Financial Services Switzerland is one of the world`s

Financial Services
Switzerland is one of the world's leading financial markets. Through their market
position and innovative power, Switzerland's banks, insurers, securities dealers and other financial services providers play
a major role in industry trends around the world. Walder Wyss contributes to the success of the Swiss financial services
industry. The members of our Financial Services team are active in industry associations and closely involved in legislation
projects, thereby influencing legislative developments in the sector. Our lawyers have a profound knowledge of and exten
sive experience in legal advisory work, accompanying transactions across the entire spectrum of financial services
(banking, insurance, securities dealers, stock exchanges, collective investment schemes and other investment vehicles).
We advise domestic and foreign financial services firms, investors, and other companies on all issues relating to Swiss
banking, financial services, capital market, stock exchange and insurance law.
Financial Services
Walder Wyss
Walder Wyss is one of the leading law firms in Switzerland. Our clients include
national and international companies, public-law entities and individuals.
We have specialised in selected business sectors and product groups since Walder
Wyss was founded and we have maintained this focus, systematically expanding our
expertise.
Sectors
– Art, Entertainment & Sports
– Energy & Infrastructure
– Financial Services
– Healthcare & Life Sciences
– Industry & Commerce
– Information Technology &
Telecommunications
– Insurance
– Media & Communications
– Private Clients
– Public Sector
– Real Estate
Products
– Antitrust & Competition
– Arbitration
– Corporate & Commercial
– Corporate Crime & Investigations
– Corporate Finance & Capital Markets
– Data Protection
– Employment
– Financial Products
– Insolvency & Restructuring
– Intellectual Property & Technology
Transfer
– Litigation
– Mergers & Acquisitions
– Notary
– Outsourcing
– Private Equity & Venture Capital
– Public Procurement
– Regulatory
– Tax
– Trade & Distribution
French and Italian Desk
A dedicated team of French-speaking and
Italian-speaking lawyers.
Financial Services
Products & experience
Our key areas of activity are:
– Advising on financial market regulatory
issues, including compliance (develop
ment of internal regulations)
– Public takeover offers
– Collective investment schemes
– Structured products and derivative fi
nancial instruments
– Representing financial services firms in
regulatory proceedings, e.g. licence ap
plications, application and approval for
public distribution of collective invest
ment schemes
– Securities lending and repo transactions
– Setting up financial services companies
and establishing branches or represen
tative offices, as well as providing advi
sory services for joint ventures
– Property financing
– Providing advice on acquiring financial
services companies or individual busi
ness units
– Representing firms in dealings with the
Swiss stock exchange (as recognised
representative for admissions to SIX
Swiss Exchange)
– Disclosure of shareholdings in listed
companies
– Financing transactions, including syndi
cations
– Acquisition and project finance
– Advising on public private partnerships
(PPPs)
– Securitisations
– Capital market transactions (equities
and bonds), including IPOs
– Private equity and venture capital
– Advising on outsourcing of business
units or processes
– Tax advisory services in connection with
financial and insurance products
– Representing companies before state
courts and arbitral tribunals
– Corporate directorships
Financial Services
Publications & Presentations
Die neue Bankenverordnung
by Thomas Müller
in: "esisuisse Jahresbericht 2014" 2014
Konzernorganisationsrechtliche
Grenzen von Upstream-Darlehen,
Studie zur positiven Verrechtlichung
des Leistungs- und Finanzverkehrs
verbundener Unternehmen, Diss. Bern
2014, Zürich/St. Gallen 2015 (= SSHW
326)
by Patric Brand
Zürich/St. Gallen 2015 (DIKE-Verlag)
Swiss Supreme Court Sets Date for
Total Return Swap Case
co-authored by Marcus Desax and
Martin Busenhart
in: "Worldwide Tax Daily" 14 April 2015
Regulierung und Marktzutritt dritter
Zahlungsdienstleister
co-authored by Hans Rudolf Trüeb and
Barbara A. Keiser
in: Schulthess (Editor[s]), "Rechtliche
Herausforderungen durch webbasierte
und mobile Zahlungssysteme/
Publikationen aus dem Zentrum für
Informations- und Kommunikationsrecht
der Universität Zürich"
1. Auflage, Zürich 2015, pp. 161–180
2014: a very good year
by Luc Defferrard, Lukas Wyss and
Maurus Winzap
in: "IFLR (International Financial Law
Review), Switzerland Guide 2015"
12 March 2015
Der Vertrieb ausländischer Private
Equity-Fonds an qualifizierte Anleger in
der Schweiz
co-authored by David Hadad, Thomas
Müller and David Henseler
in: "Schweizerische Zeitschrift für
Gesellschafts- und Kapitalmarktrecht
(GesKR)" 1/2015, pp. 114 ff.
Konzerninterne Darlehen –
Anmerkungen zum Urteil des
Bundesgerichts 4A_138/2014 vom 16.
Oktober 2014, zur Publikation
vorgesehen (Swisscargo Entscheid)
co-authored by Patric Brand and
Thomas Müller
in: "Jusletter" 15 December 2014
Kreditfähigkeitsprüfung nach
Konsumkreditgesetz
by David Henseler
in: "Aktuelle Juristische Praxis –
Pratique juridique Actuelle" 3/2015, pp.
