Pestalozzi

Capital Markets; Corporate / M&A; Financial Services; Governance; Private Equity & Venture Capital

Pascal Richard is a partner and member of the Corporate / M&A group in Zurich. He has broad experience in corporate transactions including acquisitions, mergers, divestitures, joint ventures and reorganisations in various industries with a particular focus on the financial services, fintech and technology sectors.

Before joining Pestalozzi, Pascal Richard was a partner at a major international law firm in Zurich. He regularly conducts presentations in the fields of M&A and corporate law, inter alia, at the University of St. Gallen and Unternehmerforum Schweiz AG.

Partner at Pestalozzi (2022), Partner at major international law firm in Zurich (2016), Associate and Partner at law firm in Zurich (2012), Admission as solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales (2009), Associate at law firm in Zurich (2009), Secondment at law firm in London (2008), Associate at law firm in Zurich (2006), Bar admission: Switzerland (2006), Junior Associate at law firm in Zurich (2004), Legal counsel in the legal department of a Swiss defense and technology group (2003)

German, English; French

Swiss Bar Association (SBA), Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)

College of Law of England and Wales: LL.M. (2011), University of Bern: lic. iur. (2003)