Pestalozzi’s Restructuring and Insolvency team offers clients strategic guidance and robust representation in complex restructuring and insolvency matters. Our team combines in-depth knowledge of Swiss and cross-border insolvency law with a practical approach to safeguarding clients' interests and achieving effective recovery solutions across all stages of proceedings.
We have represented parties in major bankruptcy and composition proceedings in Switzerland. Services have included protective briefs, claims registration, actions against the schedule of claims, complaints before the supervisory authorities, claw-back actions (avoidance actions) against various beneficiaries of voidable transactions as well as directors' liability cases on behalf of administrators and/or creditors.
Our Expertise
Pestalozzi provides comprehensive support for clients facing complex restructuring and insolvency matters in Switzerland. We represent parties in major bankruptcy and composition proceedings, offering tailored solutions that address both the legal and financial intricacies of each case. Our expertise includes representation in court proceedings to coordinate civil and criminal issues, recognition of foreign bankruptcies in Switzerland, and management of cross-border cases in close collaboration with international partner firms. We also act on behalf of major creditors, serving on bankruptcy bodies to support creditors' interests and ensure optimal outcomes.
Our Services
- Cross-border issues before Swiss courts in bankruptcy-related litigation involving the coordination of civil and criminal proceedings.
- Obtaining recognition of foreign bankruptcies in Switzerland, thus allowing foreign administrators to act on Swiss soil and recover significant assets of foreign bankrupt debtors (mini-bankruptcy/ancillary bankruptcy), as well as bankruptcy-related criminal proceedings. In multi-jurisdictional cases, we work together with other law firms to ensure the client's success in all jurisdictions involved. These cases require special skills to coordinate the parallel proceedings and keep track of the peculiarities of the jurisdictions involved.
- Sitting on bankruptcy bodies to supervise the work of the bankruptcy administration in the interest of major creditors.
- Conducting large-scale asset recovery actions for our clients.
Main Contact
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Andreas Lienhard
Partner
Team Members
Ludivine Boisard
Partner
Lara Dorigo
Partner
Christophe Emonet
Partner
Nicolas C. Herren
Partner
Alexandra C. Johnson
Partner
Michael Kramer
Partner
Andreas Lienhard
Partner
Florian Mohs
Partner
Thomas Rohner
Partner
Sébastien Roy
Partner
Lukas Rusch
Partner
Franz Schubiger
Partner
Beat Schwarz
Partner
Sibylle Pestalozzi
Senior Counsel
Christophe Berclaz
Counsel
Jean-Baptiste Lhôte
Counsel
Dario Marzorati
Counsel
Paola Wullschleger
Counsel
Yannick Schweizer
Senior Associate
Sven Aschwanden
Associate
Eléonore Bleeker
Associate
Mery Canella
Associate
Tobias Christen
Associate
Levy Corba
Associate
Milivoje Mitrovic
Associate
Irene Roethlisberger
Associate
Yannic Schönenberger
Associate
Myrtha Talirz
Associate
Dora Valenta
Associate
Simon Winkler
Associate
Jeremias Bilger
Junior Associate
Nathalie Candrian
Junior Associate
Andrew Galantay
Junior Associate
André Lopes Ferreira
Junior Associate
Daniel Morbach
Junior Associate
Evelyn Motschi
Junior Associate
Chiara Pacciarelli
Junior Associate
Simone Pua
Junior Associate
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