Christophe Berclaz > Pestalozzi > Geneva, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

Pestalozzi
Cours de Rive 13
1204 Geneva
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Christophe Berclaz is counsel and a member of Pestalozzi’s Litigation & Arbitration group in Geneva. He has developed a strong practice in complex litigation that involves an international component and multi-jurisdictional aspects. He specialises in white-collar matters, including asset-tracing, recovery and international mutual assistance in criminal matters.

In addition, Christophe Berclaz has broad experience in private banking, internal investigation, civil liabilities and enforcement of foreign decisions.

After graduating from the University of Geneva School of Law, Christophe Berclaz was admitted to the Geneva bar in 2005. He obtained a Master of Science in Shipping Trade & Finance from the Bayes Business School (formerly Sir John Cass Business School) of London in 2007. He then worked four years as an associate in both the litigation and corporate departments of one of the leading business law firms in Switzerland before joining the legal department of the Swiss subsidiary of an English private bank. He became associate at Pestalozzi in June 2013.

Christophe Berclaz is a member of different law associations such as the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA) and the Financial & Tax Committee of the Geneva Bar Association. He is also a member of the Committee of the Geneva Bar Personality Protection Scheme for members who are victims of conflicts at work, inappropriate behaviour or sexual harassment in the course of their profession.

Career

Counsel at Pestalozzi (2022), Geneva Young Bar Association Executive Committee (2014 until 2018), Senior Associate at Pestalozzi (2013), Legal Counsel at Barclays Bank (Suisse) SA (2011), Bayes Business School: MSc in Shipping Trade & Finance (2007), Associate at a leading Swiss business law firm (2007), Bar admission: Switzerland (2005), University of Geneva: Master of Law (2002), Institut Florimont (1998)

Languages

French, English

Memberships

International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA), Financial & Tax Committe of the Geneva Bar Association (ODA), Committee of the Geneva Bar Personality Protection Scheme against conflicts at work, inappropriate behaviour and sexual harassment, Association Genevoise du Droit des Affaires (AGDA), Geneva Bar Association (ODA), Swiss Bar Association (SAV)

Education

Bayes Business School: MSc in Shipping Trade & Finance (2007), University of Geneva: Master of Law (2002)

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Banking and finance: Geneva

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.

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