Kellerhals Carrard

Civil and criminal procedures White collar crime Commercial and financial litigation Human rights Arbitration

Attorney at Law, Partner

About

Brainstorms, research, strategy and a razor-sharp writing style – Jean-Cédric Michel and his team take a direct rhetorical approach to the law. A man for high stakes and policy matters, he has represented clients before the Federal Tribunal more than fifty times, and obtained numerous favorable decisions in areas as varied as sports law, forfeiture, bond liability, attachments and non-competition clauses. A specialist in financial litigation, Jean-Cédric Michel obtained in Ireland the first settlement with a major bank for its liability as custodian of a Madoff fund. He has appeared before the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the European Court of Human Rights – where he has achieved two landmark victories against UN Security Council sanction regimes.

since 2019: Partner at Kellerhals Carrard, Geneva;

1984-2018: Attorney at Law, Partner, dePfyffer|Avocats, Geneva

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Geneva Bar Association;

Swiss Bar Association (SBA);

Swiss Association of Sports Law;

Swiss Arbitration Association;

Group in favor of Switzerland without an Army

1987: Licensed as an attorney and admission to the Geneva Bar Association;

1987: 1st prize in the Art of Oratory Competition of the Bar Association;

1985: lic. iur., University of Geneva;

1980: “C” secondary school diploma (baccalaureate), International School