Mr Vincent Jeanneret > Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd > Geneva, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile
Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd Offices
5bis, rue des Alpes
P.O. Box 2088
1211 Geneva 1
Switzerland
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Mr Vincent Jeanneret
Work Department
Geneva / Dispute Resolution / Insolvency and Restructuring / White-Collar Crime / Banking Litigation
Position
Vincent Jeanneret is Of Counsel in the Dispute Resolution Group in Geneva, where he heads Schellenberg Wittmer’s Restructuring and Insolvency team. He was the Managing Partner of the firm from 2009 to 2014. He specializes in commercial and banking litigation with a focus on international and complex cases. He has been described as one of the few specialists who deals with major insolvency cases on the Swiss and international levels. He is regularly appointed by FINMA, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, either as receiver or liquidator. He is frequently retained as counsel or expert in connection with white-collar crime cases at the federal or state level, as well as with international legal assistance or embargo law proceedings.
Career
2020 – Of Counsel at Schellenberg Wittmer
Languages
- French
- English
- German
Memberships
- Active member of the AIJA (president of its Insolvency Commission)
- Member of the Fédération Suisse des Avocats and of the Association Genevoise du Droit des Affaires, where he was a board member and treasurer (1996-2002), as well as the former chairman of the Société Genevoise de Droit et de Législation
- Vincent was also appointed to the Management Board of the “Ecole de l’Avocature”
- Member of the board of the Geneva Bar Association (2003 – 2009)
Education
Lawyer Rankings
Switzerland > Insolvency and corporate recovery
(Hall of Fame)Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd provides the full spectrum of restructuring and insolvency matters including companies’ restructuring, loan-to-own transactions, distressed M&A, distressed refinancing, and advising board members on their duties, as well as liability claims. The team is headed by Olivier Hari, Tarek Houdrouge, and Urs Hoffmann-Nowotny. Hari specialises in complex national and cross-border insolvency and restructuring proceedings and related litigation proceedings, whilst Houdrouge, who co-heads the banking and finance team, has a strong focus on distressed situations. Hoffmann-Nowotny has a special focus on insolvency-related litigations, including actions to contest schedules of claims, claw-back actions, and the enforcement as well as defense of liability claims against directors and officers. Vincent Jeanneret, who is the former practice group head, has a wide range of expertise including distressed refinancing and M&A, corporate restructuring of listed and non-listed companies, filing of court-application for distressed businesses, litigation, and recognition of foreign orders. Cross-border insolvency expert Louis Burrus is a notable team member.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame Switzerland > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Insolvency and corporate recovery Switzerland
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance: Geneva
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- Dispute resolution: arbitration
- Dispute resolution: litigation
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- Insolvency and corporate recovery
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