Companies operating in the Swiss financial sector must always comply with the requirements of the relevant regulatory provisions, such as the Financial Institutions Act, the Banking Act, the Financial Services Act and the Anti-Money Laundering Act. These requirements must be fulfilled in order to both obtain and maintain authorizations and licenses pertaining to bank, the management of collective investment schemes, asset managers, securities brokerage firms (SIM), or trustees.

We can outsource full legal and compliance services (for the benefit of smaller firms without existing internal legal and compliance systems) and provide specialist support for General Counsels and Chief Compliance Officers of larger firms, including foreign groups with branches in Switzerland.

We assist financial institutions with administrative litigations procedures involving the Supervisory Authorities (e.g. FINMA enforcement proceedings).

In our advisory capacity we consider not only Swiss regulatory standards, but also those governing the EU.

Advice is provided in every official Swiss language (Italian, German and French) as well as in English.