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Band 2

Banking & Finance: Regulatory

Switzerland

2 Years Ranked

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Provided by Philipp Fischer

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Practice Areas

Banking and finance law, Collective investment schemes, Capital markets, Contracts, 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 has been advising financial institutions (in particular banks, securities houses, insurance companies, collective investment schemes, trustees and external asset managers) on Swiss banking, financial and data protection regulations for over 17 years. Philipp is a member of the Executive Committee of the CAS in Digital Finance Law (University of Geneva). He is also a member of the Continuing Legal Education Commission of the Geneva Bar Association and of the Geneva Bar Exam Commission. He serves on the board of the Harvard Law School Association of Europe.

Duke-Geneva Institute in Transnational Law (Certificate, 2003), University of Zurich (Exchange program between Frenchspeaking and German-speaking Swiss universities, 2003), University of Geneva (Licentiate in Law, 2004), Harvard Law School (LL.M., specialization in International Finance, 2009), Associate (Visiting Lawyer), Sullivan & Cromwell, New York (2009-10), Senior Associate at Lenz & Staehelin (2004–14), Partner, Geneva based law firm (2014–16), Founding partner, Geneva based law firm (2016–25), Partner at Lenz & Staehelin (2025)

Professional Memberships

Member of the Executive Committee of the CAS in Digital Finance Law (University of Geneva), Member of the pool of arbitrators of the Arbitral Tribunal of the Self-Regulatory Organization (SRO) for Anti-Money Laundering of the Swiss Bar Association and the Swiss Notaries Association, Member of the Continuing Legal Education Commission of the Geneva Bar Association, Member of the Bar Exam Commission (Geneva), Vice President of the Harvard Law School Association of Europe, Former President of the Geneva chapter of the Harvard Club of Switzerland

Languages Spoken

French, English, German

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Chambers Global Guide

Banking & Finance: Regulatory - Switzerland

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Band 2
Individual Editorial

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.

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