Mr Sébastien Roy > Pestalozzi > Geneva, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

Pestalozzi‘s ‘pragmatic and helpful’ team advises lenders and borrowers on Swiss law-governed and cross-border international finance, acquisition finance, corporate finance, mezzanine financings, syndicated loans, and commodities trade financing. The team also has a regulatory practice which assists clients with compliance matters, licenses, and the structuring of new financial services. The practice is headed by Sébastien Roy, whose practice covers financing, M&A transactions and private equity, and Christophe Emonet, who specialises in international banking disputes and investigations. Ludivine Boisard‘s practice covers all types of domestic and cross-border banking transactions while Nicolas Herren handles banking disputes arising from contractual and regulatory issues. Other key team members include Christophe Berclaz, who has expertise in banking disputes with multi-jurisdictional aspects, and Jean-Baptiste Lhôte, who specialises in commercial law and banking transactions.

The ‘client-oriented’ team at Pestalozzi fields a broad offering that incorporates M&A, private equity, commercial matters and corporate reorganisations, among others. Co-lead Christoph Lang is particularly well versed in corporate law, as well as advising on M&A and joint ventures, while fellow practice lead Sébastien Roy focuses on private M&A and private equity transactions, utilising his trilingual capabilities. Petra Hanselmann’s strengths include pre-transaction restructurings, joint ventures and M&A, with Severin Roelli routinely engaged by clients on public tender offers and stock exchange law and regulations. Pascal Richard is another name to note.