The team at Kellerhals Carrard advises officers and directors as to the measures to be implemented in the event of an imminent insolvency, represents financial institutions, debtors, acquirers of businesses or assets of financially distressed companies in insolvency related proceedings, and acts as court appointed trustees. The team is headed by Daniel Staehelin, who represents major creditors in high-profile insolvency proceedings and is often appointed as trustee in bankruptcy proceedings and bank litigations, and Lukas Bopp, whose practice includes acting as court appointed commissioner in insolvency proceedings and handling insolvency related litigation such as director’s liabilities claims, voidance actions, and claims regarding wrongful trading. Jean-Luc Chenaux specialises in M&A, financing, restructuring and governance whilst Alexandre Gachet supports clients with restructuring and insolvency matters, particularly in the banking sector. Ivan Paparelli acts as liquidator of companies under appointment by the FINMA and Emanuel Dettwiler has a special focus on distressed M&A transactions and restructurings.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘Lukas Bopp and Daniel Staehelin are among the most experienced and esteemed insolvency practitioners in Switzerland.’
‘Outstanding theoretical and practice knowledge with the necessary touch of understanding of economical and management issues of a company.’
Key clients
- Alitalia - Società Aerea Italiana S.p.a.
- Banque Privée Espirito Santo
- Bürgschaftsgenossenschaft Ost-Süd
- Bürgschaftsgenossenschaft Mitte
- Cautionnement Romand
- Bürgschaftsgenossenschaft SAFFA
- iQ International AG
- Landert Motoren AG
- Parmalat Group
- Peter Lang AG
- Simatex AG
- Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA
- Tally Weijl Holding AG
Work highlights
- Acted as counsel of Tally Weijl Holding AG which ran into a liquidity shortage following the pandemic.
- Acting as counsel of the bankrupt estate of Banque Privée Espirito Santo in a voidance action in the amount of CHF 1.5 million in relation to payments of restructuring services just before insolvency.
- On March 12, 2021 iQ International AG had to file for a Composition Moratorium. Daniels Staehelin was appointed as commissioner and Lukas Bopp as Co-commissioner to supervise the restructuring of the company; to restructure the company, the assets of the companies (various patents and shareholdings in manufacturing companies in Ecuador, Italy and the US) are to be sold to a new investor.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Daniel Staehelin, Lukas Bopp