Vincent Carron, LL.M.
Partner, Certified Specialist SBA Employment Law
Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
1211 Geneva 1
Switzerland
15bis, rue des Alpes
P.O. Box 2088
1211 Geneva 1
Switzerland
Languages:
English, French
English, French
T +41 22 707 8000
F +41 22 707 8001
vincent.carron@swlegal.ch
„effusive praise from market sources“
Who's Who Legal
„the best employment and labour lawyer in Geneva“
Who's Who Legal
„always acquits himself exceptionally well“
Who's Who Legal
„is a "superb" litigator“
Who's Who Legal
„very experienced and wise practitioner who is technically very strong, both on the advisory side and in courtroom proceedings“
Chambers
„he perfectly masters the field – not just the legal issues but also the strategy“
Who's Who Legal
„nothing is impossible, there is always a solution“
Chambers
„his advice is also “first rate“
Who's Who Legal
Vincent Carron is a Partner in Schellenberg Wittmer’s Geneva office, where he heads the Employment Law Group.
Practice Areas / Sectors and Industries
Expertise and Experience
- Extensive experience representing clients before the labor courts and advising them on all employment law matters (including review of contracts, employee handbooks, termination agreements, unilateral and collective dismissals, business transfers and assistance in M&A transactions, structure of severance payments, aspects of international employee transfers, international social security coordination, lease of services, restructuring of remuneration and bonus schemes, work schedule reductions, recording of working time, employer’s liability, due diligences)
- Advising and representing clients in matters related to pension funds, covering both litigation and corporate aspects
Career
Professional Experience
2012
Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer
2004
Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer
2002
Trainee Lawyer at Schellenberg Wittmer
2001-2002
Teaching and research assistant at University of Fribourg
1999-2000
Research assistant on a Swiss National Science Foundation Project on Public Procurement Remedies
Education and Admission
2008
Certified Specialist SBA Employment Law
2007
Bar Admission in New York
2006
Master of Laws (LL.M.), New York University
2004
Bar Admission in Switzerland
1998
lic. iur., University of Fribourg (summa cum laude)
Additional Professional Activities
- Regular publications in his fields of specialization
- Member of the European Employment Law Association
- President of the West Switzerland Association of Employment Law Specialists
- Vincent Carron is part of the Exam Committee in charge of the Geneva labour court judges' oral exams, and has been teaching them some aspects of Swiss employment law
„effusive praise from market sources“
Who's Who Legal
„the best employment and labour lawyer in Geneva“
Who's Who Legal
„always acquits himself exceptionally well“
Who's Who Legal
„is a "superb" litigator“
Who's Who Legal
„very experienced and wise practitioner who is technically very strong, both on the advisory side and in courtroom proceedings“
Chambers
„he perfectly masters the field – not just the legal issues but also the strategy“
Who's Who Legal
„nothing is impossible, there is always a solution“
Chambers
„his advice is also “first rate“
Who's Who Legal
Recognitions
- Chambers Europe: Employment
- Legal 500: Employment
- Who's Who Legal: Thought Leader, Management, Labour, Employment
Selected Publications
Protection des données des employés dans le cadre de transferts d'entreprises et de fusions
in: La protection des données dans les relations de travail / Jean-Philippe Dunand,Pascal Mahon (éds). - Genève: Schulthess éd. romande, 2017, pp. 111-139
Article 334 CO, in Commentaire du contrat de travail
Dunand/Mahon édit., Stämpfli