Being pragmatic is our job; designing innovative solutions is our motivation.
We are a firm of independent attorneys founded in Lausanne in 1885 and currently specializing in Business Law and Sports Law. We have a high profile both in Switzerland and abroad, and owe our reputation to the highly personalized services we provide and our culture of trust and loyalty towards our clients, both within Switzerland and internationally.
Carrard & Associés prides itself on its excellent understanding of its clients, whether they be private individuals, institutions, families or entrepreneurs anywhere from local SMEs to multinational firms. We also provide realistic and practical advice and solutions in today’s ever-increasing competitive market.
Our strength lies in our flexibility and our ability to respond rapidly. Our human-sized firm is characterized by its dynamic, inventive attitude which enables us to handle complex cases of all sizes, while at the same time ensuring that our services remain personalized.
Team spirit
The individual experience and the areas of expertise of our attorneys, who are used to working as a team, mean that our firm can offer a range of complementary skill sets to tackle almost any legal challenge in an effective manner. These skills are put to use in the way best suited to each client’s needs, in terms of time, strategy and costs. The seven partners work together in a fully-integrated manner and act as a true partnership.
All our attorneys have extensive international experience and can work and negotiate in a wide variety of languages, particularly English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
Present locally – active internationally
Our firm’s areas of expertise have always had an international slant. Thanks to our network of correspondents, we can guarantee an effective level of service for our clients in all areas, even areas in which we do not practice ourselves or that require the involvement of attorneys elsewhere in Switzerland or abroad.
Our local presence is demonstrated by our involvement in various regional or national projects and events, whether cultural, commercial or sporting. Our unique advantage is the active involvement of our partners on the boards of Companies, Foundations, Federations and Associations, which enables us to gain a better understanding of the viewpoints of entrepreneurs, organizers of cultural events and sports managers.