of Kellerhals Carrard’s Sports Practice. Nicolas is a leading lawyer in international sports law. He is one of the most active and respected counsels before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), with particular expertise in anti-doping disputes. He regularly acts for the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), International Federations such as World Athletics and the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), and other sports organisations. Nicolas has represented clients in hundreds of cases before the CAS, including a significant number of Ad Hoc cases in the context of the Olympic Games. He also frequently appears before the Swiss Federal Tribunal and other courts. Beyond litigation, Nicolas advises sports organisations on governance and regulatory matters. He is a member of the WADA Legal Expert Advisory Group and the IWF Anti-Doping Commission and is recognised by leading directories such as Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500, Lexology Index and Leaders League for his breadth of expertise and high-profile mandates.