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Christoph Vonlanthen

Christoph Vonlanthen

Europe 2026

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Practice Areas

Mergers & Acquisitions / Corporate & Commercial / Restructuring and Insolvency / Life Sciences / Capital Markets / Banking & Finance / ESG

Christoph Vonlanthen is a corporate partner in our Geneva and Zurich offices and the head of our Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate & Commercial groups in Geneva. Christoph is a specialist in mergers & acquisitions, growth equity, corporate governance, and capital markets.

Experience

- Christoph advises clients on public and private M&A transactions across multiple industries, including tech, pharma, healthcare, financial institutions, infrastructure, retail, and transportation. Christoph regularly works with private equity funds, fundless sponsors and family offices on leveraged and management buyouts.

- Christoph's experience in leveraged finance and restructurings includes multiple assignments in high-yield bond offerings, bridge loans, and liability management. Experience highlights include advising the underwriters in a £500 million bridge-to-bond financing for the acquisition of a specialty insurance group; the underwriters to a major car manufacturer in its inaugural £1 billion equivalent offering of high-yield bonds and multiple follow-on offerings; and a global telecommunication company in its more than $2 billion comprehensive liability management transactions.

Chambers Review

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Chambers European Guide

Corporate/M&A - Switzerland

Band 5
Band 5

Individual Editorial

Christoph Vonlanthen is recognised for his strengths in advising on cross-border M&A transactions, share purchase agreements and venture capital deals, representing notable financial institutions and private equity firms.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • Christoph delivers every time with a strong sense of commercial awareness. He navigates complex seller dynamics extremely well and is a trusted adviser to the deal team beyond strict legal matters.

    Corporate/M&AChambers European Guide
  • Christoph Vonlanthen is exceptional in every respect.

    Corporate/M&AChambers European Guide
  • We have received exceptionally strong service and responsiveness from Christoph Vonlanthen.

    Corporate/M&AChambers European Guide
  • His years of training and experience working on international deals clearly come across.

    Corporate/M&AChambers European Guide
  • His ability to maintain oversight and drive cohesion across complex matters is remarkable.

    Corporate/M&AChambers European Guide

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