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, M&A and integration, supply chain management, trade distribution and related tax work. His experience includes international estate planning and execution, charitable and asset protection structures, and inheritancerelated litigation. He has also served as an arbitrator in commercial disputes. He has expertise in the following industries: life sciences, consumer, banking & finance, chemical and hospitality.

Christoph R. Ramstein was born in 1951. He 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 a 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 at Pestalozzi. Christoph R. Ramstein is a former managing partner at Pestalozzi, a former president of the Banking and Finance Commission of the AIJA, and an active member of the Company Law Commission of the ‘‘UIA - Union Internationale des Avocats’’. He is frequently invited to speak to national and international professional organizations.

Publications (download PDF list )

31.12.2007 / Dangers, Pitfalls and Issues in Financing a Corporate Group: Subsidiaries’ and Banker’s View
Detail Dangers, Pitfalls and Issues in Financing a Corporate Group: Subsidiaries’ and Banker’s View, UIA Congress 2008, National Report for Switzerland

31.12.2006 / Corporate Governance in Non-listed, Family Owned Businesses
Detail Corporate Governance in Non-listed, Family Owned Businesses, UIA Congress 2007, National Report for Switzerland

31.12.2005 / Vendor’s Due Diligence – Worth the Paper it’s Written on
Detail Vendor’s Due Diligence – Worth the Paper it’s Written on, UIA Seminar 2006, National Report for Switzerland

31.12.2004 / Operation of a Company by Way of Electronic Means
Detail Operation of a Company by Way of Electronic Means, UIA Congress 2005, National Report for Switzerland

31.12.2003 / Know-How Transfer, Legal and Practical Aspects
Detail Know-How Transfer, Legal and Practical Aspects, UIA Congress 2004, National Report for Switzerland

31.12.2003 / Migration of Companies
Detail Migration of Companies, UIA Congress 2004, National Report for Switzerland

31.12.1994 / Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen in der Schweiz
Detail Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen in der Schweiz, Publikation der Handelskammer Deutschland-Schweiz, 2. Auflage, Februar 1995,

contact

Christoph R. Ramstein
Partner
Loewenstrasse 1, CH-8001 Zürich
Phone +41 44 217 91 11
christoph.ramstein(at)pestalozzilaw.com
VCARD

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

Memberships

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