Kellerhals Carrard

Insurance & Liability, Dispute resolution & litigation, Arbitration, Sports law, Criminal law, legal assistance, internal investigations, crisis management and compliance

Attorney at Law, Counsel, Certified Specialist SBA Tort and Insurance Law, CAS International Litigation & Arbitration

About

Laura Manz is an experienced litigation attorney and a certified specialist in liability and insurance law. She is the Co-Head of our practice group Insurance & Liability. Her core focus is on insurance law, liability law, commercial contract law, and sports law.

In addition, Laura Manz is a true all-rounder with interdisciplinary expertise. She advises and represents our clients in various administrative law matters and has extensive experience, particularly in guiding administrative legal proceedings in Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft.

As a dedicated and long-standing member of AIJA (International Association of Young Lawyers) and President of Insuralex, Laura Manz possesses a broad national and international network of outstanding contacts. She serves as the President of the AIJA Litigation Commission.

2025: Counsel at Kellerhals Carrard Basel KlG

2019-2024: Senior Associate at Kellerhals Carrard Basel KlG

2013-2018: Associate at Kellerhals Carrard Basel KlG

2012: Extraordinary clerk at the Basel-Landschaft Cantonal Court, Social Security Law Division

2011-2012: Legal internships in law firms and at the Basel-Landschaft Cantonal Court, Administrative and Social Security Law Division

German, English, French

Vice-President of the AIJA Litigation Commission

Member of the board of the Bar Association of Basel-Stadt

Member of the Sports Court of the Swiss Handball Federation

Bar Association of Basel-Stadt

Swiss Bar Association (SAV/FSA)

Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA)

Insuralex

Women in Sports Law (WisLaw)

Association Suisse de Droit du Sport (ASDS)

Basel Association of Lawyers

2022: Certified Specialist SBA Tort and Insurance Law

2018: CAS UZH International Litigation & Arbitration

2013: Admitted to the bar, Canton Basel-Stadt

2010: MLaw, University of Basel