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With more than 220 legal professionals (consisting of partners, of counsels, associates, tax advisors and notaries) and more than 400 employees, the firm, which has its origins in 1885, is one of the largest and most traditional law firms in Switzerland, with offices in Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano and Zurich, and representative offices in Binningen, Sion, Shanghai and Tokyo. Kellerhals Carrard is active throughout Switzerland, maintaining very strong local roots, whilst advising clients nationally and abroad. We advise and represent companies and entrepreneurs from all industries and economic sectors, public authorities, national and international organisations and private individuals before all judicial and administrative bodies nationally and abroad in practically all areas of the law. Our activities are focused on: • Company and corporate law, external legal department • Litigation, arbitration and insolvency law • M&A and capital markets law • Construction and real estate • Regulatory financial markets law, financial services, collective investments, leasing, insurance • IT/IP, distribution, competition and anti-trust law • International sports law • Tax • Public law • Employment and social insurance law • Commercial criminal law and international mutual assistance / compliance • Family and inheritance law for private customers • Notarial office We focus in particular on the areas of financial services, life sciences, IMT (Information, Technology and Media), sport, energy, real estate/construction as well as on trading and retail.

The firm, located in the centre of Lugano, was founded in 2016 by three female professionals who, over the years, have accumulated specific, diverse and complementary experience, which allows the firm to follow its clients with professionalism in various fields of law. Our strength is the specialisation in specific fields, which allows us to handle cases with competence and accuracy. LAWYERS ALESSANDRA BALMELLI Since the beginning of her activity, she has chosen to specialise in notarial work, a subject she carries out with great passion, professionalism and specific skills. She gained her experience in this field by working with leading Lugano law firms. Having specialised in notarial work, over the years she has accumulated a solid knowledge, accompanying clients with attention and dedication in the projects they wish to undertake. DEBORAH UNTERNÄHRER ANTONINI Over the years she has specialised in family law, inheritance law and child and adult protection law, gaining specific experience, both in primary Lugano law firms, with which she has collaborated, and having had the opportunity to work, as secretary assessor, at the Pretura of Lugano (Section 4 and 6), dealing exclusively with family and inheritance law. FIELDS OF LEGAL ACTIVITY - Criminal - Succession - Administrative - Contracts - Curatorships - Family Law - Contracts FIELDS OF NOTARIAL ACTIVITY - Real Estate - Succession - Corporate - Marriage agreements - Precautionary Warrants - Notarial patents