Andrea Huber

Practice Areas

Andrea Huber is a Partner and member of Pestalozzi’s Financial Services Group. Her practice spans banking regulatory, asset management and investment funds, fintech, insurance, internal and regulatory investigations, enforcement proceedings, and white-collar crime. She frequently represents clients in proceedings before the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), the SIX Swiss Exchange, and the CDB Supervisory Board (VSB Aufsichtskommission).

Admitted to the Swiss bar (Zurich) in 2003, Andrea brings over 20 years of extensive experience advising banks, asset managers, securities firms, investment companies, and other financial services providers. She offers comprehensive counsel on the regulatory and legal aspects of their operations, organizational frameworks, and products, as well as assistance in obtaining regulatory licenses and approvals. Andrea specializes in advising and establishing investment and private equity structures, along with banking and asset management services and products tailored to both institutional and retail clients. Her expertise extends to advising fund management companies, promoters, investment banks, and distributors on the structuring, listing, and offering of funds and structured products. In addition, Andrea provides advice on institutional governance, stock exchange disclosure rules, market conduct law, regulatory compliance, KYC and AML requirements. Andrea is an Authorized Representative of Issuers at the SIX Swiss Exchange and has been appointed Vice Chair of the International Bar Association's Banking Regulation Sub-Committee for the 2024-2025 term.

Andrea is recognized for her expertise across her practice areas, earning recommendations from legal directories such as Chambers, The Legal 500, IFLR1000 and Leaders League and has been ranked as "Leading Partner" in Banking & Finance by The Legal 500 EMEA and is acknowledged as a "highly regarded" financial services regulatory expert by IFLR1000.

Career

University of Zurich: lic.iur. (2000)

Bar admission in Switzerland (Zurich 2003)

Exchange Trader Examination, SIX Swiss Exchange, Zurich (2004)

Columbia University School of Law School, New York: LL.M. (2008)

Cornell University Graduate School, Executive Women in Leadership (2020)

Professional Memberships

Swiss Bar Association (SAV)

Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)

International Bar Association (IBA), Vice Chair of the Banking Regulation Sub-Committee (2024-2025)

New York State Bar Association (NYSBA)

Publications

https://pestalozzilaw.com/de/anwalte/andrea-huber/publications-list-file