Dr. Michael Daphinoff

Attorney at Law, Partner, LL.M.

Qualified expert in criminal and employment law with a focus on internal investigations and administrative investigations.

About

Michael Daphinoff is a partner at Kellerhals Carrard and specializes in litigation at state courts and arbitral tribunals.

Michael Daphinoff's specialties are criminal and criminal procedural law (focusing on commercial criminal law, combating corruption and money laundering, and international legal assistance) as well as internal and administrative investigations. He also advises clients in the areas of compliance, data protection, and corporate governance.

As a specialist in employment and personnel law, he regularly advises and represents companies, public institutions and executives in the field of employment and social security law.

His clients benefit from his project management skills, his strategic mindset and actions, his political experience and his good connections in business, politics, and administration.

Michael Daphinoff regularly holds lectures and publishes articles in his areas of focus.

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Languages

  • German
  • English
  • French
  • Italian
Ranked in Legal500 in the practice area of Employment Law, Litigation as well as Regulatory, Compliance and Investigations

Experience

Ranking & Awards
Board of Directors and association mandates
Career
Memberships
Education
Further Activities
  • Ranked in Legal500 2021 in the practice area of Employment Law, Litigation as well as Regulatory, Compliance and Investigations

 

  • Since 2022: Secretary of the Board of Directors AVAG Umwelt AG
  • Since 2021: Member of the Board of Trustees of “Stiftung idée sport”
  • Since October 2019: Partner at Kellerhals Carrard, Bern
  • 2012–2019: Attorney at Walder Wyss, Zurich and Bern
  • 2012: Lawyer at the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)
  • Before 2012: Various internships at the Administrative Court of Bern, at the Regional Court of Biel-Seeland, at a medium-sized law firm in Bern, and in the legal department of the Swiss Accident Insurance Fund (SUVA)

 

  • Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
  • Bern Bar Association (BAV)
  • Swiss Lawyers Association (SJV)
  • Bern Association of Lawyers (BJV)
  • BAV Section for Criminal Law
  • International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA)
  • Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
  • Ethics and Compliance Switzerland (ECS)
  • Swiss Society of Criminal Law (SKG)
  • Private Claimants Network (NKP)

 

  • 2016: LL.M. at King’s College London (Arbitration and Dispute Resolution)
  • 2012: Dr. iur., University of Fribourg i.Ue.
  • 2012: Admitted to the bar of the Canton of Bern
  • 2007: MLaw, University of Fribourg i.Ue. and Université Robert Schuman Strasbourg (with the supplements “Bilingual” and “European law”)
  • Since 2016: Chairman of the Federal Board for Conciliation in Collective Labor Disputes
  • 2016–2020: Lecturer at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW)
  • 2013–2020: Member of Bern City Council

Contact

Bern

Effingerstrasse 1
Postfach
CH-3001 Bern


Tel. +41 58 200 35 00
Fax +41 58 200 35 11
info@kellerhals-carrard.ch
 

Kellerhals Carrard

Basel ∣ Bern ∣ Geneva ∣ Lausanne ∣ Lugano ∣ Sion ∣ Zurich


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