Dr. Frédéric Rochat

Attorney, Managing Partner Lausanne/Sion, Dr. iur, LL.M. (Columbia ‘04)

A seasoned lawyer and negotiator with a wealth of professional experience abroad, he is our clients' trusted advisor on business law issues and M&A transactions.

About

Frédéric Rochat began his career as a business attorney with a leading law firm in New York and London. Since then, he has specialized in medium-sized M&A transactions, particularly in the financial, technology, and real estate sectors.

He also advises companies and investors on financing transactions and was appointed by the FINMA as co-liquidator in the bankruptcy of Banque Privée Espírito Santo.

His clients appreciate his personal involvement and his pragmatic approach to contract negotiation.

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Assistance

Marianne Lavanchy

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Languages

  • French
  • German
  • English

Expertise

Practice Areas

Banking, Finance and Fintech
Criminal law, legal assistance, internal investigations, crisis management and compliance
Corporate and Business Law / M&A
Insolvency and Restructuring
Capital Market & Listed Companies
Startup & Venture Capital Desk

Sectors

Financial Services and Insurance
Healthcare and Life Sciences

Experience

Board of Directors and association mandates
Career
Memberships
Education
Further Activities
  • Fondation EuroVacc, Lausanne (chairman)
  • Fondation Ecole de Jazz et de Musique Actuelle de Lausanne (EJMA), Lausanne (chairman)
  • Prisminvest SA, Morges (board member)
  • Carrard Consulting SA, Lausanne (vice-chairman)
  • Seed-Up SA, Lausanne (board member)
  • Fondation Health Sciences e-Teaching, Lausanne (board member)
  • S.I. EJMA LAUSANNE SA, Lausanne (board member)
  • Fondation Georges et Jeannine Piguet (board member)
  • Since September 2015: Partner at Kellerhals Carrard Lausanne/Sion SA
  • 2007–2015: Partner at Carrard & Associés, Lausanne
  • 2004–2007: Associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, in New York and London
  • 2000–2003: Trainee attorney, then associate attorney at a business law firm in Lausanne
  • Swiss Bar Association (SAV/FSA)
  • Vaud Bar Association (OAV)
  • 2005: Admitted to the New York Bar
  • 2004: LL.M. from Columbia University School of Law, New York, James Kent Scholar
  • 2002: Admitted to the Bar of the Canton of Vaud
  • 2002: Doctorate in Law from the University of Lausanne, Edouard Fleuret Foundation award and Walther-Hug Foundation award
  • 1996: Law degree from the Universities of Lausanne and Bern, Faculty award
  • Teaching business and corporate law at EPFL, within Expertsuisse, as well as in other institutions
  • Authorized representative at SIX Swiss Exchange for the submission of listing applications (bonds and equity securities)

News

NewsDeals & Cases
8. April 2025

Deal Ticker: Kellerhals Carrard advises the shareholders of Groupe Leuba SA on a sale transaction to BPM

News
11. March 2025

Kellerhals Carrard #1 Swiss VC Law Firm

NewsDeals & Cases
26. February 2025

Deal Ticker: Kellerhals Carrard advised the current shareholder of Domofen SA in a partnership transaction with Nuavo Holding AG

NewsDeals & Cases
20. November 2024

Deal Ticker : Kellerhals Carrard advises its long-standing client ONE swiss bank in a transaction with Banque Gonet, part of Arab Bank Switzerland

NewsDeals & Cases
14. October 2024

Deal Ticker: Kellerhals Carrard advises BE WTR in the CHF 39 million Series C financing round led by Convent Capital

NewsGeneralEvents & Seminars
8. April 2024

Construction et immobilier - Invitation à une rencontre sur des thèmes d'actualités

All News

Further publications

Further publicationsArticles
June 2023

Du contenu et du rôle des conventions d'actionnaires

Dr. Frédéric Rochat
Further publicationsLegal News
2022

La protection de l'investisseur dans les tours de financement : questions choisies

Dr. Frédéric Rochat
Further publicationsLegal News
2022

Protection of the investor in financing rounds: selected issues

Dr. Frédéric Rochat
Further publicationsLegal News
2022

Management Buy-Out - une solution pour pérenniser les PME suisses?

Dr. Frédéric Rochat
Further publicationsLegal News
2022

Le droit à l'information du prêteur

Dr. Frédéric Rochat
Further publicationsLegal News
2021

Principaux enjeux juridiques et économiques des garanties négociées lors d’une vente d’actions

Dr. Frédéric Rochat
All Further publications

Media

MediaArticles

Du contenu et du rôle des conventions d’actionnaires

Dr. Frédéric Rochat
All Media

Contact

Lausanne

Place Saint-François 1
P.O. Box
CH-1001 Lausanne

Phone +41 58 200 33 00
Fax +41 58 200 33 11

info.lausanne@kellerhals-carrard.ch

Contact

Dr. Frédéric Rochat
Tel. +41 58 200 33 12
Fax +41 58 200 33 11
frederic.rochat@kellerhals-carrard.ch

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