Fabien Aepli

Practice Areas

Advising and counselling financial institutions (including banks, asset managers and fintech stakeholders) on asset management matters and related contracts, transactions and projects, organisational rules, directives and policies, regulatory authorisations.

Proven experience in advising multinational companies and SMEs, on both Swiss and international level, in cross-border transactions such as agency, distribution, licence and service agreements. Drafting commercial contracts and general terms and conditions, and advising on compliance and regulatory issues. Advising companies on the structuring and setting-up of businesses and corporate reorganisation.

Professional Memberships

Geneva and Swiss Bar Associations

British Swiss Chamber of Commerce

Geneva Association of Corporate Law (AGDA)

Swiss Finance + Technology Association

Publications

Blockchain, embedded finance and regulatory challenges for fintech startups, interview in: Leaders League, 2022

LEFin/LSFin: délais relatifs aux principales obligations applicables aux gestionnaires de fortune, Key Insights, 2020.

Pandémie de COVID-19 Assemblées générales: solutions et recommandations, Publications, 2020.

4 thèmes d’actualité auxquels les entreprises nous demandent de prêter attention, with Nurith COHEN, in: FOCUS Droit, Le Temps, 2018

Smart Contracts simply explained, with Nurith COHEN, Key Insight, 2017

Retrocessions and statute of limitations: long-awaited clarification, with Nurith COHEN,

Key Insights, 2017

Blockchain, simply explained, with Nurith COHEN, Key Insights, 2017