Portrait

Christophe Rapin is a partner and member of Pestalozzi’s Competition & Trade and IP & TMT groups in Geneva. He focuses on Swiss and European regulatory and competition law. Since January 2000, he has been the head of the Competition and Trade Practice Group both in Geneva and Brussels. He practices in competition law as well as in regulatory aspects of financial services. In particular, Christophe Rapin advises international companies regarding the compliance of their activities with competition laws in the EU and in Switzerland. He represents companies before competition regulatory authorities and has dealt with several pre-merger notifications in Switzerland. He also advises major financial institutions regarding the compliance of their activities with the applicable regulatory requirements. He has been involved in various procedures to grant licenses to banks and brokers. He also advises foreign banks and brokers regarding their cross-border activities both in the EU and Switzerland. Furthermore, he is also active in the telecommunication and aircraft financing sectors.

Christophe Rapin was born in 1967. After graduating from the University of Geneva, he specialized in European law and obtained a Postgraduate Diploma on the University of Geneva (DEA). Christophe Rapin was admitted to the bar of Geneva in 1999. His professional languages are French and English.

contact

Christophe Rapin
Partner
Pestalozzi
65, rue du Rhône, Case postale 3199, CH-1211 Geneva
Phone +41 22 737 10 00
christophe.rapin(at)pestalozzilaw.com
VCARD

Expertise

Financial Services, Business Organisation & Compliance, Commercial, Competition, Customs, Data Protection & Privacy, Environment, Financial Products, Information Technology, Intellectual Property, Investment Funds, New Technologies, Public Procurement, Unfair Competition, Antitrust, Commodities, Transportation

Languages

French, English

Admission

Switzerland 1999, Brussels 2003

Publications

Dans quelles circonstances et dans quelle mesure l'obligation positive de fourniture d'informations devrait-elle être imposée aux annonceurs par une réglementation ?

Memberships

Geneva and Swiss Bar Associations