Band 2
Provided by Philipp Fischer
Banking and finance law
Collective investment schemes
Capital markets
Contracts
Mergers & acquisitions
Data protection law
Art law
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.
Geneva Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Geneva Business Law Association (Association genevoise de droit des affaires)
French/German (bilingual), English
Provided by Chambers
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.
Provided by Chambers
Philipp Fischer is very strong on technical skills.
Philipp Fischer is a very pragmatic and dynamic lawyer.
Philipp Fischer is humble but with remarkable technical skills and a capacity to simplify complex concepts.
He knows very well what we have to go through and is excellent in understanding our needs. He has always seen the problem before with other clients so he has a very quick solution.
Philipp Fischer is very strong on technical skills.
Philipp Fischer is a very pragmatic and dynamic lawyer.
Philipp Fischer is humble but with remarkable technical skills and a capacity to simplify complex concepts.
He knows very well what we have to go through and is excellent in understanding our needs. He has always seen the problem before with other clients so he has a very quick solution.