Partner

Dr. Maxence Carron

Attorney at Law | MJur (Oxon)

Languages

French
English
German
Spanish

Maxence Carron is a Partner and mainly active in the field of litigation and arbitration, commercial law and contract law as well as construction and real estate law.

He graduated from the Universities of Fribourg (MLaw bilingual French - German) and Oxford (MJur). During his studies, he worked as a parliamentary assistant in Bern (Federal Assembly) and as research and teaching assistant to Prof. Franz Werro (Contract law and torts; University of Fribourg). During his legal traineeship, he defended a doctoral thesis on termination of contracts for services (art. 404 Swiss Code of Obligations). He regularly publishes on the law of obligations (contract law), civil procedure, private international law, and unfair competition law.

Maxence Carron joined CMS in November 2018.

Relevant experience

Representation in two SAC commercial arbitrations of the owner of a brand under two license agreements against a multinational catering company, for claims in damages of more than USD 150 million.
Representation, including in a SAC arbitration, of an heir in a USD 400m inheritance dispute.
Representation in SAC arbitration of an executor of an estate of USD 400m (also against a claim for personal liability amounting to USD 40m).
Representation in SAC arbitration of a multinational company in a dispute over a USD 100m sales contract.
Representation in SAC arbitration of the owners of a Swiss company against a multinational company in a post-closing dispute (USD 10m transaction in the placement industry).
Representation in ICC arbitration of a multinational company (real estate dispute on a USD 100m transaction).
Representation in ICC arbitration of a multinational company in a sales dispute.
Representation in SAC arbitration of a multinational company (F&B industry) in a post-closing dispute on a USD 25m transaction.
Sole arbitrator and co-arbitrator in SAC proceedings.
Multiple publications on Swiss law of contract (including a book due to be published in 2026 on the law of contracts for services).

Publications

Synthèse annuelle : CPC, LP et LDIP, par Me Maxence Carron, La Semaine Judiciaire, n° 5, May 2025
Le mandat, Genève-Zurich 2025 (Maxence Carron), February 2025.
L’absence de confiance privilégiée en droit du mandat, revue de l’avocat 2019, p. 349 ss (Maxence Carron)
La route et la circulation routière, exposé systématique de jurisprudence, JdT 2018 I 298 ss (Benoît Carron, Maxence Carron)
Le caractère impératif de l'art. 404 CO selon le Tribunal fédéral et les exceptions ou la lente reconnaissance du mandat de durée, in Pichonnaz/Werro (éds), Pratique contractuelle 6, Bâle/Genève/Zurich 2018, p. 1 ss (Franz Werro, Maxence Carron).
Le mandat de durée : état de la jurisprudence sur l’art. 404 CO et perspectives, in BR/DC 2018 p. 221 ss (Maxence Carron).
L'apport du droit anglais à la réforme de l'art. 404 CO, in Rashid Bahar/Thomas Kadner Graziano (éds), Le droit comparé et le droit suisse, Genève/Zurich/Bâle 2018, p. 199 ss (Maxence Carron).
La route et la circulation routière - exposé systématique de jurisprudence, in Journal des Tribunaux 2017 I p. 302 ss (Benoît Carron, Maxence Carron).
Respecter les limites de l’OPP2 ne suffit pas, in AGEFI Indices, février 2018, p. 8 (Dominique Christin, Maxence Carron).
Le mandat de durée, Zurich 2018 (Maxence Carron).
Les conditions et les limites de la renonciation unilatérale à un droit, in Revue de Droit Suisse, 2017 I pp. 145 - 169 (Maxence Carron).
Commentaire de l’art. 3 al. 1 let. k à u LCD, in Vincent Martenet/Pascal Pichonnaz (éds), Commentaire Romand LCD, Bâle 2017, pp. 179 - 272 (Maxence Carron, Franz Werro).
La route et la circulation routière - exposé systématique de jurisprudence, in Journal des Tribunaux 2016 I p. 134 ss (Benoît Carron, Maxence Carron).
La route et la circulation routière - exposé systématique de jurisprudence, in Journal des Tribunaux 2015 I p. 175 ss (Benoît Carron, Maxence Carron).
La révision du droit de la prescription, in Franz Werro (édit.), Journées du droit de la circulation routière Fribourg 2014, Berne 2014, p. 1 - 48 (Franz Werro, Maxence Carron).
Les enjeux et la concrétisation de la réforme de l’art. 404 CO, in Pratique Juridique Actuelle 2013, p. 213 - 222 (Franz Werro, Maxence Carron, Jacques Douzals).

Memberships & Roles

Geneva Bar Association (ODAGE)
Alumni Lincoln College – University of Oxford
Berrow Society (President)
Association of College Saint-Louis (President)

Lectures list

Lecture about the Code of Civil Procedure as part of the ‘Marathon du droit’ organised by the Geneva Bar Association, presented on 10 May 2025 at the University of Geneva.
Lecture entitled “Music for the Future or the Future of Music? Sustainability and Mass Litigation in the Swiss Legal Framework”, part of the Geneva International Legal Week (GILA) event - March 2025.
Lecture about "Le mandat de durée et la responsabilité du notaire: le cas de l'exécuteur testamentaire", presented on November 8, 2024, at the Chambre des notaires de Genève.
La révision du droit de la prescription, with Franz Werro, Journées du droit de la circulation routière 2014, presented on June 26th 2014 at the University of Fribourg.
Le caractère impératif de l'art. 404 CO selon le Tribunal fédéral et les exceptions, with Franz Werro, Symposium en droit des contrats (« Pratique contractuelle 6 »), presented on October 11th 2018 at the University of Fribourg.

Education

2018 – Bar exam
2017 – Doctorate in Law, University of Fribourg (Switzerland)
2015 – Magister Juris, University of Oxford, Lincoln College - Berrow Scholar (United Kingdom)
2013 – Master of Laws, bilingual French-German, University of Fribourg (Switzerland)
2011 – Bachelor of Laws, bilingual French-German, University of Fribourg (Switzerland)

Practice Areas

Commercial Dispute Resolution Real Estate

Insights

Global Reach