Kellerhals Carrard

Commercial law and contract law  Corporate law Mergers and acquisitions  Banking, finance and capital markets law Sports and media law  Debt enforcement and bankruptcy law Intellectual property and unfair competition law  Real estate

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.

Partner, Kellerhals Carrard, Lausanne

since 1999: Attorney Trainee, then Attorney at Law, now Partner, Kellerhals Carrard Lausanne

Chairman of arbitral panels in domestic and international arbitration (including ICC)

2002: International associate, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington DC and Los Angeles

1996-1999: Assistant to Prof. François Dessemontet for Copyright Law

French English German Italian

Vaud Bar Association (OAV)

Swiss Bar Federation (FSA)

International Bar Association (IBA)

Association littéraire et artistique internationale (ALAI)

Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)

Jeune Barreau vaudois

Registered in the Cantonal Attorneys’ Register (Vaud)

2002: Admitted to the bar

2001: Dr. iur., University of Lausanne, Bippert award and Walter Hug award

1996: lic. iur., University of Lausanne, Edouard Fleuret Foundation award, BCV award, Faculty award