Kellerhals Carrard > Basel, Switzerland > Firm Profile

‘Urs Marti and his team of associates are excellent. They are dedicated, engaged and understand our employer’s perspective. We are very pleased with Urs and his team.’

‘Urs Marti has a very deep knowledge and expertise in employment and social security matters. He is a very pragmatic lawyer, fast thinker, and his work is always of high value and quality.’

‘The FinTech team of Kellerhals Carrard has an excellent and comprehensive understanding of FinTech related matters. As a result, the team renders swift, precise and goal-oriented legal advice in a pro-active and client-oriented manner. The team truly makes a difference when it comes down to FinTech related matters!’

‘Luca Bianchi is an absolute pro when it comes to modern legal financial topics, in particular FinTech matters. Due to his extensive experience in this field, Luca is key person when interactions with relevant stakeholders take place, in particular financial market authorities.’

‘Luca Bianchi is always very responsive and very kind making it a true pleasure to work with him. ’

‘Cornelia Stengel and her team invest as well in their knowledge outside legal e.g. technology or what is happening outside Switzerland.’

‘Cornelia Stengel and her team work in a collaborative, transparent way. You are always up to date and most importantly the delivery is on agreed time with high quality.’

‘They are very competent and strongly committed to this topic. The collaboration is very efficient and the billing is in line with the market.’

‘Although diversity does not play a major role with regard to technological aspects, the firm also seems to be very open-minded in this area.’

‘Our main point of contact on the topic of FinTech is Cornelia Stengel. She is very well connected in the Swiss financial centre up to the highest circles, which makes the interaction with her even more valuable.’

‘The team has broad legal knowledge, and is able to dive deep, and have specialised resources as required. The team is very reactive to their clients and has always found solutions that are adapted to our needs.’

‘Very professional, very fast, and very thorough; They really want to understand their client’s business and its needs to adopt their approach of legal counseling.’

‘Claudio Helmle is very competent, always supportive and responsive. ’

‘Kellerhals not only offers exceptional, in-depth expertise, but they bring a business-oriented mindset, determined to find the best possible solution for the client in the most efficient way.’

‘Claudio Helmle has exceptional, in-depth expertise on healthcare matters. He is always easy to reach and fully dedicated to finding the best possible solution in the most efficient way. In addition to his excellent legal understanding he demonstrates a keen business acumen.’

‘Claudio is very approachable, flexible and competent. I feel like he is part of the inhouse team. He is very good in giving pragmatic feedback and communicating directly to the business. Perfect mix between know-how and pragmatism, overall a very amicable colleague.’

‘The key members of their life sciences team previously worked for big pharma companies or for the Federal Office of Public Health, so they know the sector very well.’

‘Pragmatic, open-minded, customer-oriented, speed, availability high.’

‘The team is extremely well-organised and coordinated. A contact person is available at all times. The work results are of exceptionally high quality.’

‘The lawyers are very professional, customer-orientated and efficient.’

‘Christoph Jäger is a top expert in public procurement law. He helps us find good solutions and gives us confidence in dealing with this complex area of law.’

‘The team is available on short notice and provides excellent work in the different fields required by our NGO in the Public Law field.’

‘Christoph Jäger is a very trustworthy and dedicated lawyer. His work is characterized by pragmatism, fast and reasonable solutions. His reserved but very interested manner allows everyone to create a good working atmosphere.’

‘Kellerhals Carrard is a modern law firm with many extremely talented people providing excellent legal services. Despite the size of the law firm, close personal legal advice was offered at all times in a small team, which made us feel like one of their most important clients, which we appreciated very much.’

‘We were legally advised and represented by Christoph Jäger and Thomas Geiger. Both have in-depth expertise in this area of law and are characterised by a very serious attitude to work and accurate working methods. They are always available and always willing to get the best possible deal for their clients.’

‘A leading firm in sports law matters with a wide range of knowledge in sports regulations, in particular with regard to football matters. Always up to date and with a very important network in sports related entities.’ 

