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Jean Jacques Ah Choon

Schellenberg Wittmer

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Position: Partner
Rating:
  • Notable practitioner
Bar Admissions:
Switzerland
Practice Areas:
Capital markets : Debt
Private equity
M&A
Jurisdictions:
Biography

Jean Jacques Ah Choon is a Partner in the Corporate & Commercial and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups in Geneva. He has a long track record advising corporate clients and private equity firms on M&A transactions, joint ventures and commercial law issues.

Recent matter/case highlights
  • Swiss counsel to the shareholders in Metaco, a Swiss-based provider of digital asset custody and tokenization technology, on their high-profile sale of Metaco to Ripple
  • Swiss counsel to Orange Cyberdefense advising them on the acquisition of the Swiss companies SCRT and Telsys
  • Swiss counsel to Alpian SA in connection with the preparation of the banking license application
  • Swiss counsel to REYL advising them in their long-term strategic partnership with the private banking division of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group (Fideuram ISP PB) through the acquisition of a stake in the capital of REYL
Key practice areas
  • Banking
  • Capital markets: Debt
  • Capital markets: Derivatives
  • Capital markets: Equity
  • Capital markets: High yield
  • Financial services regulatory
  • M&A
  • Corporate & Commercial
Sector expertise
  • Banking & Finance
  • Capital Markets
  • Corporate & Commercial
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Insurance
Academic qualifications
  • lic. iur., University of Geneva, 1997

Association/network memberships
  • Author of several articles in the field of Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate law
  • Member of the Geneva Bar Association
  • Member of various professional organizations, such as the International Bar Association, CEDIDAC, AIBL, etc.
Bar Admissions
  • Switzerland, 1999
Address:
15bis, rue des Alpes
1211 Geneva 1
Switzerland
1400
Tel:+41 22 707 8000 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://www.swlegal.com/en/lawyers/lawyer-detail/jean-jacques-ah-choon/