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About
Provided by Oliver Widmer
Practice Areas
Practice in banking, finance and capital markets in regulatory (including FinTech and crypto/blockchain matters) and transactional matters. Further areas of work include private equity, trust, foundation and estate planning matters. Advises domestic and international banks, financial institutions, wealth management service providers and high net worth individuals as well as borrowers and capital markets' issues. Additionally, Oliver Widmer is an authorised issuer’s representative at the SIX Swiss Exchange.
Career
University of Zurich (lic. iur., 1998). Bar Admission (2000). Joined Pestalozzi (2001). London School of Economics and Political Science (M.Sc., Law and Accounting, 2002). Partner at Pestalozzi (2009). Head of Financial Services and Co-Lead Private Clients Practice Group.
Professional Memberships
International Bar Association (IBA), Swiss and Zurich Bar Association, Law Society of England & Wales, Society for Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), member of the admission board and the regulatory board of BX Swiss
Chambers Review
Europe
Oliver Widmer acts for borrowers, banks and private lenders on a range of finance matters, including cross-border revolving facility agreements and refinancings. He additionally advises banks on regulatory mandates.
Oliver Widmer acts for clients from the financial sector on the establishment of funds, particularly ESG-focused funds. He also assists with licensing, regulatory issues and marketing matters.
Oliver Widmer acts for domestic and multinational clients on bond issuances and the renewal of EMTN programmes. He offers additional experience in matters involving securitisation and derivatives.
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Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Oliver Widmer has very broad expertise and is very client-focused."
"Oliver Widmer is one of the best attorneys in his field in Switzerland."
"He has a very broad expertise and is very client-focused."
"Oliver is attentive and his deeply commercial and procedural operational knowledge allows him to deliver his answers fast and concisely."
"Oliver Widmer is highly commercially focused with a very good understanding of the client's needs."
"Oliver Widmer is great to work with."
"Oliver Widmer has very broad expertise and is very client-focused."
"Oliver Widmer is one of the best attorneys in his field in Switzerland."
"He has a very broad expertise and is very client-focused."
"Oliver is attentive and his deeply commercial and procedural operational knowledge allows him to deliver his answers fast and concisely."
"Oliver Widmer is highly commercially focused with a very good understanding of the client's needs."
"Oliver Widmer is great to work with."
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