FinTech Legal
FinTech Guide 2024 : Switzerland
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Provided by Lenz & Staehelin
We advise start-ups, investors, technology companies and established financial institutions in all FinTech activities.
Supporting clients across the full FinTech spectrum requires a deep understanding of the business models and underlying technologies on top of legal expertise in a wide range of areas, including regulatory, corporate and investment, financing, technology-enabled innovation and data exploitation.
Lenz & Staehelin provides tailored services through a dedicated and multidisciplinary FinTech team to clients operating and investing in all areas of FinTech. We advise start-ups, investors, technology companies and established financial institutions in their FinTech activities. Drawing from experts of various practice groups, as required in the individual case for effective and cost-efficient advice, we strive for long-term trusted relationships with our clients, being a partner in their development and marketing of new service offerings during the various life-cycles.
Reflecting the diverse nature of FinTech projects, our multidisciplinary team covers the full range of relevant legal services while successfully navigating the regulatory environment with close contacts to regulators, including Banking and Finance, Technology and Outsourcing, Intellectual Property, Corporate and M&A, Commercial and Contracts, Competition, Tax and Employment.
Chambers Review
Lenz & Staehelin is based in Zürich, Geneva and Lausanne with notable practices in banking and finance, corporate and IP and tax. The firm advises start-ups, investors, technology companies and established financial institutions on high-end FinTech matters.
Work Highlights
- Lenz & Staehelin advised a Swiss bank on legal and regulatory aspects of the outsourcing of its core banking solution and related services to Swiss service providers.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Lenz & Staehelin is extremely knowledgeable and well connected in the Swiss community."
"They were very responsive, solving all problems immediately."
"I would definitely recommend them. Their key strength is their expertise, which saved us a tremendous amount of time. They very quickly understood our concern and our challenges, and understood our business model."
"Lenz & Staehelin is extremely knowledgeable and well connected in the Swiss community."
"They were very responsive, solving all problems immediately."
"I would definitely recommend them. Their key strength is their expertise, which saved us a tremendous amount of time. They very quickly understood our concern and our challenges, and understood our business model."
Notable Practitioners
Fedor Poskriakov is a partner in the banking and regulatory group in Geneva and co-head of the FinTech team. He advises on legal matters arising from the use of new technologies, including blockchain and distributed ledgers used by financial institutions.
"I appreciate his knowledge on the crypto industry and how the technology works."
"Fedor Poskriakov is very much pragmatic in the way he applies the law, which is important in our field."
"He really understands our environment and what we are doing. He is really an expert and brilliant."
Lukas Morscher leads the firm's Zürich-based technology and outsourcing practice and is an expert on corporate M&A, as well as financial services. He is engaged in various areas of FinTech such as seed investment for crypto exchange entities, innovative fund management systems and insurance platforms.
"Lukas Morscher has been very responsive and available, extremely knowledgeable and has good client relationship skills. He is someone you feel is very much on your side and someone you want on your side."
Ranked Individuals at
Lenz & Staehelin
Switzerland
Members
Provided by Lenz & Staehelin
Astrid Waser
Daniel Tunik
David Ledermann
Jürg Simon
Head of Department
Marcel Meinhardt
Peter Ling
Shelby R. du Pasquier
Simone Ehrsam
Thierry Calame
Xavier Favre-Bulle