487–492
Debt capital markets in Switzerland:
regulatory overview
by Thomas Müller
in: "Practical Law Multi-Jurisdictional
Guide 2014/15 CAPITAL MARKETS"
5 November 2014
Financial Services Newsletter 1:
Distribution of foreign investment funds
to Swiss qualified Investors
by Thomas Müller and David Hadad
March 2015
Newsletter 112: Supreme Court
Decision on Cash Pooling and IntraGroup Financing (Englische Fassung)
by Dominik Hohler and Simon Kehl
November 2014
Matières premières: oui à la
transparence – mais pas à tout prix
by Hubertus Hillerström
in: "Le Temps" 10 December 2014, p. 11
CFC Rules of The Russian Federation
Speakers: Martin Busenhart
Zurich 18 November 2014
Adjustments to the Swiss Corporate
Governance Framework
by Urs P. Gnos, Jan H. Hoffmann and
Alexander Nikitine
in: Wolters Kluwer (www.kluwerlaw.
com) (Editor[s]), "The Comparative Law
Yearbook of International Business"
Volume 36, 2014, pp. 135–154
Guide to the Financial Market
Infrastructure Act, Switzerland (Swiss
EMIR)
Speakers: Alexandre Both and Thomas
Müller
Zurich October 2014
Being Listed: The Consequences of the
Listing for the Company and for the
Managers
Speakers: Davide Jermini
CAS in Compliance Management
Geneva 10 October 2014
Financial Services
Transazioni immobiliari e riciclaggio di
denaro – Recenti sviluppi
Speaker: Davide Jermini
Selbstregulierungsorganisation des
Schweizerischen. Anwaltsverbandes
und des Schweizerischen
Notarenverbandes
Lugano 15 October 2014
Asset-Backed Securitisation in der
Schweiz
co-authored by Johannes A. Bürgi and
Elisabeth Moskric
in: Thomas Reutter, Thomas Werlen
(Editor[s]), "Europa Institut Zürich Band
144, Kapitalmarkttransaktionen VIII"
Zurich/Basel/Geneva 2014, pp. 165–205
Joint Statement on the tax dispute
between Switzerland and the United
States: better to bake a painful break
than to draw out the agony
by Thomas Müller and Peter Hongler
in: "Banking Law News, Newsletter of
the International Bar Association Legal
Practive Division" September 2014, pp.
15–17
Kommentar zu Art. 990–1032 des
schweizerischen Obligationenrechts
by Elisabeth Moskric
in: Heinrich Honsell (Editor[s]),
"Kurzkommentar Obligationenrecht"
Basel 2014
Geschäftsmodelle: Regulated versus
non-regulated fund Business
by Thomas Müller, Neil Carnegie, Natalie
Epp, Gérard Fischer and Martin
Thommen
in: "B2B Magazin" Nr. 50, September
2014, pp. 6–19
Newsletter 111: The relevance of FATCA
in Swiss finance transactions
by Lukas Wyss and Maurus Winzap
August 2014
Cross-Border Equity Capital Markets –
Switzerland
co-authored by Alexander Nikitine and
Sarah Schulthess
in: Thomson Reuters (Editor[s]), "PLC
Multi-Jurisdictional Guide 2014/2015:
Cross-Border Equity Capital Markets"
2014
Newsletter 110: New Swiss Law on
Accounting and Financial Reporting – at
the Halfway Mark of the Implementation
by Simon Kehl and Dominik Hohler
April 2014
EmploymentNews 19: EU-Neuregelung
Firmenfahrzeuge
by Ueli Sommer and Simone Wetzstein
April 2014
Newsletter Special Edition: Sind die
unter dem DoJ-Programm den Banken
auferlegten Bussen steuerlich
abzugsfähig?
by Peter Hongler and Fabienne
Limacher
March 2014
Vertragsauflösung in der Insolvenz –
Besprechung des Urteils Az. IX ZR
169/11 des deutschen
Bundesgerichtshofes (BGH) vom
15. November 2012
co-authored by David Borer and Thomas
Müller
in: "Schweizerische Zeitschrift für
Gesellschafts- und Kapitalmarktrecht
(GesKR)" 1/2014, pp. 77–81
Die Abzugsfähigkeit von DoJ-Bussen für
Schweizer Banken im Recht der
direkten Bundessteuer und aus
steuerharmonisierungsrechtlicher Sicht
by Peter Hongler and Fabienne
Limacher
in: "Jusletter" 10 February 2014
Können Banken US-Bussen von der
Steuer absetzen?
co-authored by Peter Hongler and
Thomas Müller
in: "Der Bund" 26 February 2014, p. 10
Understanding Acquisition Finance in
Switzerland
co-authored by Maurus Winzap and
Lukas Wyss
in: LexisNexis (Editor[s]), "Mergers &
Acquisitions Law Guide 2015"
The 2nd Annual Guide to Practicing M&A
Law, 2014, pp. 71–82
Letter of Intent
by Alex Domeniconi
in: "GesKR 4/2013" 2013, p. 615
For a complete list of publications please
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www.walderwyss.com/financial-services
Financial Services
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Luc Defferrard
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Enrico Friz
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Christian Hagen
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Lucas Hänni
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Simon Kehl
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