Christophe Emonet
Europe Guide 2024
Band 2 : White-Collar Crime
Band 2
About
Provided by Christophe Emonet
Practice Areas
Christophe Emonet heads the Geneva Litigation & Arbitration Group and the White-collar crime practice. He specializes in (inter)national banking/commercial disputes & investigations, regulatory & white collar crime matters (corporate/financial fraud & corruption). He has broad experience in asset recovery and cross-border bankruptcies. Christophe Emonet represents financial institutions, corporations, foreign states and HNWIs that request his assistance for strategic matters and complex negotiations.
Career
University of Geneva (lic.iur., 1995). Foreign trainee at Solicitors and Barristers in London (1996). Bar admission (1998). Joined Pestalozzi (1999). Foreign Associate in two major law firms in Madrid and Buenos Aires (1999). Partner at Pestalozzi (2004). Member of the Management Board (2017).
Professional Memberships
International Bar Association, Swiss and Geneva Bar Associations, Institut Suisse des Administrateurs et Dirigeants d’Entreprise (ISADE), Association Genevoise de droit des affaires (AGDA).
Chambers Review
Europe
Christophe Emonet has experience assisting clients with asset recovery, insider trading and fraud cases. He is also well placed to advise on corruption proceedings.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is very intelligent and tenacious. He defends the interest of clients very well."
"He is very intelligent and tenacious. He defends the interest of clients very well."