Jean-Cédric Michel
Born in Geneva on 19 April 1963
Qualified as a lawyer and admitted to the Bar in 1987, Geneva
Member of the Bar Exams Commission
Member of the Swiss Olympic Disciplinary Commission on doping (2003-2013)
Member of the Board of the Geneva Bar Association (2002-2006)
Education
Collège Vaudois
International School (baccalaureate C, 1980)
University of Geneva School of Law (degree in Law 1985)
Winner of the Geneva Bar pleading contest (1987)
Languages
French, English
Areas of Practice and Specialisation
Civil litigation, arbitration and private international law
Criminal litigation and defense
White-collar crime and money-laundering and corruption regulations
International judicial assistance
Contract law and art contracts
Competition and unfair competition
Sports law and sports litigation
International sanctions
Jean-Cédric Michel heads a litigation group recognized for its research, drafting skills and strategy. The group regularly obtains leading or breakthrough judgments. Jean-Cédric Michel has argued more than fourty times before the Swiss Federal Supreme Court, with an impressive track record of favorable judgments, often published, in fields as diverse as criminal forfeiture, bond prospectus liability, international private law, mismanagement, criminal fraud, appeal against an arbitral award, sports law or debt collection attachment. Jean-Cédric Michel also argues before the European Court for Human Rights. On top of legal news and trends in litigation, with an effective time management and electronic data and records, his team offers a reactivity to events and to the clients’ needs, and organisational skills, unmatched in the profession. Jean-Cédric Michel advises companies and sports federations in strategic matters, and handles transnational complex litigation, civil and criminal, as counsel/lead counsel or sitting as arbitrator (ICC, UNCITRAL, ad hoc). He is the author of Legal Blog LawThinkTankBlog and of the book "Etre efficace en Justice" (Schulthess/LGDJ 2011).