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Bär & Karrer Ltd. Offices

Bär & Karrer Ltd.
12 QUAI DE LA POSTE
1211 GENÈVE 11
Switzerland
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Cédric Chapuis

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Position

Cédric Chapuis heads Bär & Karrer’s financial services team in our Geneva office. His practice focuses on advising banks and other financial institutions in regulatory, compliance and general business matters. In addition, he regularly advises Swiss and foreign clients in a variety of industries on domestic and international transactions, as well as general corporate and governance matters. He has served on the board of directors of Swiss companies in various industries and is currently a member of the board of several banks.

In recent years, Cédric Chapuis has advised a number of financial institutions in connection with internal investigations on cross-border issues and has represented them before the U.S. Department of Justice.

Who’s Who Legal lists Cédric Chapuis in Banking (Finance and Regulatory) and in Corporate: Merger & Acquisition. Legal 500 points out his expertise in regulatory matters.

Career

  • Partner of Bär & Karrer (since 2001)
  • Foreign associate with Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering (now WilmerHale) in Washington D.C. (1999)
  • Associate at Bär & Karrer (1995)
  • Admitted to the Geneva Bar (1995)

Languages

English, French, German

Memberships

  • Swiss Bar Association (SAV/FSA)
  • Geneva Bar Association (OdA)
  • American Bar Association (ABA)

Education

  • University of Chicago Law School: LL.M. (1997)
  • University of Basel: Dr. iur. (1992)
  • University of Basel: lic. iur. (1989)

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Banking and finance: Geneva

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Cédric Chapuis – Bär & Karrer Ltd.

Bär & Karrer Ltd. advises Swiss banks and Swiss affiliates of foreign banks and other financial institutions on legal issues in contractual matters, regulatory and compliance matters, financing and derivatives projects, and complex civil, criminal and enforcement proceedings. Practice co-head Cédric Chapuis regularly advises Swiss and foreign clients on domestic and international transactions, as well as general corporate matters. Frédéric Bétrisey, who also co-heads the practice, is praised for his ‘deep knowledge and understanding of the Swiss regulatory jungle’. Martin Anderson guides clients through financing transactions while Andrew M. Garbarski handles financial and commercial litigation and Christoph Suter advises on the taxation of financial instruments.

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