Practice Areas
Banking & Finance, Fintech & BLockchain, ESG, Commercial, Corporate / M&A, Private Equity, Funds
Career
Vaïk Müller's main areas of focus are banking, regulatory, financial services and products, including funds and derivatives, as well as compliance and regulatory matters, including in the field of FinTech and blockchain. He heads the Banking and Finance Practice Groups of CMS Geneva. Vaïk Müller has a broad experience in advising Swiss and international financial institutions, such as funds, asset managers, banks and securities dealers or brokers on complex local and cross-border issues.
Vaïk Müller is also regularly involved in corporate, commercial and financing transactions, acting for arrangers, underwriters, lenders, borrowers and sponsors in domestic and multijurisdictional financing transactions (including acquisition, leveraged and syndicated financings).
He is author of several publications on financial regulations and a regular speaker at conferences as well as co-responsible moderator of the specialised forum in banking law (regulatory) of the Geneva Bar Association since March 2019. He is also correspondent in Switzerland of the French Association of Doctors of Law (AFDD - Association Française des Docteurs en Droit).
He teaches banking and financial law as part of the tax expert training provided by Expert Suisse and at IFAGE as part of the Banking and Compliance module: an introduction to contractual, prudential, tax, and criminal risks.
Professional Memberships
Swiss Bar Association (SAV/FSA)
Geneva Bar Association (ODAGE)
French Association of Doctors of Law (AFDD)
