Tarek Houdrouge

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. 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 · Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

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Tarek Houdrouge is Co-Head of the Banking and Finance Group in Geneva and a Partner in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group at Schellenberg Wittmer. He specializes in banking and finance, national and cross-border M&A, corporate law and commercial contracts, including corporate restructurings, corporate governance, finance transactions, private equity and venture capital.

Practice areas

Banking & FinanceMergers & AcquisitionsCorporate / CommercialCapital MarketsRestructuring & InsolvencyBlockchain & FinTechFinancial ServicesInsurance

Office

Switzerland

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd · 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. 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

Switzerland

Expertise

Acquisitions and disposals of banks and client portfoliosRegulatory advice to Swiss and foreign banks and financial institutionsLending and finance transactionsCross-border financial services and distribution of financial productsNational and cross-border M&ACorporate restructurings and corporate governancePrivate equity and venture capitalFinTech / Blockchain

Education

lic. iur., University of Lausanne (2003)
Master of Law, European and International Economic Law, University of Lausanne (2004)
LL.M., Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago (2010)
Bar Admission in New York (2011)
Bar Admission in Switzerland (2006)

Admissions

New York Bar (2011)
Switzerland Bar (2006)

Languages

FrenchEnglishGerman