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CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd. Offices

CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd.
Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9
PO Box
1211 Geneva 26
Switzerland
Visit website +41 22 311 00 10 +41 22 311 00 20

Dr Pascal G. Favre

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Work Department

Competition & EU, Corporate / M&A, Banking & Finance, Commercial, Real Estate & Construction, Fintech

Position

Partner

Career

Pascal Favre is the head of the Corporate/M&A and Competition Practice Groups of CMS Geneva.

Pascal regularly advises clients on all types of international and domestic M&A deals, transaction and corporate finance, corporate restructurings, relocations, corporate and commercial laws and general contract matters. His practice focuses on joint ventures and projects based both in Switzerland and abroad. Pascal also has extensive experience in acquisition finance, corporate lending, crowdfunding and collective investment schemes, with a special emphasis on those involving real estate.

Pascal is included in The Best Lawyers‘ 2021 for Corporate Law in Switzerland and is “highly recommended” for Banking & Finance in IFLR 1000‘s 2021 edition.

Pascal’s Corporate/M&A practice is complemented by his solid expertise in Swiss competition and distribution laws – a combination of practice areas that is particularly valued by corporate clients.

He routinely handles the competition law aspects of domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, including notifications on concentrations. Pascal represents companies in antitrust investigations by the Swiss Competition Commission and in appeal proceedings. He also advises corporate clients on searches and internal investigations, compliance and leniency programs.

Pascal’s competition work has been recognized as “impressive” by Legal 500 EMEA 2018. He also has been identified by Global Competition Review 2018 and his representation of SNCF Mobilités was highlighted in the GCR 100 Global Elite’s 18th edition.

Pascal is the author of numerous publications, and is a frequent lecturer at universities and speaker in the fields of contract and competition laws.

Languages

French, English, German

Memberships

  • Swiss Bar Association (SAV/FSA)
  • Geneva Bar Association (ODAGE)
  • Swiss Association of Competition Law (ASAS)
  • Swiss Jurists Society (SJV/SSJ)
  • Swiss American Chamber of Commerce
  • Swiss M&A Experts Chamber

Education

  • 2005 – Docteur en droit, University of Fribourg, Switzerland (summa cum laude, obtained three awards: Peter Jäggi Stiftung, Walther Hug Stiftung and Joseph Vigener)
  • 2004 – Bar Admission (Geneva, Switzerland, 1st ranked)

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Banking and finance: Geneva

Spearheaded by Vaïk Müller and Pascal Favre, CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd. is noted for its strengths in insurance, anti-money laundering, and derivatives products alongside debt financing transactions. Müller brings his capabilities in fintech and blockchain based matters to the practice, while Favre enjoys considerable experience in managing project financing, syndicated lending, and collective investment schemes. Müller is regarded for his ‘global and accurate vision of the sector’s challenges’.

Switzerland > Commercial, corporate and M&A

Regarded as being ‘responsive, customer and solution-orientated’, CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd. draws on its global office network to operate for an array of international corporations and is routinely engaged to handle cross-border M&A and corporate transactions. The practice is headed up by four key players: Stefan Brunnschweiler, an expert across a variety of sectors that encompasses life sciences and TMT, Pascal Favre, who is a strong choice for publicly listed companies, life sciences companies, and energy and transport corporations, Daniel Jenny, who is well-versed in M&A, private equity investments, and other transactions, and Jérôme Levrat, who is fully immersed within the healthcare industry.

Switzerland > Competition

A team that is noted for its ‘very good business acumen’, CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd. provides its clients with a one stop shop for competition issues, and demonstrates substantive strengths within the pharmaceutical, construction, technology, and financial services sectors; the group is able to draw upon its global network to operate for multinational corporations in the competition sphere. Three key players helm the group: ‘outstanding’ Marquard Christen, who handles a significant volume of investigations, enforcement actions, and appeals, Patrick Sommer, who is well-positioned to advise on issues arising from heavily regulated sectors such as pharmaceuticals, and Pascal Favre, a capable practitioner in the context of merger controls, antitrust appeals, and internal investigations. Simone Brauchbar Birkhäuser is another name to note, pairing her competition and IP knowledge to advise a varied range of clients.

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