Luc Argand

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Luc Argand
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NationalitySwiss
Born (1948-01-07) 7 January 1948 (age 77)
Geneva, Switzerland
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Luc Argand (born 7 January 1948) is a Swiss lawyer, and was partner at the Kellerhals Carrard law firm until 2023. [1] Prior to that, he was a senior partner at the De Pfyffer law firm in Geneva. [2] He is a former Chairman of the Geneva Bar Association. [3]

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Luc Argand competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich in the sailing Flying Dutchman category[4]. He has been a judge for the Court of Arbitration for Sport since 1990, [4] and he was also the president of the Geneva Motor Show from 2005 until 2011. [5]

High profile cases and clients

Luc Argand acted as the Swiss lawyer for French businessman Serge Dassault, who was convicted in France of tax fraud laundering and charged with electoral corruption in his capacity as mayor of Corbeil-Essonnes. The latter case came to trial after Serge Dassaut's death. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] Luc Argand is also one of the lawyers for Nigerian-born Lebanese businessman Gilbert Chagoury, who had close ties to the family of former dictator Sani Abacha. In 2000, Gilbert Chagoury concluded an agreement with Nigeria to return funds embezzled by the Abacha family and that have transited through his Swiss accounts. As a judge for the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Luc Argand notably presided over the trials of tennis player Richard Gasquet and cyclist Richard Virenque. [11] [12] He was a legal advisor to Bernie Ecclestone, and a trustee of Formula One Holdings until 2004. [13] Luc Argand also sat on the board of the Rothschild private bank in Geneva as a director between 1984 and 2020. [14] [15]

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References

  1. ↑ "Luc Argand - Attorney at Law - Partner". Kellerhals Carrard. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "Kellerhals Carrard recrute 35 avocats genevois". Le Temps (in French). 16 July 2018. ISSN   1423-3967 . Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Les batonniers de l'ordre des avocats de Genève, de 1895 à nos jours" (PDF). Ordre des avocats de Genève. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "Liste des arbitres (liste générale)". www.tas-cas.org (in French). Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "Succès attendu pour le 81e Salon de l'auto". rts.ch (in French). 15 February 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  6. ↑ https://www.letemps.ch/economie/groupe-dassault-cherit-liens-suisse
  7. ↑ https://www.expatica.com/fr/general/dassault-accountant-tells-vote-buying-probe-he-delivered-53mn-euros-2-72031/
  8. ↑ https://www.nation.com.pk/19-Nov-2014/dassault-accountant-paid-66m-to-buy-french-voters
  9. ↑ https://www.liberation.fr/societe/2014/11/17/je-montais-dans-le-bureau-je-posais-le-sac-dans-un-coin_1145029/
  10. ↑ https://imazpress.com/france-monde/dassault-ineligibilite-requise-pour-ses-comptes-caches-a-letranger
  11. ↑ à 07h00, Par Le 10 novembre 2009 (10 November 2009). "Un trio d'arbitres va trancher". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 1 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ↑ "Le dernier espoir de Richard Virenque de participer au Tour de France s'est envolé". Le Temps (in French). 13 March 2001. ISSN   1423-3967 . Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  13. ↑ "Formula 1's new battle for survival". The Irish Times. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  14. ↑ https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/reseaux-pratiques-ont-permis-linvraisemblable-pillage-dun-pays
  15. ↑ https://francoispilet.net/sale-temps-pour-les-avocats-daffaires/
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