Olivier Favre

Practice Areas

Banking and Finance; Capital Markets; Derivatives and Structured Finance; Financial Regulation; Securities; Commodities; Fund regulation; Insurance; Blockchain Technologies & FinTech

Career

Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer (2016); Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer (2009); Legal Counsel at Goldman Sachs International in London (2007-2009); Associate at Allen & Overy LLP in London (2004-2007)

Professional Memberships

IBA; ISDA; AIDA; Authorized representative at the SIX Swiss Exchange

Publications

Publications in the field of securities laws, banking and financial markets regulation, regulatory capital, derivatives and structured finance and FinTech

Languages Spoken

Languages: German, English, French, Italian

Experience

-Acted as legal counsel to a working group of industry association in charge of preparing a Swiss law governed master agreement for derivatives transactions and related documentation (e.g. agreement to exchange variation margin, PRDR agreement, resolution stay acknowledgment, revised documentation for interest rate products)

-Advised clients on programs for the issuance of structured products in the Swiss market and their approval by a Swiss prospectus office

- Advised on initial margin documentation for OTC derivatives

- Advised on regulatory requirements for providing brokerage and custody services regarding crypto-assets

- Advised foreign insurance companies on Swiss licensing requirements for cross-border activity into Switzerland

- Prepared for the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) the netting and collateral enforceability opinion for international financial organizations established in Switzerland

- Advised on the implementation of the Financial Services Act (FinSA) and the Financial Institutions Act (FinIA)