With over 300 professionals (consisting of partners, salaried lawyers, attorneys, tax advisors and notaries) and a total of more than 540 employees, the law firm, which has its first origins in 1885, is one of the largest and most traditional law firms in Switzerland with offices in Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne/Sion Lugano and Zurich as well as representative offices in Binningen and Shanghai.

Kellerhals Carrard operates throughout Switzerland and is very well established locally, advising clients in Switzerland and abroad.

We advise and represent companies and entrepreneurs from all industries and economic sectors, the public sector, national and international organizations as well as private individuals before all judicial and official bodies in Switzerland and abroad in almost all areas of law. Our practice focuses on the following areas:

• Corporate and commercial law, external legal department

• Litigation, arbitration and insolvency law

• M&A and capital markets law

• Regulatory financial markets law, financial services, collective investments, leasing, insurance

• IT/IP, distribution and competition and antitrust law

• International sports law

• Tax

• Public law

• Labor and social security law

• Commercial criminal law and international legal assistance / compliance

• Family and inheritance law for private clients

• Notarial services

We have a special focus on the financial services sector, life sciences, IMT (information, technology, media), sports and entertainment, energy and real estate/construction as well as retail.

Our values

Entrepreneurial
We know your needs and speak the same language, because we are also entrepreneurs and know what is important to you through our involvement in the management bodies of companies, foundations, organizations and associations. We see the law as a tool to secure and increase your economic success - with pragmatic and innovative solutions.

Personal and loyal
Personal contact and mutual loyalty are not just empty phrases for us. That's why we have a comparatively large number of partners in relation to the number of lawyers we employ and why we focus on personal client support from our partners - often as a one-stop store and sparring partner for years and decades.

Team-oriented
We lawyers are used to working closely with each other and with you. Thanks to our size and project experience, we can put together teams of specialists within a very short time, deploy them efficiently and manage them appropriately. We determine the strategy and tactics in complex processes, transactions or negotiations together; we benefit from our international background and understanding of other cultures.

Communicative
We communicate openly and directly. We only offer what we can handle efficiently and well. We respond to your questions quickly and without unnecessary jargon.

• Other languages available

Our lawyers:

• Bettina Achermann

• Dr. Dario Ammann

• Dr. Marco Balmelli

• Christine Bassanello

• Susanna Baumgartner Morin

• Dr. Thomas Bauer

• Jan Bläuer

• Dr. Lukas Bopp

• Manuela Brenneis-Hobi

• Dr. Emanuel Dettwiler

• Philipp d'Hondt

• Dr. Fabrizio Gabrielli

• Danijel Gajic

• Milena Grob

• Prof. Dr. Pascal Grolimund

• Dr. Eliane Haas

• Sidney Haberthür

• Dr. Marc Hanslin

• Dr. Bernd Hauck

• Thomas Hentz

• Dr. Melanie Huber

• Estelle Keller Leuthardt

• Kim Lindner

• Dr. Kevin MacCabe

• Laura Manz

• Livio Marelli

• Dr. Nicolas Mosimann

• Dr. Olivier Mosimann

• Sebastian Müller

• Dany Manuela Nüssler

• Jon Oetiker

• Andrea Schmutz

• Sarah Schneider

• Marco Sibold

• Larissa Simeon

• Irena Situm

• Prof. Dr. Daniel Staehelin

• Adrienne Strahm

• Samuel Thüring

• Dr. Dominik Tschudi