Lawyers Matthieu Seydoux

Matthieu Seydoux

Managing Associate
Dr. iur., LL.M., Attorney at Law

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Location

Lausanne

Contact

Direct phone: +41 58 658 83 58
matthieu.seydoux@walderwyss.com

Curriculum Vitae

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Areas of activity: Healthcare & Life Sciences Real Estate & Construction Public Procurement Competition Litigation Arbitration

Matthieu Seydoux is a managing associate in the Lausanne office of Walder Wyss. He advises and represents Swiss and international clients and the public sector mainly in commercial and arbitration litigation and in all areas of construction and real estate (real estate transactions, drafting contracts, environmental and sustainability matters, Lex Koller, public procurement, etc.). He also advises on and litigates in certain regulated markets and complex administrative procedures, particularly in the healthcare and energy sectors. He speaks at conferences, publishes in his areas of expertise and runs in-house training courses.

Before joining Walder Wyss, he completed his lawyer’s traineeship with a boutique law firm specialising in business law. He has also worked at the clerk of a Cantonal Court in the area of construction law, acted as secretary to an arbitrator in a number of commercial arbitration proceedings, held a jurisdictional position as Vice-Chairman of the Federal Compulsory Curchase Commission 2, and worked for the Federal Office for the Environment and the Institute for Swiss and International Construction Law.

Matthieu Seydoux graduated from the Universities of Fribourg (BLaw) and Zurich (MLaw). He obtained a PhD in energy and competition law from the University of Fribourg (summa cum laude). He completed an LL.M. in European competition law in Brussels, at the Brussels School of Competition, and studied European pharmaceutical law in Cambridge. He is currently completing the certification as a SBA specialist (Swiss Bar Association) in Real Estate and Construction Law.

Matthieu Seydoux works in French, German and English. He is registered as a lawyer in the Canton of Vaud and is a member of the Ordre des avocats vaudois (OAV), the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) and the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA).

Promotions at Walder Wyss

3 January 2025

Commentary on articles 20 to 24 and 50 of the 'Commentaire romand' on federal administrative procedure

15 August 2024 | by Matthieu Seydoux [co-author] and Jean-Baptiste Zufferey [co-author] | in: Helbing Lichtenhahn Verlag (Editor[s]) | pp. 430 to 483, 940 to 944

Lectures on spatial planning

28 November 2023 | Speaker Matthieu Seydoux | USPI, Lausanne

Doing Business in Switzerland – A Practical Guide

14 May 2023 | by Ramona Wyss, Andrea Haefeli, Gion Giger, David Vasella, Davide Cerutti, Marco Galli, Roger Staub, Manuel Bigler, Reto Jacobs, Monique Sturny, Thomas P. Müller, Nadja D. Leuthardt, Adriano Antonietti, Valentine Schnyder, Stefan Knobloch, Dimitrios Berger, Dominik Hohler, Letizia Schlegel, Stéphanie Oneyser, Urs P. Gnos, Dario Galli, Michael Kündig, Markus Vischer, Urs Schenker, Christian A. Schmid, Patrick W. Vogel, Alexander Sorton, Samuel Lieberherr, Daniel Dedeyan, Nico Bernhard, Theodor Härtsch, Tervel Stoyanov, Lukas Wyss, Markus Pfenninger, Valentin Wiesner, Rafal Szala, Thiemo Sturny, Roger Ammann, Hubertus Hillerström, Ken Savioz, Simone Wetzstein, Valentina Eichin, Irène Suter-Sieber, Olivier Sigg, Laura Luongo, Francis Nordmann, André Kuhn, Davide Jermini, Christian Eichenberger, Matthieu Seydoux, Thomas Meister, Janine Corti, Robert Desax, Fabienne Limacher, Dieter Hofmann, Rodolphe Gautier, Roxane Allot, Micha Bühler, Michael Feit, Maurice Courvoisier, Oliver M. Kunz and Pascale Köster | Editor[s]: Urs P. Gnos, Theodor Härtsch | ed.: 2nd edition