Stéphane Manaï
Dr. iur., Attorney at Law
stephane.manai@kellerhals-carrard.ch
Place Saint-François 1
CH-1002
Lausanne
Tel +41 58 200 33 00
Fax +41 58 200 33 11
Assistant:
Sylvia Jaquet
Stéphane Manaï has in-depth experience and expertise in corporate and commercial law as well as contract law, in particular with respect to M&A negotiations and transactions, shareholders' agreements, and financing and restructuring of start-up entities. He is also involved in initial public offering processes of such entities. In addition, Stéphane advises clients in the sport environment in respect of sponsorship agreements and the commercialization/marketing of image rights and other personal rights. Stéphane is a former professional tennis player.
- Corporate and commercial law; contract law
- M&A negotiations and transactions
- Shareholders' agreements
- Listed companies (initial public offering process)
- Financing and restructuring (in particular of start up entities)
- Sports law, in particular sponsorship agreements, commercialisation/marketing of image rights and other personal rights
- IP, in particular trademark litigation
- M&A, capital markets and corporate
- Sports law
- 2009: Bar admission, Canton of Vaud
- 2008: Dr. iur., University of Lausanne
- 2001: Lic. iur., University of Lausanne
- since 2011: Associate attorney at law with Carrard & Associés
- 2010-2011: Associate attorney at law with Bär & Karrer
- 2007-2009: Attorney at law trainee with Stoudmann, Bischof, Moinat & Arsénio
- 2002-2006: Assistant to Prof. Dr. Etienne Grisel (constitutional law) (University of Lausanne)
- German
- English
- French
- Italian
- Member of Swiss Bar Association (SAV/FSA), Vaud Bar Association (OAV)
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Stéphane Manaï, Les attributs de la personnalité du sportif et leur commercialisation dans le contexte du contrat de sponsoring individuel, Etude de droit privé suisse, Editions Bis & Ter, 2008, Lausanne (Thèse de doctorat / PhD thesis (summa cum laude) ; prix de la Société Académique Vaudoise 2009 / Award from the Société Académique Vaudoise in 2009; prix "Professeur Walter Hug" 2010 / "Professeur Walter Hug" Award in 2010)