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Banking & Finance: Regulatory

Switzerland

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Provided by Philipp Fischer

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Banking and finance law

Collective investment schemes

Capital markets

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Mergers & acquisitions

Data protection law

Art law

Career

Philipp Fischer is a Partner and co-founder of OBERSON ABELS SA. He specializes in banking and finance law, data protection law and corporate law.

He is also heavily involved in education, as Head of Module 2 (data protection) of the CAS Digital Finance Law of the university of Geneva.

Holder of an LL.M. in International Finance from Harvard Law School in 2009, he is Member of the Commission for Continuing Legal Education of the Geneva Bar Association since 2013 and member of the Geneva Bar Exam Commission.

Professional Memberships

Geneva Bar Association

Swiss Bar Association

Geneva Business Law Association (Association genevoise de droit des affaires)

Languages Spoken

French/German (bilingual), English

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Banking & Finance: Regulatory - Switzerland

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Geneva-based Philipp Fischer regularly advises Swiss and non-Swiss financial institutions on Swiss banking, financial and data protection regulations. This includes assisting with FINMA authorisations and the launch of new financial products. He also assists lenders with financing transactions. He joined Lenz & Staehelin in July 2025 after having worked at OBERSON ABELS.

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