Mangeat

Managing Partner: Grégoire Mangeat
Senior Partners: Fabien Aepli, Joël Chevallaz, Grégoire Mangeat, Fanny Margairaz, Pierre Rüttimann.
Number of partners: 5
Number of lawyers: 14
Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Teochew, Spanish

Firm Overview:
MANGEAT Attorneys at Law LLC is a growing law firm with a well-established expertise in diverse and complex legal fields. We combine an innovative and creative approach to help our clients achieve their objectives and mitigate their risks in an ever-changing and uncertain economic, health and regulatory environment. Our clients’ operating environment, challenges and communication channels have evolved drastically.

We teamwork continuously with our clients, seeking their constructive feedback and suggestions for our improvement. We anticipate and listen to our clients’ needs for on-time, succinct and practical legal advice and tools. Our ambition is to be at the forefront of the legal profession : by always thinking ahead, and by offering to clients a seamless collaboration with a wide range of talents. We are continuously enriching our firm’s team by including diverse ways of thinking, backgrounds, and cultures.

Main Areas of Practice:
Banking & Finance
Corporate & Commercial
Data Protection
Dispute Resolution
Employment
Financial Crime & Investigations
Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare & Life Sciences
Real Estate & Construction
Restructuring & Insolvency
Risk Management & Compliance
General Counsel Desk
Spanish & Latin-American Desk

Banking & Finance:
• Advising a global bank in relation to outsourcing and service agreements with accounting, IT and archiving firms, including international aspects.
• Advising a client on regulatory issues applicable to cryptocurrency trading businesses and blockchain- related projects, including for the set-up of Security Token Offerings and the qualification of tokens.

Key Contact: Fabien Aepli, Partner
Email: [email protected]

Corporate & Commercial:
• Drafting and reviewing distribution, agency, licence and supply agreements for a Swiss healthcare company active in various countries around the world.
• Advising a global investment platform specialised in the healthcare sector within the acquisition of a strategic minority participation in an international pharmaceutical group.

Key Contacts: Fabien Aepli, Partner
Email: [email protected]

Contact: Joël Chevallaz, Partner
Email: [email protected]

Dispute Resolution:
• Assisting a client in opposing his extradition to the United States within the context of the FIFA scandal.
• Assisting a pharmaceutical company in opposing payment claims filed by a former distributor including compensation for goodwill and clientele
• Assisting a European bank in recovering a multi-million claim from a former client and enforcing a first-demand guarantee.

Key Contact: Grégoire Mangeat, Managing Partner
Email: [email protected]

Financial Crime & Investigations:
• Assisting a Swiss bank in relation to anti-money laundering and other regulatory issues regarding a client relationship having certain links to an individual subject to sanctions.
• Assisting a client suspected of having provided undue advantages to a representative of a sports federation in exchange for the award of media rights for major sporting events.
• Assisting a foreign central bank within the context of criminal proceedings initiated by the Federal Office of the Attorney General in relation to bribes paid to certain employees.
• Assisting clients in the delisting of their personal data from sanctions lists and the World-Check database.

Key Contact: Grégoire Mangeat, Managing Partner
Email: [email protected]

Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare& Life Sciences:
• Assisting a pharmaceutical company in opposing payment claims filed by a former distributor including compensation for goodwill and clientele.
• Strengthening the legal department of a global healthcare company for all commercial matters for a period of over six months, to assist the client in coping with a workload increase for its legal team in all EMEA regions.
• Assisting a Swiss healthcare company in the assessment of the implications of the GDPR on contemplated profiling activities.

Key Contact: Fabien Aepli, Partner
Email: [email protected]

Real Estate & Construction:
• Assisting a client in relation to the constitution and development of a residential real estate portfolio in Switzerland, and providing strategic advice for the creation and listing of a real estate investment fund.
• Assisting a client in relation to the de- zoning of a 27-hectare surface, in order to apply for a construction permit for a built surface of 180’000 square metres, including 900 houses.
• Assisting a well-known developer and architect in relation to a major industrial and artisanal development project, with a value of more than CHF 40 million.

Key Contact: Pierre Rüttimann, Partner
Email: [email protected]

Contact: Joël Chevallaz, Partner
Email: [email protected]