Rodolphe Gautier
Europe Guide 2024
Band 4 : Litigation
About
Provided by Rodolphe Gautier
Practice Areas
Rodolphe Gautier heads the Dispute Resolution practice of Geneva. He has more than 20 years of experience working in litigation and arbitration. His practice focuses on commercial and banking disputes in Switzerland and international arbitration involving Swiss-connected parties, assets, substantive law or seats of arbitration. He frequently acts for multinationals, domestic companies and high net worth individuals before civil and criminal courts and arbitral tribunals. His practice also includes applications for pre-emptive relief to locate and freeze assets.
Additionally, Rodolphe Gautier handles white collar crime proceedings, often assisting corporations and executives in criminal prosecutions and international mutual assistance. He provides strategic and tactical advice in pre-litigation phases. He also acts as external counsel to multinationals and financial services providers in international investigations, compliance audits and reporting of suspicious transactions to the Money Laundering Reporting Office (MROS). He assists clients in their investigations of potential money laundering activities, notably in Art and in Sport.
Professional Memberships
Rodolphe Gautier is registered with both the Geneva Bar Association and the Swiss Bar Association and is admitted to practice in all Switzerland. He is also registered and admitted to practice as foreign lawyer with the Singapore International Commercial Court. He is on the list of arbitrators of ICC (Switzerland) and of SIAC (Singapore) and a member of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) and of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (MSiarb). He sits on the Legal Board of the Swiss Sailing Federation.
Chambers Review
Europe
Rodolphe Gautier is particularly active in banking litigation, including cases with cross-border elements. He represents clients in disputes stemming from terminations of agreements, alongside other commercial dispute experience.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He provided very good compliance advice. He is very smart."
"Rodolphe Gautier is very efficient, knows the law very well and is very helpful. He is assertive on the client's behalf, very reasonable in his approach and dedicated and easy to reach."
"He provided very good compliance advice. He is very smart."
"Rodolphe Gautier is very efficient, knows the law very well and is very helpful. He is assertive on the client's behalf, very reasonable in his approach and dedicated and easy to reach."