Jacques Bonvin

(partner; born 1968)
bonvin@taverniertschanz.com

Degrees:		Licence en droit (Genève, 1989) with honors
Admission to the Bar:		Geneva Bar (1992), ranked 1st
Experience abroad:		Monckton Chamber (then Four Raymond Buildings), Gray's Inn (London, 1992)
		Slaughter & May (London, 1992-1993)
		Herbert Smith (London, 1993)

Areas of specialisation:

corporate and commercial transactions, corporate finance and M&A, banking, new technologies

Selected publications:

On general business law:
	"La Suisse entend se mettre à niveau dans le gouvernement d'entreprise", Le Temps, February 2004.
	"Doing Business in Switzerland" in Global Counsel 3000, trading direct 2002-2003 (with Edmond Tavernier).
	"Doing Business in Switzerland" in European Counsel 3000, 2000 Issue, 2000 (with Edmond Tavernier).
	"Doing Business in Switzerland" in European Counsel 3000, 1999 Issue, 1999 (with Edmond Tavernier).
	Country Editor, International Trade Law Review, (ITLR) Sweet & Maxwell (1995-to date).
On M&A:
	"Mergers and Acquisitions in Switzerland" in European Counsel 3000, 1998 Issue, 1998 (with Edmond Tavernier).
On new technologies:
	"Capital-risque: vit-on la fin du "corporate venture ?", Le Temps, March 2003.
	"Nouvelles technologies et comptabilité commerciale: une petite révolution", Le Temps, May 2002.
	"Transfert de technologie du public au privé: apprenons (enfin) à modéliser", Le Temps, January 2002.
	"Start-up dans la tourmente: restructurations et financements de crise", Le Temps, March 2001.
	"La cotation d'une société sur un nouveau marché (IPO), mode d'emploi", Le Temps, October 2000.
	"Capital-risque ou comment financer les entreprises", Le Temps, September 2000.
	"C'est décidé: dans un an, nous vendons notre start-up", Le Temps, July 2000.
	"Legal Do's and Don'ts in Venture Capital Transactions", National Report for Switzerland, AIJA, August 2003.
	Switzerland section of "Border control of intellectual property rights", Sweet & Maxwell, London, 2001 (co-author).
On competition law:
	"Droit de la concurrence", Commentaire romand, art 3 III LCart, art 3-22, 26-27 LSPr, 2002.
	"Merger Control", National Report for Switzerland, AIJA, August 2000 (with Matthias Staehelin).
	"Relevant Market Definition", National Report for Switzerland, AIJA, August 1999.
	"Switzerland - From notification to approval" in European Counsel, Competition Supplement, 1998 (with Edmond Tavernier and Silvio Venturi).
	"Competition Law in Switzerland" in ECLR, Volume 18, Issue 3, April 1997.
	"Investigating Powers of Antitrust Authorities", National Report for Switzerland, AIJA, July 1996.
	"Competition Law in Switzerland" in ECLR, Volume 16, Issue 1, January-February 1995.
	Country Editor, European Competition Law Review (ECLR), Sweet & Maxwell (1994-to date).

Selected speaking engagements:

	"Financing of start-up - Negotiation tactics and deal breakers" , CTI Invest CEO Day 2008, Berne, September 2008.
	"Les conventions d'actionnaires" (avec Olivier Dunant, Ernst & Young), Petits-déjeuners des PME et des Start-Ups, Geneva, November 2007.
	"Quel doit être le rôle des hautes écoles dans la création et le financement des start-up ?", débat avec Xavier Comtesse, Avenir Suisse, Forum de l'innovation, EPFL, Lausanne, October 2007.
	"M&A – Fusions et Acquisitions : processus de vente de A à Z", Chambre Fiduciaire Suisse, Montreux, August 2007.
	"Start-up: do's and dont's", start-up workshop, EPFL, Lausanne, July 2007.
	"Due diligence: aspects juridiques et fiscaux", Chambre Fiduciaire Suisse Lausanne, November 2005.
	"L'évaluation et la transmission d'entreprises – aspects juridiques: conseils pratiques et pièges à éviter", L'essentiel de la finance, Banque Cantonale de Genève, September 2005.
	"Pourquoi et comment ouvrir le capital de votre entreprise à un investisseur ? – Quelques aspects juridiques" Cercle des Dirigeants d'Entreprises, Geneva, November 2004.
	"La loi sur la fusion" Swiss M&A Club (SMAC), Geneva, March 2004. Documentation additionnelle.
	"Transfert de technologie - Quelques aspects juridiques", Management International des Affaires, Création de valeur par l'innovation technologique, HEC Genève, Geneva, October 2003.
	"Conventions d'actionnaires et jeunes pousses", Meule de la Jeune Pousse, PSE Parc Scientifique EPFL, Lausanne, September 2003.
	"Managing Entrepreneurial Growth - View of a lawyer", MoT Event, EPFL-HEC Management of Technology program, Lausanne, August 2003.
	"Technology Transfer", PSE Parc Scientifique EPFL, Lausanne, February 2002.
	"Empowering the Family Entrepreneur - The Role of the Trusted Advisor", The Families in Business Conference, Paris, April 2002.

Selected quotes:

On M&A:
	"Tavernier Tschanz has a good track record on large and prestigious domestic M&A and restructuring for blue-chip clients, with 2004 seeing more deals than any previous year. The firm is a referral favourite of several Zurich firms without Geneva offices as well as of foreign firms. Jacques Bonvin is the best known individual for this work." (The European Legal 500, 2005 USA special edition on Law Firms in Europe).
	"Jacques Bonvin is a highly esteemed attorney, maintaining a broad corporate practice encompassing general corporate and M&A, private equity and venture capital work" (Chambers Global 2008).
	"Jacques Bonvin advises Swiss and foreign companies on startup, M&A, private equity and venture capital transactions. He is also involved in technology and financing matters. He was characterized as a 'solution-oriented, pragmatic and committed expert who is able to think outside the box'" (Chambers Global 2007).
	"Jacques Bonvin is a partner whose practice focuses on domestic and cross-border private equity, venture capital, start-up and M&A transactions. Known for his technology sector expertise" (PLC Cross-border Handbooks, Private Equity, the law and leading lawyers worldwide, 2007-2008).
On new technologies:
	"Jacques Bonvin's practice combines complex IT matters with a sound understanding of technology business issues ." (Legal 500, 2008).
	"Tavernier Tschanz advises several start-ups, biotech and software companies in Geneva and French-speaking Switzerland. Jacques Bonvin leads the firm's work." (The European Legal 500, 2005 USA special edition on Law Firms in Europe).

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