‘Strongly professional, always available, and able to address all types of problems irrespective of its dimension/complexity. Client driven and with a well-prepared team with deep knowledge in different fields of specialization. A firm that you can trust and rely on, and which delivers honest results.’

‘Their sports law team had worked together for many years which makes them a value to any club especially because they can address side issues in other fields of law with their colleagues within the firm. The client can be assured that its matters will be taken care in the same place and by and by professionals of similar quality.’

‘Mr. David Casserly SC is without a doubt one of the best, if not the best, lawyer in sports law. His career speaks for itself, representing the biggest clubs and federations in the world. His unique ability to organize and his systematically thinking means that clients can entrust him with the most diverse and complex cases. For some years now Mr. Casserly has been assisted by a younger but no less competent lawyer, Mr. Anton Sotir and nowadays he is also the one who deals with various club matters.’

‘A highly efficient team led by David Casserly SC. A thorough understanding of the workings of the sport courts. Advanced legal skills. Lethal accuracy. Great ability to call on the best professionals in other fields and abroad.’

‘David Casserly SC is a great professional. Sharp, competent, tenacious. Excellent intuitive skills. Outstanding litigator. A master. Adam Taylor and Anton Sotir, who work alongside David, are invaluable helpers, contributing to the team’s great efficiency. Competent and responsive. Edgard Philippin is a tremendous expert in Swiss law.’

‘What separates Kellerhals Carrard from other sports law practices is the industry experience of the various members of the team. Their lawyers have held and continue to hold senior positions within international sports bodies. In addition, the fact that Kellerhals Carrard, as a Swiss law firm, has various English-speaking barristers is a significant asset.’

‘I worked primarily with Nicolas Zbinden and the team of lawyers working for him in the anti-doping space. Nicolas is one of the most experienced anti-doping lawyers in the world having acted, for many years, for WADA, World Athletics, IWF and many other international federations. His technical expertise in anti-doping matters is truly first class. I also trust his strategic judgement implicitly.’

‘The banking and finance team of Kellerhals Carrard has an excellent and comprehensive understanding of banking and finance matters as well as regulatory topics.’

‘Luca Bianci is an absolute pro when it comes to regulatory, banking or finance matters (incl. IPOs). Due to his extensive experience, Luca is often the key person when interactions with relevant stakeholders take place, in particular financial market authorities.’

‘Kellerhals Carrard is a law firm with an excellent record and extensive experience. It specialises in complex issues and has extensive experience resolving highly complex legal, regulatory and fund law matters.’

‘Armin Kühne is a legal attorney with an excellent record, extensive experience and outstanding analytical skills.’

‘The team has a strong expertise in Swiss regulation in the fund and asset management industry. Partners are well connected in the Swiss industry and with authorities, in particular FINMA.’

‘Armin Kühne is well connected in the fund and asset management industry and with relevant Swiss authorities. Therefore, he has a great overview on market practices. ’

‘The team is pragmatic, solution-oriented and efficient. Besides that, they understand entrepreneurship from the bottom, take new roads and find innovative solutions.’

‘Beat Brechbühl is highly efficient, a very strong negotiator and quick in analysis; he is very business oriented and fun to work with. The whole team is recommended.’

‘High personal commitment and partner attention.’

‘Beat Brechbühl is highly experienced. He is a good leader (not only an advisor), hands-on, very efficient and pragmatic and comes up with creative solutions. Especially worth mentioning his proximity to his clients and his complete understanding of their needs.’

‘Luca Bianchi is very quick and smart, thorough but pragmatic, highly efficient and very nice and good advice.’

‘They follow an “embedded lawyers” concept in which one or several specialists dedicates his time for the project or the case only and is ready to be on site.’

‘They use technology tools (such as data processing in DD) but in a smart way: we as the clients don’t see it, but we profit with respect to efficiency and billing.’

