Financial Services
Our financial services practice provides comprehensive support for all legal, tax and regulatory aspects relating to financial institutions, including asset lending, corporate lending, real estate financing and acquisition financing, with experience representing both banks and corporations. In addition, the team has recognized expertise in providing regulatory advice and structuring collective investment schemes, complex hedging transactions, Islamic finance transactions, resolving disputes and conducting investigations as well as providing legal assistance in day-to-day operations. We have a keen sense for adapting to our clients’ changing situations to innovate to their advantage. Our clients include international banking organizations, financial institutions, lenders, borrowers, issuers, investors, investment banks, investment advisers, investment funds, private equity and hedge funds, real estate investment funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, outsourcing and other third party service providers, fintech ventures and other key players in the financial industry sector.
The main activities include:
- Structured Finance and Lending, in particular syndicated lending, leveraged and investment grade acquisition finance, trade commodities and export finance, project, real estate and infrastructure finance, mezzanine-lending structures, work-outs, restructurings and recapitalizations, Islamic finance, aviation & ship finance and risk transfer transactions.
- FinTech, in particular alternative lending platforms, crowdfunding, crypto currencies / initial coin offerings / SAFT agreements / crypto brokerage services, blockchain technology (customer identities, trade finance, etc.), payment services and systems, online asset management and robo-advisory.
- Debt & Equity Capital Markets, in particular standalone issuances, programs, equity-linked, hybrid and subordinated debt as well as derivatives and structured finance
- Regulatory and Compliance Support, in particular authorization and/or registration of providers, carriers and products, (cross-border) financial services and product distribution, AML, KYC, international legal assistance, internal regulations for regulatory compliance, setting up of compliance procedures, forms and manuals, pre-screenings for external or special audits, internal reports, surveys and/or investigations.
Team
- Urs Boller
- Dunja Koch
- Samuel Ljubicic
- Reto Luthiger
- Arnaud Martin
- Mark Montanari
- Karin Oberlin
- Mona Stephenson
- Alexander Vogel
- Christoph Heiz
- Nina Gartmann
- Ülkü Cibik
- Eric Favre
- Jérôme Pidoux
- Grégoire Schafroth
- Andrea Trost
- Stefan A. Wandel
- Noemi Bünter
- Marc Baumberger
- Xenia V. Pisarewski
- Davina Stalder
- Karim Steiner
- Kathrin Waditschatka
“High know how. Good connections. Very good understanding of business. Very good understanding of payments. High level of commitment/part of the team”
Publications
Switzerland to introduce foreign direct investment legislation: overview
International Law Office, 25 January 2023- EN
The Concept of “Investment” at the Dawn of the Digital Era
Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, Vol. 51, No. 1, 41 pages, Dec 2022- EN
Neues Aktienrecht – was ist zu tun?
GoingPublic Magazin 04/2022, Kapitalmarkt Schweiz, S. 96-97, 21. Dezember 2022- DE
Mergers & Acquisitions (§ 6 V.8.j-r: Legal Due Diligence in den Bereichen Bewilligungen, Compliance, Verträge, Immaterialgüterrechte, Datenschutz, Liegenschaften und Infrastruktur, Geschäftsversicherungen und Rechtsstreitigkeiten und § 6 VI: Due Diligence-Bericht)
Handbücher für die Anwaltspraxis (HAP), Helbing Lichtenhahn Verlag, S. 285-316 und S. 320-324, 1. Aufl., Dezember 2022- DE
Firm News
Ülkü Cibik is one of the 30 most important people in the Swiss market for Structured Products
MLLStart! acted as transaction counsel for Yoordi in Yoordi’s seed financing round
New Partner Announcement: Welcome to Arnaud Martin and Marc Schamaun
Annonce de nouveaux associés : Bienvenue à Arnaud Martin et Marc Schamaun
