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'''Luc Argand''' (born 7 January 1948) is a Swiss [[lawyer]], and a [[Partnership|partner]] at the Kellerhals Carrard law firm since 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Luc Argand - Attorney at Law - Partner|url=https://www.kellerhals-carrard.ch/en/people/luc-argand.php|access-date=1 December 2021|website=Kellerhals Carrard|language=en}}</ref> Prior to that, he was a senior partner at the De Pfyffer law firm in [[Geneva]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=16 July 2018|title=Kellerhals Carrard recrute 35 avocats genevois|language=fr|work=Le Temps|url=https://www.letemps.ch/economie/kellerhals-carrard-recrute-35-avocats-genevois|access-date=1 December 2021|issn=1423-3967}}</ref> He is a former Chairman of the Geneva Bar Association.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Les batonniers de l'ordre des avocats de Genève, de 1895 à nos jours|url=https://www.odageneve.ch/medias/jeune-barreau/documents/vademecum4.pdf#Page=4|access-date=1 December 2021|website=Ordre des avocats de Genève}}</ref>
'''Luc Argand''' (born 7 January 1948) is a Swiss [[lawyer]], and a [[Partnership|partner]] at the Kellerhals Carrard law firm until 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Luc Argand - Attorney at Law - Partner|url=https://www.kellerhals-carrard.ch/en/people/luc-argand.php|access-date=1 December 2021|website=Kellerhals Carrard|language=en}}</ref> Prior to that, he was a senior partner at the De Pfyffer law firm in [[Geneva]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=16 July 2018|title=Kellerhals Carrard recrute 35 avocats genevois|language=fr|work=Le Temps|url=https://www.letemps.ch/economie/kellerhals-carrard-recrute-35-avocats-genevois|access-date=1 December 2021|issn=1423-3967}}</ref> He is a former Chairman of the Geneva Bar Association.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Les batonniers de l'ordre des avocats de Genève, de 1895 à nos jours|url=https://www.odageneve.ch/medias/jeune-barreau/documents/vademecum4.pdf#Page=4|access-date=1 December 2021|website=Ordre des avocats de Genève}}</ref>


Luc Argand competed in the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] in [[Munich]] in the sailing [[Flying Dutchman (dinghy)|Flying Dutchman]] category[[# ftn4|[4]]]. He has been a judge for the [[Court of Arbitration for Sport]] since 1990'',''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Liste des arbitres (liste générale)|url=https://www.tas-cas.org/fr/arbitrage/liste-des-arbitres-liste-generale.html?GenSlct=2&nmIpt=&LngCkbx[0]=1&cHash=8cd3275521cdeafce550dc8ad4225d8a|access-date=1 December 2021|website=www.tas-cas.org|language=fr}}</ref> and notably presided over the trials of [[tennis]] player [[Richard Gasquet]] and [[cycle sport|cyclist]] [[Richard Virenque]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=à 07h00|first=Par Le 10 novembre 2009|date=10 November 2009|title=Un trio d'arbitres va trancher|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/sports/un-trio-d-arbitres-va-trancher-10-11-2009-705826.php|access-date=1 December 2021|website=leparisien.fr|language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=13 March 2001|title=Le dernier espoir de Richard Virenque de participer au Tour de France s'est envolé|language=fr|work=Le Temps|url=https://www.letemps.ch/sport/dernier-espoir-richard-virenque-participer-tour-france-sest-envole|access-date=1 December 2021|issn=1423-3967}}</ref> He was a legal advisor to [[Bernie Ecclestone]], and a [[trustee]] of [[Formula One Holdings]] until 2004.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Formula 1's new battle for survival|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/motors/formula-1-s-new-battle-for-survival-1.1169210|access-date=1 December 2021|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref> He was also the President of the [[Geneva Motor Show]] from 2005 until 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 February 2011|title=Succès attendu pour le 81e Salon de l'auto|url=https://www.rts.ch/info/sciences-tech/2960291-succes-attendu-pour-le-81e-salon-de-lauto.html|access-date=1 December 2021|website=rts.ch|language=fr}}</ref>
Luc Argand competed in the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] in [[Munich]] in the sailing [[Flying Dutchman (dinghy)|Flying Dutchman]] category[[# ftn4|[4]]]. He has been a judge for the [[Court of Arbitration for Sport]] since 1990'',''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Liste des arbitres (liste générale)|url=https://www.tas-cas.org/fr/arbitrage/liste-des-arbitres-liste-generale.html?GenSlct=2&nmIpt=&LngCkbx[0]=1&cHash=8cd3275521cdeafce550dc8ad4225d8a|access-date=1 December 2021|website=www.tas-cas.org|language=fr}}</ref> and he was also the President of the [[Geneva Motor Show]] from 2005 until 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 February 2011|title=Succès attendu pour le 81e Salon de l'auto|url=https://www.rts.ch/info/sciences-tech/2960291-succes-attendu-pour-le-81e-salon-de-lauto.html|access-date=1 December 2021|website=rts.ch|language=fr}}</ref>


