Lawyers
Frédéric Rochat
Kellerhals Carrard, Switzerland
- Phone+41 58 200 33 00
- Email[email protected]
Work Department
Advises companies in sale/acquisition or restructuring processes
Sets up company financing, including for start-up companies
Provides practical legal advice to corporate clients in respect of contract and company law matters
FINMA-appointed liquidator for Banque Privée Espirito Santo SA in liquidation
Position
Dr. iur., LL.M., Attorney at Law, Partner
Career
since 2007: Partner at the law firm Kellerhals Carrard
2006-2007: Associate attorney in the mergers and acquisitions and capital markets departments of the law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in London
2004-2005: Associate attorney in the mergers and acquisitions and capital markets departments of the law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York
2000-2003: Trainee attorney, then associate attorney at a law firm specialising in business law in Lausanne
1997-2000: Assistant to Prof. J.-M. Rapp at the Business Law Centre (CEDIDAC) at the Law Faculty of the University of Lausanne
Languages
French
German
English
Memberships
Vaud Bar Association (OAV)
Swiss Bar Federation (FSA)
Jeune Barreau vaudois
Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
Registered in the Cantonal Attorneys’ Register (Vaud)
Education
2005: Admitted to the bar of New York
2002: Admitted to the bar of Canton of Vaud
2004: LL.M., Columbia University School of Law, James Kent Scholar
2002: Dr. iur., University of Lausanne, Edouard Fleuret Foundation award and Walther-Hug award
1996: lic. iur., Universities of Lausanne and Bern, Faculty award