‘Beat Brechbühl is precise, fast and pragmatic.’

‘Lukas Bopp and Daniel Staehelin are among the most experienced and esteemed insolvency practitioners in Switzerland.’

‘Outstanding theoretical and practice knowledge with the necessary touch of understanding of economical and management issues of a company.’

‘Specialist knowledge of insurance law and practice.’

‘Christoph Frey and Pascal Grolimund are outstanding lawyers with deep knowledge and experience in contentious insurance law matters.’

‘Fabrizio Gabrielli has a profound knowledge of all legal aspects of our projects and the building industry. The combination of academic approach and pragmatic solutions is outstanding. Livio Marelli is very supportive in our projects and we like to work with him because of his hands on approach.’

‘They have a big team down there – there are over 50 lawyers doing REC, I would estimate. They also have a very international outlook, and they have a modern attitude towards ESG.’

‘I am a big fan of Bernd Hauck. His knowledge in this area is outstanding. I have known Bernd as a regular and entertaining speaker at international construction law conferences, where we often collaborate. I wouldn’t think about giving anyone else my Swiss construction law work.’

‘I would strongly recommend Bernd Hauck. He is a quick thinker and very reliable. His dual qualification (Swiss and German law) is unique. If I had a construction problem, Bernd Hauck would be my first choice.’

‘Christoph Jäger is an excellent expert in all areas of real estate law. He provides timely and professional legal assessments taking into account the company’s interest. He quickly recognizes the company’s challenges and identifies practical solutions and options for action.’

‘The law firm is one of the top five players in Switzerland, I would say. The construction team is big (probably 60 plus lawyers) and highly reputed. Kellerhals Carrard is present in the entire country (all country languages) and is therefore aware of the various regional differences (which is key in the Swiss market). Even though the quality of the law firm services is outstanding, the requested fees are comparably fair. ’

‘I have been working with Bernd Hauck and Fabrizio Gabrielli in a complex construction project which required counsel in different areas of law (general contractor construction contracts, engineering contracts, public procurement etc.). I really appreciated Fabrizio’s and Bernd’s out of the box thinking. First and foremost, they tried to understand our needs implementing practical solutions for us. Fabrizio and Bernd have high pro-active thinking and were at our service at any time required. They provided us with answers, not with endless memos. ’

‘Christoph Jäger is an outstanding lawyer with a deep knowledge, an excellent reputation and a very good sense of our business. He communicates well and quickly and is a teamplayer and easy-to work with. High reliability and sense of duty.’

‘The team has extensive expertise and experience in the relevant areas of law. They team always put the needs and goals of their clients first and offer customised solutions.’

‘The fee structure is transparent and fair and is communicated in advance.’

‘The team offers a good combination of legal excellence, client focus and ethical conduct.’

‘The individuals I work with are very dedicated and professional. They are passionate about the interests of their clients.’

They communicate very effectively and work well in a team. They are easily accessible and respond quickly to inquiries and concerns.’

‘Very strong know-how in compliance, which assists in understanding clients needs and providing advice.’

‘The team is pragmatic, solution-oriented and efficient. Besides that, they understand entrepreneurship from the ground up, take new roads and find innovative solutions.’

‘They have known our market, our business and our culture for years and therefore really provide value for the money.’

‘They offer great personal commitment and partner attention.’

‘Beat Brechbühl is a smart and tough negotiator – highly efficient and creative.’

‘Ines Pöschel is thorough and an excellent specialist in governance and communications matters.’

‘An agile team of partners with a very entrepreneurial mindset, who are willing to put themselves into the position of the client.’

‘Technical skills, responsiveness, user-friendly approach and great knowledge of the market.’

‘The team is our go-to-team in Switzerland for all competition law related matters. The team is very much on top of things and have a deep knowledge of sports-related competition law matters, on which we have been working together.’

