P.-Dominique Schupp
With an extensive European and international network, P.-Dominique Schupp handles complex civil and commercial disputes. He also has extensive experience in civil liability matters, particularly in the field of road traffic. Me Schupp also advises and represents individuals and companies in criminal proceedings, in particular in white collar crime and international mutual legal assistance in criminal matters. Me Schupp has been particularly active in professional politics, having served as President of the Vaud Bar Association, President of the Swiss Bar Association and is currently President of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe.
Languages: French, English, German, Swiss-German, Portuguese
Associations: Fédération Suisse des Avocats (FSA), Ordre des avocats vaudois (OAV), Union internationale des avocats (UIA)
Civil and commercial litigation / arbitration
Economic criminal law / judicial assistance
Contract law / Commercial law
Law of the legal profession
Road traffic law
Insurance law/liability law
Curriculum vitae
Professional background
Since 2024
Attorney at Allia SA
President of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe
2021 - 2023
Vice-President of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe
2016 - 2020
Member of the Swiss delegation to the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe
2013 - 2015
President of the Swiss Bar Association
2009 - 2012
Member of the Board of the Swiss Bar Association
2008 - 2010
President of the Vaud Bar Association
Member of the Chamber of Attorneys (Vaud)
1998 - 2001
Member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Vaud Bar Association
1992 - 2023
Partner at Rusconi & Associés
1989 - 1991
Associate at the law firm of Charles Poncet
1987 - 1989
Junior associate at Rusconi & Associés
1985 - 1986
Ad hoc Clerk to the Tribunal de district de Vevey-Lavaux
Educational background
2019
CAS in finance and accounting for lawyers, Hochschule Luzern
1989
Admission to the bar
1987
Doctorate in Law, University of Lausanne
1984
Columbia Summer Program, Leiden University (Netherlands)
1982
Law degree, University of Lausanne
Publications
- Commentary on art. 11 and 33 to 36, in Valticos et al (eds.), Commentary on the Law on the Legal Profession in French-speaking Switzerland (1st and 2nd eds., co-authored, 2010 and 2022).
- Tarif-cadre pour la valeur du point TARMED, in DOC - Le rendez-vous des médecins vaudois (co-author, 2022)
- Physicians' economic freedom and healthcare cost containment: the example of the needs clause, Courrier des médecins vaudois (co-author, 2021)
- Assurance de la protection juridique : Les nouvelles recommandations pour les avocats et les assureurs, in Revue suisse de l'Attorney, 1/2019 p. 16 ff
- La révision de la loi fédérale sur l'entraide internationale en matière pénale, in RPS 1997 p. 180 ff
- Devoirs de discrétion suisses et obligation de produire des pièces en procédure pénale américaine, thesis (1987)
- Various publications related to the law of the profession ofAttorney
Conferences
P.-Dominique Schupp is a regular speaker at Swiss and European symposia and conferences relating to the legal profession.
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.