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“He is the first port of call for asset recovery matters”

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“quick comprehension of a case, synthetic approach to strategy and granular knowledge of jurisprudence”

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Vincent Jeanneret
Geneva

Vincent Jeanneret

Of Counsel

+41 22 707 8118

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Vincent Jeanneret is of Counsel in the Dispute Resolution Group in Geneva, where he also heads the Restructuring and Insolvency team. He was also the firm's MP from 2009 to 2014.

Expertise

  Dispute Resolution   Internal Corporate Investigations   Restructuring and Insolvency
  White-Collar Crime and Compliance   Financial Services

Experience

  • Vincent specializes in commercial and banking litigation with a focus on complex, international cases. He has been recognized as one few specialists who deals with major insolvency cases both at a Swiss and international level
  • He is regularly appointed by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) either as receiver or liquidator
  • He is frequently retained as counsel in connection with white-collar crime cases at the federal or state level, as well as with international legal assistance

Career

Professional Experience
2020
Of Counsel at Schellenberg Wittmer
1996
Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer (2009-2014 Managing Partner)
Education and Admission
1989
Bar Admission in Switzerland
1985
lic. oec., University of Geneva
1982
lic. iur., University of Geneva
Additional Professional Activities
  • Publications in the fields of insolvency law and criminal law
  • He has also been an active member of the AIJA (president of its Insolvency Commission) and is a member of the Fédération Suisse des Avocats and of the Association Genevoise du Droit des Affaires, where he was a board member and treasurer (1996-2002), as well as the former chairman of the Société Genevoise de Droit et de Législation
  • Vincent was also appointed to the Management Board of the "Ecole de l'Avocature"
  • Member of the board of the Geneva Bar Association (2003 - 2009)
 

Recognitions

  • The Legal 500: Hall of Fame in Insolvency & Corporate Recovery since 2022
  • Who's Who Legal: Thought Leader in Asset Recovery since 2020; Thought Leader in Restructuring and Insolvency since 2018; Recommended in Business Crime Defence since 2019; Recommended in Commercial Litigation since 2020
  • Expert Guides: Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, White Collar Crime
  • IFLR 1000: Expert Consultant, Restructuring and Insolvency
  • Leaders League: Restructuring & Insolvency

Languages

  • French
  • English
  • German

Selected Publications

  Questions choisies en matière de confiscation pénale   Code pénal II (CP II) – Commentaire romand   Cross-border insolvency law, experiences and perspectives   Commentary of Articles 46-55 SchKG ("Ort der Betreibung")   Konkursliquidation insolventer Banken (Bankenkonkurs): Art. 33
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