‘The team consists of very intelligent and efficient antitrust lawyers. ’

‘Daniel Emch enjoys our fullest confidence. From the very beginning, he guided us through the process in a competent and very efficient manner. ’

‘Christophe Rapin has an outstanding profile in competition law.’

‘Kellerhals Carrard has a thorough understanding of the competition law and it’s potential implications on their client’s business. They provide their legal advice in a timely, comprehensive and easy to understand manner. ’

‘Daniel Emch has an exceptionally quick grasp of the business, paired with a thorough understanding of the competition law and the ability to provide legal advice which is to the point and very useful.’

‘Kellerhals Carrard is agile, customer-focused and very experienced. ’

‘Daniel Emch is very experienced, well acquainted with the authority and the processes. He grasps complex issues extremely quickly, responds to customer wishes and advises in a way that is easy to understand.’

‘The dispute resolution and arbitration team is wide and strong, with a number of partners involved in both Geneva and Zurich which are the Swiss arbitration hot spots. Although their practice is international-oriented they have a very good knowledge of the Swiss arbitration market.’

‘Martin Molina is excellent with great capacity of listening to the needs of the clients, being available, providing reliable advice and showing great control over the case because of his personal involvement in each case he has been instructed for.’

‘Excellent arbitration team in particular in Bern, Lausanne and Lugano.’

‘Bernhard Berger, Henry Peter and Jean-Luc Chenaux are excellent, experienced and reliable.’

‘Bernhard Berger and Martin Molina are highly regarded arbitration practitioners. They are very well-prepared and responsive arbitrators.’

‘Bernhard Berger is a brilliant arbitration lawyer and one of the top names in Switzerland. He is very sharp and efficient and at the same time a great chair.’

‘Bernhard Berger is an excellent arbitrator and chairperson. He masters all what is needed to be an excellent share: he is one of the greatest specialist in Swiss arbitration law, he masters the procedural aspect of the case and has a clear and efficient drafting.

‘Henry Peter an excellent arbitrator, specially for corporate-law disputes.’

‘Regina Schlup Guignard is a very well versed tax lawyer who provides pragmatic and precise advice. ’

‘The team has extensive expertise and experience in the relevant areas of law. They team always put the needs and goals of their clients first and offer customized solutions.’

The fee structure is transparent and fair and is communicated in advance.’

‘The team offers a good combination of legal excellence, client focus and ethical conduct.’

‘The individuals I work with are very dedicated and professional. They are passionate about the interests of their clients. They also communicate very effectively and work well in a team.’

‘They are easily accessible and respond quickly to inquiries and concerns.’

‘The firm covers various areas of law with specialized focus teams, as well as all the language regions of Switzerland, which constitute a strength point for foreign and Italian clients. The teams are composed of numerous professionals with specific skills, who are able to face urgent and extemporaneous situations.’

‘I recomand Kellerhals Carrard to all my clients that have the need of legal assistance in Geneva. The services rendered by François Micheli have been entirely professional, with full satisfaction for the clients in what concerns competence and final results.’

‘Annette Spycher is extremely competent. Her ability to think strategically and take a proactive approach is most impressive.’

‘Annette was a pleasure to work with. She provided excellent and timely advice. I would not hesitate to recommend her to anyone needing advice in Switzerland.’

‘The team is extremely responsive and knowledgeable.’

‘They are experienced in contentious estates and trusts as well as capacity issues, which is sometimes lacking in other Swiss private client teams.’

‘The practice is composed of very highly qualified individuals with a good team spirit. They are very client oriented.’

‘The private client practice is not only focused on tax advice but also on cross-border estate planning, administration of estates, and trusts. You can rely on them to bring a practical approach to client matters.’

‘Ingris Iselin is one of the few SBA certified specialists for inheritance law that speaks French and English. She is an outstanding team leader. She’s very flexible and always accurate.’

‘Annette Spycher is one of the foremost matrimonial partners for Swiss family law. She’s the go-to lawyer if you have a case with Swiss elements.’