Olivier Hari

Olivier Hari is Of Counsel in our Corporate & Commercial, Mergers & Acquisitions, Capital Markets and Restructuring & Insolvency Groups. He specializes in general corporate law, transactional matters, finance transactions and private fundraising, companies restructuring, distressed refinancing, and complex national and cross-border insolvency and restructuring proceedings, and related litigation proceedings. Experience Advised a secured creditor (enforcement of a pledge with cross-border aspects) Swiss counsel in the framework of a financial reorganization of a group of companies Advised creditors of Alevo (restructuring and distressed M&A) Advised a distressed watch making company (restructuring and sale) Advised creditors in bankruptcy proceedings (Ethical Coffee Company, Privatair etc.) Advised minority shareholders (post-closing litigation) FINMA appointed liquidator of Zenith Vie SA, Compagnie d'assurance sur la Vie Court-appointed trustee of several distressed businesses · Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

SwitzerlandCorporate / M&A, Banking & FinanceEnglish, French, German, Italian (basic)

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Of Counsel at Schellenberg Wittmer in Switzerland, Olivier Hari advises on corporate and transactional matters with a focus on finance transactions, private fundraising, and company restructuring. He specialises in distressed refinancing, complex national and cross-border insolvency and restructuring proceedings and related litigation, and acts as court-appointed trustee and FINMA-appointed liquidator.

Practice areas

Corporate / M&ABanking & FinanceCapital MarketsRestructuring & InsolvencyBlockchain & FinTech

Office

Switzerland

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd · Olivier Hari is Of Counsel in our Corporate & Commercial, Mergers & Acquisitions, Capital Markets and Restructuring & Insolvency Groups. He specializes in general corporate law, transactional matters, finance transactions and private fundraising, companies restructuring, distressed refinancing, and complex national and cross-border insolvency and restructuring proceedings, and related litigation proceedings. Experience Advised a secured creditor (enforcement of a pledge with cross-border aspects) Swiss counsel in the framework of a financial reorganization of a group of companies Advised creditors of Alevo (restructuring and distressed M&A) Advised a distressed watch making company (restructuring and sale) Advised creditors in bankruptcy proceedings (Ethical Coffee Company, Privatair etc.) Advised minority shareholders (post-closing litigation) FINMA appointed liquidator of Zenith Vie SA, Compagnie d'assurance sur la Vie Court-appointed trustee of several distressed businesses

Switzerland

Expertise

Cross-border insolvencyDistressed restructuring & refinancingDistressed M&ACorporate finance & private fundraisingLiquidations & trusteeshipsInsolvency-related litigation

Education

Dr. iur., University of Neuchâtel (2010)
lic. iur., University of Neuchâtel (2003)

Admissions

Bar Admission, Switzerland (2007)

Languages

EnglishFrenchGermanItalian (basic)