Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Banking & Finance / Capital Markets / Corporate & Commercial / Mergers & Acquisitions / Restructuring and Insolvency / Blockchain-Technologies & FinTech

Olivier Hari is Of Counsel in our Corporate & Commercial, Mergers & Acquisitions, Capital Markets and Restructuring & Insolvency Groups. He specializes in general corporate law, transactional matters, finance transactions and private fundraising, companies restructuring, distressed refinancing, and complex national and cross-border insolvency and restructuring proceedings, and related litigation proceedings.

Experience

• Advised a secured creditor (enforcement of a pledge with cross-border aspects)
• Swiss counsel in the framework of a financial reorganization of a group of companies
• Advised creditors of Alevo (restructuring and distressed M&A)
• Advised a distressed watch making company (restructuring and sale)
• Advised creditors in bankruptcy proceedings (Ethical Coffee Company, Privatair etc.)
• Advised minority shareholders (post-closing litigation)
• FINMA appointed liquidator of Zenith Vie SA, Compagnie d'assurance sur la Vie
• Court-appointed trustee of several distressed businesses

2013 - Of Counsel at Schellenberg Wittmer

2013 - Professor, University of Neuchâtel (Corporate Law)

2011 - Lecturer, University of Geneva (Insolvency law)

2008 - Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer

2005 - Trainee Lawyer at Schellenberg Wittmer

English French German Italian (basic knowledge)

• Autor, co-author and editor of many publications in the fields of corporate and commercial law, insolvency law and financial markets law
• Chairman of the Geneva Bar forum for insolvency law
• Member of several practitioners' association (Geneva Bar Association, Swiss Bar Association, ISADE – Institut Suisse des Administrateurs, Swiss Board Institute, AIJA, SchKG-Vereinigung, and INSOL Europe)

2010 - Dr. iur., University of Neuchâtel

2007 - Bar Admission in Switzerland

2003 - lic. iur., University of Neuchâtel