Dr. Marco Balmelli | Kellerhals Carrard

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Dr. Marco Balmelli

Attorney at Law and Notary, MA in Philosophy, Politics, Economics LMU

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Dr. Marco Balmelli

My entrepreneurial consulting approach and interdisciplinary practice are key to the successful outcomes I achieve on behalf of my clients.

Contact

+41 58 200 30 00

marco.balmelli@kellerhals-carrard.ch

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Dr. Marco Balmelli is on the board of directors of several Swiss and international companies, especially larger medium-sized family businesses. He advises on national and international M&A transactions, joint ventures, and corporate successions. He is an experienced specialist in corporate and real estate law, preferably for advising entrepreneurs and companies; he also serves as a notary. Dr. Marco Balmelli is also a judge at the CAS/TAS Sports Arbitration Court in Lausanne and an expert in sports law.

Languages

German, English, French, Italian

Assistance

Stephanie Thieme
+41 58 200 30 23

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Recommended for corporate law, M&A by Legal500 and Chambers

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Deals & Cases

Kellerhals Carrard advises P&F Immobilien AG on real estate portfolio saleJanuary 13, 2026

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stephanie.thieme@kellerhals-carrard.ch

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+41 58 200 30 45

aline.imperiale@kellerhals-carrard.ch

Expertise

Construction and real estate
Company & Corporate Law / M&A
Insolvency and Restructuring
Notary
Private Clients
Arbitration

Rankings & Awards

Recommended for corporate law, M&A by Legal500 and Chambers

Practice groups: M&A, capital market and corporate law; construction, real estate and industrial facilities; notary’s office; sports law

Board of Directors

Chairman and/or member of the board of directors of several national and international companies

Member of the board of trustees of the Basel Institute on Governance

Deal Ticker: Kellerhals Carrard advises Partners Group on the Acquisition of Empira

Deal Ticker: Kellerhals Carrard advises Partners Group on the Acquisition of Empira

December 5, 2024

Deal Ticker: Kellerhals Carrard Advises Rhenopharma Group in Acquisition of Konapharma AG

Deal Ticker: Kellerhals Carrard Advises Rhenopharma Group in Acquisition of Konapharma AG

Kellerhals Carrard advises private shareholders of Ladenbau Schmidt AG on a Management Buy-Out

Kellerhals Carrard advises private shareholders of Ladenbau Schmidt AG on a Management Buy-Out

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Bulletin

Change at the helm of Kellerhals CarrardJune 12, 2026
Newsletter #3 10/2022 The inheritance law reform - what will change as of 1 January 2023?October 20, 2022

Career

2023-2025: Master's degree at LMU Munich, M.A. in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
Since 1999: Attorney at law and notary at Gfeller, Christen, Hentz, Basel, now trading as Kellerhals Carrard

1999: Legal assistant at Chiomenti Studio Legale, Milan

1996–1999: Legal assistant at the former Swiss Bank Corporation

1993–1996: Research assistant at the University of Basel, Chair of Prof. Dr. Mark Pieth and Prof. Dr. Adrian Staehelin

Memberships

Forum PPW Association
Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
Judge at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne (CAS/TAS)

Chairman and board member of several national and international companies

Board member of the Basel Institute on Governance

Education

2025: M.A. Philosophy, Politics, Economics, LMU
1998: Admitted as a notary

1997: Admitted to the bar

1996: Dr. iur., universities of Basel and Lausanne

1993: lic. iur.

Other Activities

BALMELLI, Die Bestechungstatbestände des schweizerischen Strafgesetzbuches, Bern 1996 (Diss. Basel 1996)

Amstutz/Breitschmid et al. (ed.), Handkommentar zum Schweizer Privatrecht [Handkommentar zum Schweizer Privatrecht], Basel and elsewhere 2007/2012
Commentary on Art. 516 to 529 O

BALMELLI, Entschädigung von Sportlern: Erscheinungsformen, rechtliche Qualifikation und Vertragsgestaltung, in: Arter/Baddeley (ed.), Sport und Recht, Bern 2007

Anmerkungen zu Überprüfung des Auswahlverfahrens zur Olympiateilnahme, Spurt 2006 (with Andrea Schmutz)

Rechtsfolge bei Absage bzw. Verschiebung von Sportgrossveranstaltungen unter Schweizer Recht, Spurt 2005 (with Oliver Kronenberg)

Ausländerklauseln im Schweizer Spitzensport aus Athletensicht, in: jusletter of 29 March 2004

Auswirkungen des Personenfreizügigkeitsabkommens auf Ausländerklauseln im Schweizer Spitzensport, Spurt 4/2002 (with PD Dr. Pascal Grolimund), pp. 171 ff.