Tarek Houdrouge

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Tarek Houdrouge is Co-Head of our Banking and Finance Group in Geneva and a Partner in our Mergers and Acquisitions Group (ranked Band 1 by Legal 500). He specializes in banking and finance, national and cross-border M&A, corporate law and commercial contracts, including corporate restructurings, corporate governance matters, finance transactions, private equity and venture capital.

Expertise

Banking and Finance
Corporate and Commercial
Mergers & Acquisitions
Capital Markets
Blockchain Technologies & FinTech
Financial Services
Insurance

Experience

Assisted banks and investors in acquisitions/disposals of banks and clients’ portfolios and in merger projects in the banking sector
Advises Swiss and foreign banks and financial institutions in all regulatory matters and in lending transactions
Counsel to Swiss and foreign banks and financial institutions in cross-border activities, including distribution of financial products
Swiss counsel to Procter & Gamble International Operations SA in the sales of Select Specialty P&G Beauty brands to Coty Inc. and of the Duracell business to Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Regular assistance to clients, including multinational groups of companies, on corporate law and corporate governance

Professional Experience

2017
Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer
2014
Senior Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer
2010
Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer
2006
Associate in a large business law firm in Geneva
Education and Admission
2011
Bar Admission in New York
2010
LL.M., Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago
2006
Bar Admission in Switzerland
2004
Master of Law, European and International Economic Law, University of Lausanne
2003
lic. iur., University of Lausanne

Additional Professional Activities

Member of various professional organizations, such as the Geneva and Swiss Bar Associations, AIJA, CEDIDAC and AGDA