Christophe Emonet

His clients include major financial institutions, multinational corporations, states and state-owned companies, as well as high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) who request his support and strategic guidance for complex matters and negotiations.

With more than 20 years of experience, Christophe has handled some of the most complex banking and commercial disputes, regulatory matters, investigations and insolvency proceedings.

Past and current work highlights

• Represented a foreign banker in the Swiss and Italian investigations related to the Parmalat, resulting in the prosecuting authorities deciding not to pursue charges.
• Advised and represented a high-net-worth individual in the investigations of the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland and the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) related to British Aerospace, culminating in prosecuting authorities deciding not to pursue charges.
• Representing 40+ banks in the global restructuring and orderly liquidation of a major commodities trading company headquartered in Switzerland.
• Defended a public Swiss-listed bank through the largest-ever criminal investigation (with a five-month trial and multi-year pre-investigation phase) and commercial dispute against former directors and auditors in relation to a loss of 3 billion Swiss francs.
• Represented Swiss banks in the U.S. Department of Justice Swiss Bank Program and advised a bank on the sale of its offshore and fiduciary activities across 40+ jurisdictions, conducting a strategic review of regulatory, compliance and cross-selling issues
• Leading the defence in large-scale Swiss and foreign investigations, commercial disputes and worldwide recovery actions for the former CEO of a major foreign pension fund and now his estate.
• Representing a giant oil company, a victim of one of the largest ever corruption scandals, in all its recovery civil actions and in numerous ongoing criminal proceedings in Switzerland.
• Assisting a foreign public investment fund in the context of a multi-billion-franc scam, including related banking disputes and recovery actions.
• Assisting one of the major shareholders of a family-held multinational on estate planning issues.
• Conducting a multitude of internal investigations for foreign and Swiss corporations.