Mr Jean Jacques Ah Choon > Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd > Geneva, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
5bis, rue des Alpes
P.O. Box 2088
1211 Geneva 1
Switzerland

Work Department

Mergers & Acquisitions / Private Equity and Venture Capital / Banking and Finance / Corporate and Commercial

Position

Jean Jacques Ah Choon is a Partner and head of Schellenberg Wittmer’s M&A group. He regularly advises both Swiss and international clients on all types of mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, takeovers, joint ventures, and general corporate matters. He also advises clients on financing issues.

Experience:

  • Swiss counsel to a pre-existing investor of Bravofly Rumbo Group in the Initial Public Offering of Bravofly Rumbo Group B.V.
  • Swiss counsel to Synergy Health in the acquisition of ID-Track-and-Trace SA
  • Swiss counsel to Services Industriels de Genève in the acquisition of a minority stake in Energiedienst Holding AG

Career

2007 – Partner at Schellenberg Wtittmer

1999 – Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer

Languages

  • French
  • English
  • German

Memberships

  • Member of various professional organizations, such as the International Bar Association, CEDIDAC, AIBL, etc.

Education

1999 – Bar Admission in Switzerland

1997 – lic. iur., University of Geneva

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Commercial, corporate and M&A

Capable of advising clients across the full spectrum of industries, Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd’s ‘exceptionally strong’ team is led by Lorenzo Olgiati and Jean Jacques Ah Choon, and demonstrates notable strengths in the venture capital arena and in handling debt and debt-funded transactions. Olgiati leads the Zurich team, with Ah Choon helming the Geneva practice. Oliver Triebold is routinely engaged by a variety of multinational clients, while Marcel Jakob is another key name to note.