Investment Funds

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Provided by Lenz & Staehelin

Lenz & Staehelin is best known for its regulatory and tax work in relation to the structuring and distribution of collective investment schemes in or from Switzerland as well as the structuring and registration of any type of regulated entity in the funds sector (asset managers, distributors, SICAVs, limited partnerships as well as representatives of foreign funds). Its well-connected contacts within the Swiss industry and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) are one of the key elements of its reputation in investments funds sector.

Lenz & Staehelin is also well known for its significant applications within the context of expert groups appointed by the Swiss Government, or by Swiss regulatory bodies, with the mission to shape the new Swiss regulatory framework in financial matters in particular as regards collective investment schemes. As such, Lenz & Staehelin had played a leading role in the context of the most recent regulatory and legal evolution as regards investment funds, as well as regards ETF.