Dr Marco Balmelli is a partner at the Kellerhals Attorneys at Law in Basel. He holds degrees from the Universities of Basel and Lausanne, Switzerland, and majored in Criminal Corruption Law at the University of Basel.

He was admitted as attorney in the Canton of Basel-City in 1997 and as notary in the Canton of Basel-City in 1998. Previous to joining Christen Rickli Partner, he was a research assistant at the University of Basel for three years, specialising in Commercial Criminal Law, Labor Law, and Civil Law, and worked for the Swiss Bank Corporation and the Chiomenti Studio Legale (Milano).

His special areas of practice include: Sports Law, Contract and Corporate Law, M & A, Reorganisation of Companies, notary, New Technologies and Trade Law, Property Law, Commercial Criminal Law.