We provide advice in regulatory matters to banks, managers of collective investment schemes, brokerage firms, asset managers, trustees and financial advisors.

We handle the necessary authorization procedures required for the provision of financial services. In addition, we provide advice to promoters of new financial products, chiefly investment funds, during the authorization processes. In the case of foreign funds, we support our clients in the authorization procedure for public offers in Switzerland.

We assist financial service providers in the development and implementation of their internal compliance practices, or in carrying out internal investigations.  We provide general support to our clients in their dealings with different Authorities, primarily the FINMA, the Supervisory Bodies of asset managers, the Financial Intelligence Units in anti-money laundering matters, or the Swiss Federal Tax Administration.

In addition to financial regulatory matters, the general expertise of our firm enables us to provide comprehensive support to financial institutions in matters such as company law or labour law, as well as civil law and criminal litigation.

Notably, our firm has solid experience in the defense of financial institutions and financial advisors in criminal proceedings at both a national and international level, including money laundering, corruption and general white-collar crimes. We coordinate legal actions in different jurisdictions and assist financial institutions in international judicial assistance procedures.  On behalf of our clients, we track any further risk from the perspective of the Swiss financial market regulations.

We provide advice in every official Swiss language (German, Italian and French) as well as in English.