Christian Bettex
Former President of the Vaud Bar Association and FSA specialist in labor law, Christian Bettex has extensive experience in this field. He provides both advice and legal representation. Working as an external legal service or in support of the in-house legal department, he is the point of contact for many SMEs and multinationals on all matters relating to labour law. With his in-depth knowledge of the legal system, Me Bettex is also involved in sensitive criminal and civil proceedings on behalf of institutional, corporate and private clients. He is a founding member of Avocat.e.s pour le climat.
Languages spoken: French, English
Associations: Fédération Suisse des Avocats (FSA), Ordre des avocats vaudois (OAV)
Labor law
Civil and commercial litigation / arbitration
Health law / medical law
Contract law / Commercial law
Criminal law
Family law
Curriculum vitae
Professional background
Since 2024
Attorney at Allia SA
2014 - 2023
Partner at Rusconi & Associés
2008 - 2010
Member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Vaud Bar Association
2006 - 2008
President of the Vaud Bar Association
2004 - 2008
Member of the Chamber of Attorneys (Vaud)
2003 - 2018
Member of the Conseil de santé (Vaud)
1998 - 2002
Ad hoc President of the Tribunal d’arrondissement de Lausanne et Vevey
1989 - 2014
Partner of various law firms in Lausanne
1988 - 1999
President of the Tribunal de Prud'hommes de Renens et environs, then of Lausanne
Lecturer in labor law at the CRQP Cours romands pour les questions de personnel (until 2010), in private law at the Swiss Tax Academy (until 2003), in property rights at the Chambre fiduciaire suisse (until 2000).
Educational background
2011
FSA specialization in labor law
1987
Admission to the bar
1986
Doctorate in Law, University of Lausanne
1980
Law degree, University of Lausanne
Board and associative mandates
Since 2021
Founding member of the association Avocat.e.s pour le Climat
Since 2018
Chairman of the Board of Directors of S.I. La Plaisante C. D. SA
Member of the Board of S.I. Grand Air - Bellevue SA
Since 2014
Member of the Board of Directors of Makita SA
2013 - 2021
Member of the Board of Directors of Régie de la Couronne S.A.
Since 2012
Member of the Board of Directors of Fiduciaire Michel Favre SA
Since 2011
Member of the Board of the Fondation Rolf Gaillard pour la recherche en endocrinologie, diabétologie et métabolisme
Since 2006
Chairman of the Board of the Fondation pour des bourses d’études italo-suisses
Since 2002
Member of the Board of the Fondation Alamaya : neuroscience et psychiatrie
Since 1994
Member of the Board of the Fondation pour la recherche dans le domaine de l’immunologie appliquée à la médecine humaine
Publications
- Désobéir pour la terre, défense de l'état de nécessité, Dominique Bourg et al. (ed.), 2021 (participation)
- Enquêtes internes, droits du dénoncé, analyse de l'arrêt du Tribunal fédéral 4A_694/2015, in Newsletter de l'Université de Neuchâtel, 2016
- Whistleblowing - some considerations on whistleblowing and Swiss law, in L'Expert-comptable suisse, 2014 (pp. 492-494)
- Le cadre légal des enquêtes internes dans les banques et autres grandes entreprises en droit du travail, in SJ 2013 II 157 ss
- L'application temporelle de l'article 328 CO, in Panorama II en droit du travail, Rémy Wyler (ed.), 2012
- Conciliation, mediation and arbitration in collective bargaining agreements, in Panorama II en droit du travail, Rémy Wyler (ed.), 2012
- Petit commentaire du Code pénal, Michel Dupuis et al (eds.), 2012 (co-author)
- L'avarie commune - étude de la loi sur la navigation sous pavillon suisse, à la lumière des droits français et anglo-saxon, thesis, 1986
Conferences
- Whistleblowing: state of play (Labor Law Day, Geneva 2019)
- Presentation of 2015-2016 case law in labor law (Seminar organized by the Association Romande des Spécialistes en droit du travail (AROSDT), 2016)
- Labor law in evolution - case law, legislative and doctrinal novelties for the years 2013 to 2015 (FSA Congress, 2015)
- The sports physician and the notion of responsibility (Swiss Congress of Medicine and Sport, 2008)
- The judicial and extra-judicial expertise process (Seminar organized by the Chambre vaudoise des experts comptables, 2008)
- Attorney-client privilege (Seminar organized by the OAV-ANV-AAB-AVEC, 2007)
Contact
Our law firm is located in the center of Lausanne, a few steps away from the Flon and Place St-François.
Allia SA is a member of the international lawyers network Concerto. Our attorneys are admitted to the Vaud Bar.