Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Zurich / