Mr Christoph Vonlanthen, LL.M. > 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 / Banking & Finance / Capital Markets

Position

Christoph Vonlanthen focuses on mergers & acquisitions, corporate governance, capital markets and finance.

Christoph spent many years in London and New York advising buyers, sellers and financial advisers in public M&A and private equity across a wide range of industries, representing investment banks and issuers on a variety of market-leading securities law assignments and assisting clients on complex investments in funds, co-investments and secondary sale transactions.

Career

2019 – Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer
2006 – Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in London and New York
2003 – Associate in a Geneva business law firm

Languages

  • English
  • French
  • German

Education

2007 – Bar Admission in New York
2006 – LL.M., University of Pennsylvania
2003 – Bar Admission in Switzerland
2001 – lic. iur., University of Fribourg

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Banking and finance: Geneva

With demonstrable expertise across both transactional and regulatory mandates, Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd‘s arsenal of skills is known to encompass licensing of financial institutions, structuring of capital transactions, and regulatory change projects. Other strengths of the team involve aspects of fintech, investment management and market abuse legislation issues. Tarek Houdrouge and Grégoire Wuest jointly lead the team; Houdrouge excels in advising clients on the sales of regulated financial institutions, various finance transactions, and regulatory matters, while Wuest is a highly experienced practitioner in relation to multi-jurisdictional transactions. Caroline Clemetson is immersed in handling insurance mandates alongside the implementation of ESG investment policies. Also recommended is Grégoire Tribolet, who is entrusted with regulatory and corporate governance matters, and Christoph Vonlanthen, who harnesses his wide-ranging experience to handle buy-outs, rights offerings, and exchange offers.