Prof. Dr. Jean-Luc Chenaux

Attorney at Law, Partner, Professor Dr.

A trusted, solutions-oriented advisor who puts his extensive experience and vast technical and practical knowledge of business and corporate life at your service.

About

Jean-Luc Chenaux specializes in mergers and acquisitions, financing, restructuring and governance. He also practices commercial litigation and arbitration. Senior partner at Kellerhals Carrard Lausanne/Sion SA, associate professor of commercial law at the University of Lausanne and co-director of the Master of Law & Economics program, vice-president of the Federal Takeover Board, chairman of the board of a major insurance group.

Jean-Luc Chenaux co-leads the Sustainability & ESG Desk of Kellerhals Carrard.

Contact

Assistance

Sylvia Jaquet
+ 41 58 200 33 51

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Languages

  • French
  • English
  • German

Expertise

Practice Areas

Banking, Finance and Fintech
Corporate and Business Law / M&A
Insolvency and Restructuring
Capital Market & Listed Companies
Life Sciences, Healthcare, Pharmacology and Biotechnology
Dispute Resolution and Litigation
Arbitration
Startup & Venture Capital Desk
Criminal law, legal assistance, internal investigations, crisis management and compliance
Sustainability (ESG) Desk

Sectors

Energy and Natural Resources
Financial Services and Insurance
Healthcare and Life Sciences
Industry and Trade

Experience

Ranking & Awards
Board of Directors and association mandates
Career
Memberships
Education
Further Activities

Named by The Legal 500 in the areas of Commercial, Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Capital Markets, Healthcare and LifeSciences with following testimonial: “Jean-Luc Chenaux is a leading lawyer in corporate matters as he is very thorough and creative; he’s smart as well as pragmatic.”

Recognized by Best Lawyers as “Lawyer of the Year” for 2023 – Mergers and Acquisitions Law in Lausanne.

 

  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Assura Group, a national health insurance company
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Carrard Consulting SA

 

 

 

  • Since 2011: Senior partner in the law firm Kellerhals Carrard, Lausanne

 

  • Member of the Vaud Bar Association
  • Member of the Swiss Lawyers' Association
  • Member of the Swiss Bar Association (SBA)
  • Member of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
  • Member of the Geneva Association of Business Law
  • Member of the Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association (SECA)
  • Member of the Swiss Chamber of Experts in Company Transfers, SwissVR

 

  • 2016: Certificate in Finance and Accounting, Stanford University
  • 1991: Admitted to the Bar (Vaud)
  • 1990: Doctorate in Law
  • 1982: Law degree from the University of Lausanne
  • Vice President of the Federal Takeover Board

Conferences

ConferencesSpeaking Engagements
June 2022

The role of corporations for social entrepreneurship

Prof. Dr. Jean-Luc Chenaux
ConferencesSpeaking Engagements
2022-06-08 et 2022-06-09

International conference Social Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy

Prof. Dr. Jean-Luc Chenaux
ConferencesSpeaking Engagements
12. May 2022

Entreprises à mission : une nouvelle ère dans la gouvernance?

Prof. Dr. Jean-Luc Chenaux, Edgar Philippin
ConferencesSpeaking Engagements
6. November 2021

La gestion des séances du CA

Prof. Dr. Jean-Luc Chenaux
ConferencesSpeaking Engagements
15. September 2021

Gouvernance, Enseignements de gestion de crise

Prof. Dr. Jean-Luc Chenaux
ConferencesSpeaking Engagements
16. June 2021

Corporate secretary et responsabilité, intervention

Prof. Dr. Jean-Luc Chenaux
All Conferences

News

NewsMonographs & reference books
20. February 2025

Sustainable Finance in Switzerland: Digital Book

NewsMonographs & reference books
11. October 2024

Sustainable Finance in Switzerland – Adoption of a New Paradigm through Regulatory Change and Innovation

NewsDeals & Cases
4. March 2024

Deal Ticker: Kellerhals Carrard advised Arga Medtech SA on their recent oversubscribed financing round

NewsLegal500
29. February 2024

Legal 500 Green Guide 2024 Recognises Kellerhals Carrard’s Contribution to Green Transition

NewsDeals & Cases
24. January 2024

Deal Ticker: Kellerhals Carrard advised Timeline on their recent financing round with l’Oréal, Nestlé and other important investors

NewsArticles
18. December 2023

How can companies protect themselves against greenwashing accusations?

All News

Further publications

Further publicationsMonographs & reference booksCommentariesEvents & Seminars
2024

Code des obligations II - Commentaire Romand : commentaire des articles 660-661, 675-682

Prof. Dr. Jean-Luc Chenaux
Further publicationsChambers
2024

Chambers Global Practice Guides ESG 2024, Switzerland: Trends & Development

Prof. Dr. Jean-Luc Chenaux, Prof. Dr. Isabelle Romy
Further publications
24. June 2023

«Sustainable Board»: Führen als Verantwortungsrat, NZZ-Gastbeitrag vom 24. Juni 2023

Dr. Beat Brechbühl, Prof. Dr. Jean-Luc Chenaux
Further publications
2023

Chambers Global Practice Guides ESG 2023, Switzerland: Law & Practice

Prof. Dr. Isabelle Romy, Prof. Dr. Jean-Luc Chenaux, Dr. Denise Wohlwend
Further publicationsPublications
2022

Corporate Purpose. How the Board of Directors can Achieve an Inclusive Corporate Governance Regime?

Edgar Philippin, Prof. Dr. Jean-Luc Chenaux
Further publicationsLegal News
2021

« Art. 1 » in Corona-Kredite für KMU. Umsetzung des Massnahmenpakets und Kommentierung des Covid-19-Solidarbürgschaftsgesetzes

Dr. Beat Brechbühl, Prof. Dr. Jean-Luc Chenaux, Prof. Dr. Thomas Nösberger, Edgar Philippin
All Further publications

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

Prof. Dr. Jean-Luc Chenaux
Tel. + 41 58 200 33 51
Fax + 41 58 200 33 11
jean-luc.chenaux@kellerhals-carrard.ch

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