Dr. Lucien W. Valloni
Lucien W. Valloni has been a partner in our Zurich office since 2005.
Lucien is one of the best known sports lawyers in the Swiss market with an emphasis on sports litigation and arbitration. He has represented domestic and international clients in numerous high-profile cases (including doping related proceedings) before various sports arbitration bodies, including the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). He is a highly experienced litigator in both international and domestic commercial cases in the Swiss courts (including the Swiss Federal Supreme Court). Lucien also advises clients on corporate, commercial, entertainment, employment, insurance and (international) enforcement matters.
Lucien obtained his law degree from the University of Zurich in 1990. He obtained a Ph.D. from the Faculty of Law of the University of Zurich in 1998 with a thesis on the jurisdiction of courts at the place of performance of an obligation under the Lugano and Brussels Conventions (graduation with the distinction summa cum laude and the Prof. Walther Hug-Prize, awarded for outstanding theses graded with the highest possible mark by a Swiss law school). His working languages are German, English, Italian and French.
Lucien is a member of the following professional associations: Zurich Bar Association, Swiss Bar Association, Vice-President of the International Sport Lawyers Association (ISLA), President of the Swiss Association of Football Players (SAFP) which is a member of F.I.F.Pro (Fédération Internationale des Associations de Footballeurs Professionnels), FIFPro-Doping-Committee, President of the Swiss Association of Icehockey Players (SAIP), Employment Law Alliance, Associazone Internazionale Giuristi di Lingua Italiana (A.I.G.L.I.), Swiss-Italian Chamber of Commerce (Camera di Commercio Italiana per la Svizzera).
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