Wenger Vieli Ltd.

Managing Partner: Pascal Honold

Number of partners worldwide: 29

Number of fee earners worldwide: 90

Languages: Czech, English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish

Memberships: Meritas, WTS Global, International Bar Assocation (IBA)

Firm Overview

Wenger Vieli advises companies and individual clients on matters of domestic and international law and taxation. The firm's wealth of experience and expertise in all areas of commercial law allow it to deliver precisely what its clients need.

The firm is a member of Meritas, one of the largest international associations of independent law firms, and collaborates with WTS Global, a worldwide network of selected tax consultancy firms.

Although its offices in Zurich and Zug are deeply rooted in the heart of Europe, the firm operates internationally. Whether it's working with companies or individual clients in Switzerland or overseas, the firm's team always speak the right language.

Main Areas Of Practice

FinTech:For more than 20 years, Wenger Vieli Ltd. has been involved in financial technology consulting (fintech), which includes a broad range of innovative technology-based financial services, such as financial market infrastructures, mobile and digital payment solutions, blockchain and DLT-based business models, stablecoins, cryptocurrencies and other digital assets, DeFi, staking, IoT, lending platforms and crowdfunding.

Wenger Vieli Ltd. offers the following services in the fintech practice area:

• Advice on the regulatory framework for all types of fintech projects such as financial market infrastructures (payment systems and DLT-based trading platforms), issuance of tokens and NFTs, as well as new business models, including staking services, DeFi and artificial intelligence
• Representation in regulatory licensing procedures with the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)
• Advice on the establishment of trading platforms for cryptocurrencies and digital assets including NFTs as well as custody and storage solutions
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) based financial services
• Crowdfunding and crowdlending
• Issuance and marketing of innovative financial products
• Anti-money laundering compliance and general compliance matters
• Data protection and information security

Our fintech team consists of experienced lawyers with different backgrounds that provide solutions that go beyond traditional legal advice for new players that will change the financial market.

For incorporating a legal entity or assisting with a strategic investment in a new business model, the fintech team works closely together with the corporate and M&A team and specialists from the IT/IP department stand ready to assist with queries regarding intellectual property and data protection. Moreover, Wenger Vieli Ltd.'s tax experts have extensive experience in the taxation of digital assets and innovative financial instruments.

Key Clients:neon Switzerland AG, Sygnum Bank AG, Inyova AG, radicant bank ag, Valory, Codos Network, web3.foundation, Chorus One, DeFactor DAO

Contact: Dr. Martin Peyer

Tel:+41 58 958 53 53

Email:[email protected]