Kellerhals Carrard

FinTech plays a central role in Kellerhals Carrard’ practice and we are recognized as a leading team on the Swiss market and abroad. We have a broad expertise of financial law matters coupled with a deep technical knowledge.

Industry and Sector Expertise: 

Our highly specialized team has a strong footprint especially in the areas of payment systems (cards, wallets etc.), tokenisation (security tokens, NFTs), credit (crowd lending, donating etc.) and digital asset management, i.e., all the banking areas where fintech has a big impact.

Our core competencies are, on the one hand, the comprehensive knowledge and many years of experience in financial market law, in particular, capital markets, investment banking, investment funds, retail and private banking, payment systems and compliance. On the other hand, we are at the forefront of financial market developments and innovation.

Competitive Edge: 

Through our close cooperation with the legislative authorities, the regulator, and SwissBanking (the umbrella organization of banks in Switzerland), we are uniquely able to advise our clients at an early stage on upcoming changes in the regulatory framework and the resulting strategic measures.

Fintech Strategy, Innovation & Uniqueness: 

• Fintech Strategy: With 280+ lawyers, we are the largest Swiss law firm and we have strong focus on Fintech in our strategy.
• Partner attention (personal approach): KC has one of the lowest leverage ratios amongst the top Swiss firms.
• Federal Network: We have 9 different locations across Switzerland and provide clients with an excellent coverage of the different federal and cantonal authorities with whom we have strong ties and understand regional specificities.
• Venture Capital and Start-up desk: In the past couple of years, our start-up desk has known an exceptional development and has cemented Kellerhals Carrard’s position as a leading Swiss law firm in the area of start-ups and venture capital. In this context we work closely with most exciting Swiss and international Fintech start-ups and investors.