Sébastien Roy is a partner and heads the Financial Services group in Geneva. He is also a member of the Corporate / M&A group. He specialises in banking and finance, mergers and acquisitions as well as in corporate matters and contracts. His practice covers all types of domestic and cross-border banking transactions, with an emphasis on acquisition finance, trade finance and corporate lending. Sébastien Roy also advises clients on financial services regulations, including regulatory and contractual issues relating to the establishment and the business of banks, securities dealers and asset managers. Sébastien Roy represents companies and individuals in the acquisition and disposal of companies and assets, in private equity and venture capital transactions, as well as in corporate restructurings and joint ventures. Sébastien Roy advises a number of domestic and foreign-owned companies based in Switzerland on corporate and contractual matters.
Sébastien Roy, born in 1969, was admitted to the bar in 1994 and as a solicitor in England and Wales in 2001. Sébastien Roy joined Pestalozzi as a partner in 2005. He previously worked for two major Swiss law firms in Geneva and Zurich for a total of nine years. He also worked for a leading law firm in Singapore in 1995 and for a top ten City law firm in London in 2000. Sébastien Roy speaks French, English and German.
Sébastien Roy
Partner
Pestalozzi
65, rue du Rhône, Case postale 3199, CH-1211 Geneva
Phone +41 22 737 10 00
sebastien.roy(at)pestalozzilaw.com
VCARD
Financial Services, Commercial, Contracts, Corporate, Financial Products, Private International Law / Conflict Of Laws, Joint Ventures, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity, Real Estate & Environment, Telecommunication, Venture Capital
French, English, German
Switzerland 1994
England and Wales 2001 (not practising)
International Bar Association, Swiss Bar Association, Geneva Bar Association, Association Genevoise de Droit des Affaires