Roman Graf Partner, Head of Restructuring and Insolvency
Attorney at Law, LL.M.

Roman Graf
Partner, Head of Restructuring and Insolvency
Attorney at Law, LL.M.
+41 58 450 70 00
roman.graf@lenzstaehelin.com 		Geneva
Route de Chêne 30
CH-1211 Geneva
www.lenzstaehelin.com

  • Expertise

    Roman Graf is a partner specialising in M&A transactions (including complex national and international deals and private equity) and insolvency. His extensive experience also includes cross-border restructurings. Roman regularly advises companies, managers and creditors on insolvencies and corporate reorganisations, including management liability. Other areas of practice include corporate, commercial and contract law, corporate finance, and corporate governance. He regularly speaks at professional conferences focused on his fields of expertise. Roman has been recognized as Next Generation Partner in Insolvency and corporate recovery in the highly respected Legal 500 EMEA 2024.

  • Practices

    Corporate and M&A Commercial and Contracts Restructuring and Insolvency Real Estate ESG

  • Specialist Areas

    Corporate and M&A, Contract and Commercial, Insolvency and Restructuring, Real Estate, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Corporate Governance, Management Liability, Cross-Border Reorganizations

  • Professional Experience and Education

    and Education

    2022Partner, Lenz & Staehelin
    2014Associate, Lenz & Staehelin
    2012Junior Associate, Lenz & Staehelin
    2011Legal extern, United Nations Office of the Legal Counsel, New York
    2007Legal Officer, United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, The Hague
    2014Swiss bar admission
    2012New York bar admission
    2011Columbia Law School (LL.M., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar)
    2007Amsterdam Law School (LL.M. in International and European Law)
    2006University of Lausanne (lic. iur.)

  • Languages

    English, French, German, Italian

  • Memberships

    American Bar Association (ABA), Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA), Geneva Bar Association (OdA), International Bar Association (IBA), Swiss Bar Association (SBA), Member of the Commission for Continuing Legal Education (Commission de formation permanente) of the Geneva Bar Association, Member of the Comité Romand of the Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association (SECA), Member of the Legal & Regulatory Committee of Invest Europe

  • Selected Publications

    • Graf R., Switzerland’s first FDI screening framework: what M&A practitioners need to know, in: IBA Corporate and M&A Law Committee e-bulletin, 13 March 2026
    • Menoud V., Graf R., Environmental, Social & Governance - Switzerland, in: Law Over Borders Comparative Guide, The Global Legal Post, April 2025
    • Graf R., Adapting to change: the transformation of Swiss insolvency regulations under the 2023 corporate law revision, in: IBA Insolvency and Restructuring International (IRI), Vol 17 No 2, November 2023
    • Poskriakov F., Graf R., Consolidation in the Swiss Portfolio Management Industry - Selected Aspects of M&A Transactions, in: Swiss Review of Business and Financial Market Law, 2/2021
    • Rötheli A., Kühni B., Graf R., Private Equity 2019 (Transactions) - Switzerland, in: Getting the Deal Through, 2019, 269-275
    • Graf R., Commentaire de l'article 264e, Commentaire de l'article 264f (co-author), in : Macaluso, A./Moreillon, L./Quéloz, N. (eds.), Commentaire romand du Code pénal II - Partie spéciale, Basel 2017
    • Graf R., Commentary on Charges, in: Klip A. / Freeland S. (eds.), Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals, Vol. 40, Cambridge 2013
    • Graf R., The International Criminal Court and Child Soldiers, in: Journal of International Criminal Justice, Oxford 2012
    • Graf R., Commentary on Jurisdiction, in: Klip A. / Sluiter G. (eds.), Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals, Vol. 28, Cambridge 2012
    • Graf R., I beg your pardon?, in: Klip A. / Sluiter G. (eds.), Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals, Vol. 19, Antwerp 2010

  • Contact details

    Geneva roman.graf@lenzstaehelin.com
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  • Assistant

    Paola Paradela Duarte paola.paradeladuarte@lenzstaehelin.com

  • References

    Roman Graf is a pragmatic lawyer with deep knowledge of Swiss law coupled with broad M&A experience. One source highlights his great availability and reactivity.

    Who's Who Legal, 2024

    Pragmatic approach and ability to find the best possible solutions, even under very tight deadlines

    Who's Who Legal, 2022

    Strong negotiation skills and vast experience advising on cross-border transactions.

    Who's Who Legal, 2022

Roman Graf is a pragmatic lawyer with deep knowledge of Swiss law coupled with broad M&A experience. One source highlights his great availability and reactivity.

Who's Who Legal, 2024

Pragmatic approach and ability to find the best possible solutions, even under very tight deadlines

Who's Who Legal, 2022

Strong negotiation skills and vast experience advising on cross-border transactions.

Who's Who Legal, 2022

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Publications

  • 13 Mar 2026

    Switzerland’s first FDI screening framework: what M&A practitioners need to know

    in: IBA Corporate and M&A Law Committee e-bulletin, 13 March 2026

    AUTHORS

    Roman Graf
    Expertise

    Corporate and M&A

  • 17 Apr 2025

    Environmental, Social & Governance - Switzerland

    in: Law Over Borders Comparative Guide, The Global Legal Post, April 2025

    AUTHORS

    Valérie Menoud Roman Graf
    Expertise

    ESG

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