Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Geneva / Corporate and Commercial / Banking and Finance / Restructuring and Insolvency / Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity and Venture Capital / Litigation

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

Of Counsel at Schellenberg Wittmer (2013);  Professor, University of Neuchâtel (Corporate Law) (2013); Lecturer, University of Geneva (Insolvency law) (2011); Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer (2008); Trainee Lawyer at Schellenberg Wittmer (2005)

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)

Ph.D., University of Neuchâtel (2010); Bar Admission in Switzerland (2007); lic. iur., University of Neuchâtel (2003)