Kellerhals Carrard
Frédéric Rochat is a Managing Partner at Kellerhals Carrard, with experience dating back to May 2007. In addition to this role, Frédéric serves as a Member of the Board of Directors for Seed Up and Prisminvest, and holds the position of Chairman of the Foundation Board for Ecole de Jazz et de Musique Actuelle (EJMA) since 2014. Frédéric is also the Vice-President of the Swiss M&A Experts Chamber and Chairman of the Board for FONDATION EUROVACC. Professionally active in academia, Frédéric has been a lecturer at the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne from 2008 to 2022 and leads a course for EXPERTsuisse on Swiss law for foreign accountants. Previous roles include Associate positions at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Bourgeois Muller Pidoux & Associés. Frédéric holds advanced degrees in corporate law from Columbia Law School and a doctorate and law degree from the University of Lausanne.
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Kellerhals Carrard
With 300 professionals (comprised of partners, salaried lawyers, legal experts, tax advisers and notaries) and a total of more than 500 staff, the law firm which dates back to 1885 and has offices in Basel, Berne, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano, Sion and Zurich and representation offices in Binningen, Shanghai and Tokyo is the largest in Switzerland and boasts a rich tradition. Kellerhals Carrard operates throughout Switzerland, whilst maintaining very strong local roots, advising clients nationally and abroad. We advise and represent companies and entrepreneurs from all industries and economic sectors, public authorities, national and international organisations and private individuals before all judicial and administrative bodies nationally and abroad in practically all areas of the law. Our activities are focused on: • Company and corporate 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, competition and anti-trust law • International sports law • Tax • Public law • Employment and social insurance law • Commercial criminal law and international mutual assistance / compliance • Family and inheritance law for private customers • Notarial office We focus in particular on the areas of financial services, life sciences, IMT (Information, Technology and Media), sport and entertainment, energy and real estate/construction and retail.