Lawyers

Vincent Carron, LL.M.

Vincent Carron, LL.M.

Work Department

Geneva / Employment

Position

Vincent Carron is a partner in Schellenberg Wittmer's Geneva office, where he heads the employment law group.

Experience:

  • Extensive experience representing clients before the labor courts and advising them on all employment law matters (including review of contracts, employee handbooks, termination agreements, unilateral and collective dismissals, business transfers and assistance in M&A transactions, structure of severance payments, aspects of international employee transfers, international social security coordination, lease of services, restructuring of remuneration and bonus schemes, work schedule reductions, recording of working time, employer’s liability, due diligences)
  • Advising and representing clients in matters related to pension funds, covering both litigation and corporate aspects

Career

2012 - Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer 2004 - Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer 2002 - Trainee Lawyer at Schellenberg Wittmer 2001 - Teaching and research assistant at University of Fribourg 1999 - Research assistant on a Swiss National Science Foundation Project on Public Procurement Remedies

Languages

English French

Memberships

Member of the European Employment Law Association President of the West Switzerland Association of Employment Law Specialists Vincent Carron is part of the Exam Committee in charge of the Geneva labour court judges' oral exams, and has been teaching them some aspects of Swiss employment law

Education

2008 - Certified Specialist SBA Employment Law 2007 - Bar Admission in New York 2006 - LL.M., New York University 2004 - Bar Admission in Switzerland 1998 - lic. iur., University of Fribourg

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