Rashid Bahar
Global Guide 2024
Band 4 : Banking & Finance
Band 4
About
Provided by Rashid Bahar
Practice Areas
Rashid Bahar's focus is on corporate law and financial market regulations. He acts on complex financing (for lenders and borrowers) and on mergers & acquisitions in the financial industry. He represents clients in licensing and enforcement proceedings before the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and other authorities. His clients include Swiss and foreign financial institutions, asset managers, banks, insurance companies as well as funds and their sponsors. They look for his advice on a wide range of corporate, regulatory and commercial matters.
Career
Founding partner of Advestra (2021), Partner at Bär & Karrer (2012-2020).
Personal
Languages: English, French, German
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Rashid Bahar assists financial sector clients with the regulatory aspects of corporate matters as well as of transactional mandates, such as the sale of shares in banks. He also advises borrowers on refinancing transactions.
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Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Rashid Bahar is one of the most intelligent and capable lawyers I have ever met. His breadth of expertise is incredibly wide and his insights are invaluable."
"He is very responsive, very quick and very experienced."
"Rashid Bahar is one of the most intelligent and capable lawyers I have ever met. His breadth of expertise is incredibly wide and his insights are invaluable."
"He is very responsive, very quick and very experienced."