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CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd. Offices

CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd.
Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9
PO Box
1211 Geneva 26
Switzerland
Visit website +41 22 311 00 10 +41 22 311 00 20

Dr Pascal G. Favre

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+41 22 311 00 10 pascal.favre@cms-vep.com View profile View profile

Work Department

Competition & EU, Corporate / M&A, Banking & Finance, Commercial, Real Estate & Construction, Fintech

Position

Partner

Career

Pascal Favre is the head of the Corporate/M&A and Competition Practice Groups of CMS Geneva.

Pascal regularly advises clients on all types of international and domestic M&A deals, transaction and corporate finance, corporate restructurings, relocations, corporate and commercial laws and general contract matters. His practice focuses on joint ventures and projects based both in Switzerland and abroad. Pascal also has extensive experience in acquisition finance, corporate lending, crowdfunding and collective investment schemes, with a special emphasis on those involving real estate.

Pascal is included in The Best Lawyers‘ 2021 for Corporate Law in Switzerland and is “highly recommended” for Banking & Finance in IFLR 1000‘s 2021 edition.

Pascal’s Corporate/M&A practice is complemented by his solid expertise in Swiss competition and distribution laws – a combination of practice areas that is particularly valued by corporate clients.

He routinely handles the competition law aspects of domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, including notifications on concentrations. Pascal represents companies in antitrust investigations by the Swiss Competition Commission and in appeal proceedings. He also advises corporate clients on searches and internal investigations, compliance and leniency programs.

Pascal’s competition work has been recognized as “impressive” by Legal 500 EMEA 2018. He also has been identified by Global Competition Review 2018 and his representation of SNCF Mobilités was highlighted in the GCR 100 Global Elite’s 18th edition.

Pascal is the author of numerous publications, and is a frequent lecturer at universities and speaker in the fields of contract and competition laws.

Languages

French, English, German

Memberships

  • Swiss Bar Association (SAV/FSA)
  • Geneva Bar Association (ODAGE)
  • Swiss Association of Competition Law (ASAS)
  • Swiss Jurists Society (SJV/SSJ)
  • Swiss American Chamber of Commerce
  • Swiss M&A Experts Chamber

Education

  • 2005 – Docteur en droit, University of Fribourg, Switzerland (summa cum laude, obtained three awards: Peter Jäggi Stiftung, Walther Hug Stiftung and Joseph Vigener)
  • 2004 – Bar Admission (Geneva, Switzerland, 1st ranked)

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Competition

Alongside extensive experience in competition law matters related to public procurement, ‘well-educated and experienced’ CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd. fields a strong offering across cartels, distribution agreements and the implementation of comprehensive antitrust compliance programmes. The team covers a multitude of sectors from construction to consumer goods. ‘Business-oriented’ Marquard Christen, Patrick Sommer and Pascal Favre steer the team. Christen demonstrates strong capabilities in handling matters at the interface of competition and public procurement law, while Sommer includes merger control proceedings and antitrust compliance matters in his arsenal of skills. Favre is particularly experienced in the realm of distribution agreements.

Switzerland > Banking and finance: Geneva

CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd. assists Switzerland-based and global financial institutions, funds, industrial enterprises and other companies on a broad range of banking & finance issues. The team is headed by Vaïk Müller, whose practice covers banking, regulatory, financial services and products, and compliance and regulatory matters, and Pascal Favre , who has extensive expertise in acquisition and project financing, corporate and syndicated lending, and collective investment schemes. Audrey Durand focuses on blockchain and crowdfunding projects as well as regulatory matters.

Switzerland > Commercial, corporate and M&A

Drawing on its global network, the ‘very dedicated’ CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd. acts for a stellar client roster across a diverse array of sectors, from energy and financial services to life sciences and technology. Key areas of expertise for the practice include private equity, transaction risk insurance and an extensive range of M&A. Stefan Brunnschweiler and Daniel Jenny, who are based in the Zurich office, and Pascal Favre and Jérôme Levrat, who are based in the Geneva office, spearhead the practice. Brunnschweiler is routinely entrusted to advise on strategic investments and M&A, while Jenny is well known for his capabilities in private equity and cross-border transactions. Favre enjoys a strong reputation with clients across the manufacturing, pharma, media and transport sectors, among others, and Levrat’s strengths lie in M&A and venture capital transactions, among others. Alain Raemy is also recommended.

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