SWITZERLAND Law and Practice Contributed by: Olivier Favre and Tarek Houdrouge, Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd is one of the leading Swiss business law firms with over 150 specialised lawyers in Zurich, Geneva and Singapore. The capital mar - kets group consists of a core team of more than 15 lawyers with in-depth knowledge of debt and equity capital markets, along with the practical and techni - cal expertise to advise on derivatives and structured finance transactions of any type (including OTC de - rivatives transactions documented under ISDA terms
or under Swiss law, exchange-traded derivatives transactions (ETDs) and the issuance of structured products) and to answer any regulatory questions that arise in connection thereto. The team has sig - nificant experience in shaping the legal and regula - tory environment in the Swiss derivatives and struc - tured finance sector and also takes part in initiatives with trade associations (such as ISDA and the Swiss Bankers Association).
Authors
Olivier Favre is a partner in Schellenberg Wittmer’s banking and finance group in Zurich, a key partner in the capital markets group of the firm and co-heads the blockchain technologies and fintech practice.
Tarek Houdrouge is co-head of Schellenberg Wittmer’s banking and finance practice in Geneva and the key contact for capital markets. Tarek’s main areas are banking and finance, transactions and capital
Olivier focuses on capital markets, derivatives and structured finance transactions, and advises clients on financial services, securities, commodities, fund, insurance and reinsurance regulation. He advises clients on financing transactions and on fintech solutions and their legal implementation. His clients include financial institutions, buy-side firms, issuers, fintech and virtual assets services providers, insurance companies and industry associations such as the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc (ISDA) and the Swiss Bankers Association.
markets. He combines banking and finance expertise with his M&A practice. Tarek’s recent experience in capital markets includes: advising an undisclosed anchor investor in its participations in the CHF4 billion private placement (PIPE) and rights offering of Credit Suisse Group AG; advising clients on regulatory and requirement aspects under SIX regulations to perform share buy-backs on behalf of Swiss companies via a second trading line; and other market-leading transactions involving Swissport International Ltd and Credit Agricole Corporate Investment Banking.
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