Insolvency and corporate recovery

Vincent Jeanneret

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.

Brigitte Umbach-Spahn

Brigitte Umbach-Spahn is a partner on the Insolvency and Restructuring team. She advises creditors and debtors in national and cross-border restructuring and insolvency cases and represents clients in court in insolvency matters. She also acts as administrator/liquidator in complex insolvency proceedings and serves as a member of creditor committees. Brigitte Umbach-Spahn has been appointed by FINMA as an investigating agent for banks and financial institutions. Brigitte Umbach-Spahn is past co-chair of the IBA Insolvency Section and since 2019 member of the advisory board of the IBA Insolvency Section. She regularly speaks at national and international conferences and publishes on topics relating to insolvency law.

Stefan Bossart

Stefan Bossart is a Counsel on the Insolvency and Restructuring team. He advises on national and cross-border restructuring and insolvency law (including the securing of claims) and represents clients in court in connection with insolvency matters. Stefan Bossart also possesses many years of experience in handling complex liquidations, where he regularly looks after a variety of matters, many of them cross-border. He also has a long track record of dealing with a broad range of regulatory and internal investigations, in particular in the area of banking and financial markets law.

Denise Jagmetti-Huser

Senior Associate

Laura Richenberger

Associate

Miguel Sogo

Partner. Specialized in domestic and international litigation and insolvency proceedings including commercial and corporate disputes, enforcement of Swiss and foreign judgments, debt collection, asset recovery, attachment proceedings and corporate restructuring.

Roman Graf

Partner

Dominik Hohler

Partner

Marjolaine Jakob

Partner

Bertrand G. Schott

Bertrand Schott specialises in the regulation of financial services, investment funds and other investment vehicles in particular asset management and distribution, financial market infrastructures and the trading of derivatives and other financial instruments. Bertrand also focuses on corporate law and M&A, primarily in the financial sector. Bertrand Schott is a member of NKF’s Executive Committee.

Olivier Hari

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

Stefan Kramer

Partner in Homburger's Financial Market Regulation, Financial and Investment Products and Capital Markets teams. Stefan Kramer's practice focuses on capital markets and banking law. He regularly advises on asset based financings (covered bonds and securitizations), banking regulation (including regulatory capital transactions) and derivatives markets regulations. Other areas of work include insolvency law and financial markets infrastructures. He is also a member of the firm's TechGroup.

Tanja Luginbühl

Partner, Head of Insolvency and Restructuring

Daniel Staehelin

Prof. Dr. iur., Attorney and Notary Public, Partner

Karl Wüthrich

Karl Wüthrich is a counsel on the Insolvency and Restructuring team. For more than 30 years, he has advised creditors on national and international enforcement law and assisted debtors in formulating and implementing reorganisation and restructuring plans. He acts as administrator, liquidator, trustee in bankruptcy and member of creditor committees in complex insolvency proceedings. He has been appointed by FINMA as an investigating agent and liquidator for banks and financial institutions. Karl Wüthrich regularly speaks at national and international conferences and at universities in Switzerland. He publishes in the area of insolvency law.

Georg Zondler

Georg Zondler is regularly entrusted with litigation before state courts and arbitration tribunals for domestic and foreign clients. In this capacity, he deals in particular with matters involving insolvency and debt collection law as well as commercial and banking law. Georg Zondler is co-head of the Restructuring & Insolvency practice group at Wenger & Vieli Ltd. In addition, Georg Zondler also deals with cases in all stages of enforcement and insolvency proceedings or acts as a member of creditors' committees and as administrator/liquidator for insolvent companies. Georg Zondler also has broad experience in the field of corporate law, in particular in handling complex cases of liability actions and contract law issues.