Mr Grégoire Wuest, 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

Geneva / Banking & Finance / Private Clients & Estates / Corporate & Commercial / Trade and Transport / Administrative Law and Public Procurement

Position

Grégoire Wuest is a Partner in Schellenberg Wittmer’s Geneva office and Co-Head of our Banking and Finance Group. His practice focuses on banking and finance, in particular in the fields of private banking, where he advises banks and financial institutions on regulatory and clients’ matters, and complex finance transactions. He also advises private clients on all aspects of trusts and international estate planning.

Experience:

  • Advising international and Swiss banks, financial institutions and financial intermediaries and insurance companies on regulatory, business and legal matters, such as the implementation of new regulations
  • Counsel to banks and financial institutions on their restructuration and extension of services (e.g. sales and acquisitions of client portfolios, opening of branches or subsidiaries in Switzerland or abroad, development of new products and services offered to clients, digitalization), covering both the regulatory side (with FINMA approval) and the corporate/contractual aspects
  • Advising banks on complex cross-border finance transactions, with a focus on transactions secured by unusual assets such as business jets, yachts, art, etc.
  • Extensive experience in corporate and transactional matters, focus on the shipping and business aviation industries
  • Advising private clients on all aspects of trusts and international estate planning

Career

2024 – Member of the Management Committee of Schellenberg Wittmer
2016 – Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer
2014 – Senior Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer
2010 – Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer
2006 – Corporate Tax Consultant at a major auditing firm in Geneva

Languages

  • French
  • English
  • German
  • Portuguese

Memberships

  • Member of the Geneva Bar Association

Education

2009 – Bar Admission in Switzerland
2007 – Certificate in International Business and Finance, New York University
2006 – LL.M., University of Geneva
2004 – lic. iur., University of Geneva

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Banking and finance: Geneva

(Leading partners)

Grégoire WuestSchellenberg Wittmer Ltd

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.

Switzerland > Transport

(Leading partners)

Grégoire Wuest – Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd‘s trade and transport practice group has extensive experience in all aspects of trade and transport law, including litigation, arbitration, trading, financing, and transport-related insurance. It particularly stands out for its involvement in transportation and insurance litigation, as well as in aviation and shipping regulatory matters. Grégoire Wuest focuses his practice on the setup and structuring of cross-border acquisitions in the shipping and aviation industries. Bernard Vischer has extensive practical experience in corporate and transactional matters with a focus on the shipping and aviation industries.