Switzerland
Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
Lawyers
Tarek Houdrouge
Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd, Switzerland
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Work Department
Geneva / Banking & Finance / Corporate and Commercial / Mergers & Acquisitions / Private Equity and Venture Capital / Capital Markets / Insurance
Position
Tarek Houdrouge is Co-Head of our Banking and Finance Group in Geneva and a Partner in our Mergers and Acquisitions Group. He specializes in banking and finance, national and cross-border M&A, corporate law and commercial contracts, including corporate restructurings, corporate governance matters, finance transactions, private equity and venture capital.
Experience:
- Assisted banks and investors in acquisitions/disposals of banks and clients' portfolios and in merger projects in the banking sector
- Advises Swiss and foreign banks and financial institutions in all regulatory matters and in lending transactions
- Counsel to Swiss and foreign banks and financial institutions in cross-border activities, including distribution of financial products
- Swiss counsel to Procter & Gamble International Operations SA in the sales of Select Specialty P&G Beauty brands to Coty Inc. and of the Duracell business to Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
- Regular assistance to clients, including multinational groups of companies, on corporate law and corporate governance
Career
2017 - Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer
2014 - Senior Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer
2010 - Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer
2006 - Associate in a large business law firm in Geneva
Languages
French
English
German
Memberships
Swiss Bar Association
International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA)
Geneva Bar Association
Geneva Business Law Association (AGDA)
Centre du droit de l'entreprise (CEDIDAC
Education
2011 - Bar Admission in New York
2010 - LL.M., Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago
2006 - Bar Admission in Switzerland
2004 - Master of Law, European and International Economic Law, University of Lausanne
2003 - lic. iur., University of Lausanne