Banking & Finance

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Provided by Pestalozzi

For more than 100 years, Financial Services have been one of our core practice areas. Swiss and foreign financial institutions, from banks, securities dealers and insurance companies to asset managers, investment firms and other financial service providers, government institutions, self-regulatory organizations and investors consult us for advice on national and international transactions (incl. for structuring purposes), regulatory and compliance matters, as well as investigations and proceedings.

• Extensive transactional, regulatory, tax and litigation/investigation and compliance practice in the banking industry
• Involvement in some of the largest financings in the world and certainly in Switzerland
• Involvement in the regulatory impact analysis, implementation of new regulation as well as in regulatory and tax compliance including day to day compliance of Swiss banks and other Swiss and foreign financial services companies
• Representing several banks in the context of the US Program and the related Swiss administrative (FINMA) and civil proceedings
• Covering legal, regulatory, tax and litigation/investigation matters in the fields of banking, securities dealers, exchanges, asset managers and other market participants 
• Advice to issuers of structured products
• Provide legal, tax and regulatory advice regarding the acquisition of banks, securities dealers and asset managers based in Switzerland
• Conduct internal investigations with banks, securities dealers and other regulated entities