Portrait

Christoph R. Ramstein is a partner and member of Pestalozzi’s Corporate/M&A, Tax and Private Clients groups in Zurich. His areas of practice are corporate law, business organization, mergers & acquisitions and integration, supply chain management, trade distribution and related tax work. His experience includes international estate planning and execution, charitable and asset protecting structures, inheritance related litigation, and he served as arbitrator in commercial disputes. He has expertise in the following industries: life sciences, consumer, banking & finance, chemical and hospitality.

Christoph R. Ramstein born in 1951, graduated from the University of Zurich (lic.iur. 1978), earned a Masters in Business Administration at the University of St. Gall (lic.oec. 1976), served in 1978 as law clerk at the District Court of Meilen, and was admitted to the bar in 1980. In 1983/1984, he worked with Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, New York. In 1986, he became a partner of Pestalozzi. Christoph R. Ramstein is a former Managing Partner of Pestalozzi, a former president of the Banking and Finance Commission of AIJA, and an active member of the Company Law Commission of „UIA - Union Internationale des Avocats“. He is a frequent speaker in national and international professional organizations.

contact

Christoph R. Ramstein
Partner
christoph.ramstein(at)pestalozzilaw.com VCARD

Pestalozzi
Loewenstrasse 1, CH-8001 Zürich
Phone +41 44 217 91 11

Expertise

Art, Financial Services, Business Organisation & Compliance, Commercial, Commercial Disputes, Contracts, Corporate, Dispute Resolution, Estate Planning, Health & Safety, Inheritance, Joint Ventures, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Banking, Private Equity, Product Liability, Restructuring & Insolvency, Tax, Trade & Retail, Trust & Foundations, Venture Capital, Asset Finance, Banking & Finance

Languages

German, English, French

Admission

Switzerland 1980

Publications

- Dangers, Pitfalls and Issues in Financing a Corporate Group: Subsidiaries’ and Banker’s View
- Corporate Governance in Non-listed, Family Owned Businesses
- Vendor’s Due Diligence – Worth the Paper it’s Written on
more

Memberships

International Bar Association, IFA International Fiscal Association, UIA Union Internationale des Avocats, ASA Association Suisse de l’Arbitrage, DACH