{"id":17280,"date":"2021-04-14T12:28:20","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T10:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcelegal.ch\/mce2024?page_id=17280"},"modified":"2025-02-02T16:59:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T15:59:38","slug":"pierre-alain-killias","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mcelegal.ch\/en\/team\/pierre-alain-killias\/","title":{"rendered":"Pierre-Alain Killias"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"\/mce2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PAK.png\" alt=\"Pierre-Alain Killias\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/p>\n<hr>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"\/mce2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Avocat.png\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/p>\n<div><strong>Member of the Bar<br \/>Doctor of Law<br \/>LL.M. (Exeter)<br \/>Partner since 2017<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"\/mce2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/localisation.png\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/p>\n<div><span><strong>Adresse<\/strong><br \/>MCE Avocats (Lausanne)<br \/>Rue du Grand-Ch\u00eane 1<br \/>Case postale 1106<br \/>1001 Lausanne<br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"\/mce2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/mail.png\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/p>\n<div><strong>Email<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"mailto:p-a.killias@mcelegal.ch\">p-a.killias@mcelegal.ch<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"\/mce2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/langue-parle.png\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/p>\n<div><strong>Languages<\/strong><br \/>FR \/ EN<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Biography<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: 'Nunito Sans'; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; color: #676767;\">Pierre-Alain Killias was born in Beijing (People\u2019s Republic of China) in 1962. He obtained a law degree from the University of Fribourg in 1986, graduating magna cum laude, and an LL.M. (in International Business Legal Studies) from the University of Exeter in England in 1992.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: 'Nunito Sans'; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; color: #676767;\">In 1996, he was awarded a doctorate in law by the University of Fribourg, summa cum laude.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: 'Nunito Sans'; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; color: #676767;\">After completing his legal traineeship at Keppeler, Maurer, Kroo &amp; Sprigi in Geneva (1986-1988), he worked as an assistant at CEDIDAC and then as a lawyer at Haymann &amp; Baldi in Zurich. He has also worked for Pirenne, Python, Schifferli, Peter &amp; Associ\u00e9s in Pully, Keppeler &amp; Associ\u00e9s in Geneva and Gillioz, Dorsaz in Geneva. From 2007 to June 2017, he was a partner at Lexartis Avocats in Lausanne.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: 'Nunito Sans'; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; color: #676767;\">Pierre-Alain Killias is a member of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), the Swiss Association for the Study of Competition, INGRES, Institut f\u00fcr gewerblichen Rechtsschutz and the International technology law association.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Practice areas<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"\/mce2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/private-equity.png\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/p>\n<h3>Advice and litigation<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"\/mce2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/droit-des-contrats.png\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/p>\n<h3>Commercial contracts<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"\/mce2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Propriete-intellectuelle-2.png\" alt=\"Proprie\u0301te\u0301 intellectuelle\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/p>\n<h3>Intellectual property\/competition law<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"\/mce2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Droit-penal-2.png\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/p>\n<h3>Criminal law<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mcelegal.ch?page_id=15842\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Professional experiences<\/h2>\n<div>\n<h3>Partner at MCE Avocats<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Since 2017<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Education<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Doctorate in Law from the University of Fribourg (summa cum laude)<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>1996<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>LL.M. in International Business Legal Studies from the University of Exeter (United Kingdom)<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>1992<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Bar exam (Geneva)<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>1988<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Law degree from the University of Fribourg (magna cum laude)<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>1986<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<!-- {\"type\":\"layout\",\"children\":[{\"name\":\"Vita\",\"type\":\"section\",\"props\":{\"animation_delay\":false,\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"style\":\"default\",\"title_breakpoint\":\"xl\",\"title_position\":\"top-left\",\"title_rotation\":\"left\",\"vertical_align\":\"\",\"width\":\"default\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"row\",\"children\":[{\"type\":\"column\",\"props\":{\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"position_sticky_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"width_medium\":\"1-1\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"headline\",\"props\":{\"margin\":\"small\",\"title_color\":\"emphasis\",\"title_decoration\":\"bullet\",\"title_element\":\"h1\",\"title_style\":\"h2\"},\"source\":{\"query\":{\"name\":\"pages.singlePage\"},\"props\":{\"content\":{\"filters\":{\"search\":\"\"},\"name\":\"title\"}}}},{\"type\":\"breadcrumbs\",\"props\":{\"show_current\":true,\"show_home\":true}}]}]},{\"type\":\"row\",\"props\":{\"column_gap\":\"large\",\"layout\":\"1-3,2-3\",\"row_gap\":\"large\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"column\",\"props\":{\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"position_sticky\":\"column\",\"position_sticky_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"style\":\"card-default\",\"width_medium\":\"1-3\",\"width_small\":\"1-1\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"image\",\"props\":{\"css\":\".el-image {\\n    filter: grayscale(0%); 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He obtained a law degree from the University of Fribourg in 1986, graduating magna cum laude, and an LL.M. 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