Boutique firm Chabrier Avocats provides a wide range of legal and regulatory services to and regulatory services to banks, issuing houses, commodities trading companies, asset and portfolio managers, investment funds, and their clients in private and commercial banking, financing, dispute resolution, sanctions, and asset management. Thomas Goossens, who heads the practice, assists clients with regulatory matters, financing transactions, and the drafting and negotiations of contracts. Marc Gilliéron has extensive expertise in the commodities industry whilst Karim Khoury and Corinne Antille specialise in advice concerning corporate and commercial transactions. Corinne Antille is a further name to note.
Testimonials
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‘The team is very supportive, responsive and creative. They are very professional, think out of the box and strive to find pragmatic solutions.’
‘Thomas Goossens is highly professional, friendly and understands the issues we face and addresses them head-on in the most customer-friendly way possible.’
‘Until the war in Ukraine, Switzerland did not have a robust sanctions culture, but that quickly shifted after the invasion and Chabrier became the go-to Swiss firm for Swiss sanctions issues.’
‘Chabrier has a very strong sanctions team including Marc Gilliéron who is a star.’
‘We think the biggest difference is the people. The way they interact with us and the way they address our problems and help us resolve them. We think that the quality of their work is very good.’
‘The professionalism of both Thomas Goossens and Alexandra Schuvalovis is outstanding.’
Key clients
- One Swiss Bank SA
- HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA
- Berauk Capital SA
- Hinduja Bank (Switzelrand) SA
- Primis Investment (Suisse) SA
- Task Wealth Management SA
- Gadd Wealth Management SA
- Macquarie Bank Limited
- Banque Heritage SA
- RAM Active Investments SA
- Grupo BBVA
- Oleg Tinkov
- Hyposwiss Private Bank Genève SA
Work highlights
- Advising to more than 50 clients in the context of the international sanctions relating to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
- Advising numerous financial institutions on the application process for their FINMA license (including Berauk Capital SA, Primis Investment (Suisse) SA, Task Wealth Management SA, Mt Fort Advisers SA, etc.).
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Thomas Goossens