Christian Roos

Christian Roos

Partner
Attorney at law, lic. iur.
Co-head Life Sciences

Christian Roos co-heads Pestalozzi's Life Sciences Group and is member of the Employment & Pensions Group. His fields of expertise include international trade law, contracts and life sciences, with a focus on pharmaceuticals and medical devices. He supports clients in M&A transactions and in corporate restructurings and has indepth experience in employment matters namely mass dismissals, social plan negotiations, contract negotiations, restrictive covenants etc.

Christian Roos graduated from the University of Fribourg in 1990 (lic.iur.) and then worked as an assistant dealing with EC law in international public law. After spending two years with the law firm van Bael & Bellis in Brussels, he joined the Swiss Federal Office for International Economic Foreign Affairs and was involved in the bilateral negotiations between the EC and Switzerland. He joined Pestalozzi in 1996 and became partner in 2002.

2002

Partner

1999

Bar Admission: Switzerland

1996

Associate at Pestalozzi

1994

Representative of the Cantons in the Federal Government

1992

Lawyer at Van Bael & Bellis

1990

Assistant at the University of Fribourg
University of Fribourg: Lic. iur.

Languages

German, English, French, Italian, Swedish

Expertise & Industries

Competition & Trade
Compliance
Corporate / M&A
Employment & Pensions
Life Sciences
Private Equity & Venture Capital
Tax

Membership

Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce (Swiss Amcham)

Practical Law: Doing Business in Switzerland 2021

His advice is very efficient, to-the-point and with supersonic turn-around times. Christian is a true strategic employment adviser.

Extensive business-oriented experience with which he assesses out-of-the-box legal issues concerning employment relationships we address to him. Extremely responsive and at the same time always thoughtful and calm.

Very pragmatic, responsive, clear and solutions-focused.

Christian Roos is always very accessible and extremely responsive. The solutions provided are very pragmatic and well thought out.

His advice is very efficient, to-the-point and with supersonic turn-around times. Christian is a true strategic employment adviser.

Extensive business-oriented experience with which he assesses out-of-the-box legal issues concerning employment relationships we address to him. Extremely responsive and at the same time always thoughtful and calm.

Languages

Expertise & Industries

Membership

Deals and Cases

Publications

Practical Law’s Orphan Medicines Regime Quick Compare Chart - contribution for Switzerland

Life Sciences 2022 - Switzerland: Law and Practice

Practical Law: Doing Business in Switzerland 2021

Christian Roos

Extensive business-oriented experience with which he assesses out-of-the-box legal issues concerning employment relationships we address to him. Extremely responsive and at the same time always thoughtful and calm.

Career

Languages

Expertise & Industries

Membership

Deals and Cases

Pestalozzi advised Lithium Argentina in its corporate migration to Switzerland

Pestalozzi advised Aksia LLC on the FINMA authorization as a Swiss representation office of a foreign asset manager

Pestalozzi advised Adragos Pharma in the Acquisition of Baccinex

Publications