==Money Laundering probe and Corruption==
== 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. <ref>https://www.letemps.ch/economie/groupe-dassault-cherit-liens-suisse</ref> <ref> https://www.expatica.com/fr/general/dassault-accountant-tells-vote-buying-probe-he-delivered-53mn-euros-2-72031/</ref> <ref> https://www.nation.com.pk/19-Nov-2014/dassault-accountant-paid-66m-to-buy-french-voters</ref> <ref> https://www.liberation.fr/societe/2014/11/17/je-montais-dans-le-bureau-je-posais-le-sac-dans-un-coin_1145029/</ref><ref> https://imazpress.com/france-monde/dassault-ineligibilite-requise-pour-ses-comptes-caches-a-letranger</ref> 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.<ref> https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/reseaux-pratiques-ont-permis-linvraisemblable-pillage-dun-pays </ref> <ref> https://francoispilet.net/sale-temps-pour-les-avocats-daffaires/</ref> As a judge for the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Luc Argand presided over the trials of [[tennis]] player [[Richard Gasquet]] and [[cycle sport|cyclist]] [[Richard Virenque]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=à 07h00 |first=Par Le 10 novembre 2009 |date=10 November 2009 |title=Un trio d'arbitres va trancher |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/sports/un-trio-d-arbitres-va-trancher-10-11-2009-705826.php |access-date=1 December 2021 |website=leparisien.fr |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=13 March 2001 |title=Le dernier espoir de Richard Virenque de participer au Tour de France s'est envolé |url=https://www.letemps.ch/sport/dernier-espoir-richard-virenque-participer-tour-france-sest-envole |access-date=1 December 2021 |work=Le Temps |language=fr |issn=1423-3967}}</ref> He was a legal advisor to [[Bernie Ecclestone]], and a [[trustee]] of [[Formula One Holdings]] until 2004.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Formula 1's new battle for survival |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/motors/formula-1-s-new-battle-for-survival-1.1169210 |access-date=1 December 2021 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref> Luc Argand also sat on the board of the Rothschild private bank in Geneva as a director between 1984 and 2020.
Luc Argand is notable for the Dassault System of money laundering and political corruption probe . This well-oiled system also went through Dassault's Geneva-based lawyer, Luc Argand. "This former president of the bar managed several foundations that held bank accounts that housed Dassault's money," explains Yann Philippin, a journalist at Mediapart and co-author of the book Dassault Système (Robert Laffont). Gérard Limat and Luc Argand are under investigation in France for "complicity in vote buying" in the case of the electoral corruption of Serge Dassault in Corbeil-Essonne, of which he was mayor from 1995 to 2009. <ref>https://www.letemps.ch/economie/groupe-dassault-cherit-liens-suisse</ref> <ref> https://www.expatica.com/fr/general/dassault-accountant-tells-vote-buying-probe-he-delivered-53mn-euros-2-72031/</ref> <ref> https://www.nation.com.pk/19-Nov-2014/dassault-accountant-paid-66m-to-buy-french-voters</ref> <ref> https://www.liberation.fr/societe/2014/11/17/je-montais-dans-le-bureau-je-posais-le-sac-dans-un-coin_1145029/</ref>
Luc Argand is also called in as the legal advisor for Gilbert Chagoury and was under investigation for the infamous Nigerian Abacha clan money laundering and corruption scandal around Swiss Bank Rothschild. Luc Argand served on Rothschild private bank board in Geneve as administrator between 1984 and 2020. <ref> https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/reseaux-pratiques-ont-permis-linvraisemblable-pillage-dun-pays </ref> <ref> https://francoispilet.net/sale-temps-pour-les-avocats-daffaires/</ref> These transfers would not have been possible without the help of the Geneva lawyer Luc Argand, former President of the Bar Association, ex-president of the Motor Show, partner of the dePfyffer law firm and current president of the Commission de Surveillance des Notaires. According to the minutes of the French justice, it was Luc Argand who held the strings of the two Liechtenstein foundations that fueled this thirst for liquidity based on money laundering systems, Pegasus and Balzane.
<ref> https://imazpress.com/france-monde/dassault-ineligibilite-requise-pour-ses-comptes-caches-a-letranger</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Luc Argand
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Luc Argand (born 7 January 1948) is a Swiss lawyer, and a 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]

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.[11] [12] As a judge for the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Luc Argand presided over the trials of tennis player Richard Gasquet and cyclist Richard Virenque.[13][14] He was a legal advisor to Bernie Ecclestone, and a trustee of Formula One Holdings until 2004.[15] Luc Argand also sat on the board of the Rothschild private bank in Geneva as a director between 1984 and 2020.

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. ^ https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/reseaux-pratiques-ont-permis-linvraisemblable-pillage-dun-pays
  12. ^ https://francoispilet.net/sale-temps-pour-les-avocats-daffaires/
  13. ^ 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)
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "Formula 1's new battle for survival". The Irish Times. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
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