Pestalozzi
The team at Pestalozzi offers a wide range of insolvency-related services, including cross-border bankruptcy-related litigation, the recognition and enforcement of foreign bankruptcy proceedings, acting as administrators to recover significant assets of foreign debtors, criminal proceedings, large-scale asset recovery and supervision of bankruptcy administration for major creditors. The team is headed by Thomas Rohner, whose practice includes representing domestic and international clients in insolvency and enforcement matters, and Christophe Emonet, who has vast experience in asset recovery and cross-border bankruptcies. The team comprises of litigation and arbitration specialists Michael Kramer and Florian Mohs, and corporate law expert Christian Leuenberger.
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Testimonials
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‘Pestalozzi has a strong team of experts in all relevant areas of the law, and they are capable of assembling convincing teams. They also have a strong external network in case a lawyer is required with a special expertise not found within Pestalozzi. The right team in complex cross-border-matters.’
‘Florian Mohs is proactive, stays in contact, has a very good eye for the big risks.'
'Dario Marzorati is knowledgeable and fast.’
‘Clarity, speed of responsiveness, a reasonable flexibility governed by commercial understanding in respect of the timing and amount of billing. An ability to build strong relationships and interface with Swiss officials, agents, tax authorities and judiciary in a manner calmly calculated to benefit all parties working towards a common goal.’
‘Thomas Rohner and Tobias Christen provided wise counsel and sound technical advice and were a joy to work with actually.’
Key clients
- Bank of America Merrill Lynch
- Bank Vontobel
- Banque Cantonale de Genève
- City of Almaty
- Coop
- Credit Agricole
- Credit Suisse
- First International Bank of Israel
- Glencore
- Johnson & Johnson
- Leclanché
- Olivier Maus
- Swiss Life AG
- Union Bank of Israel
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Thomas Rohner, Christophe Emonet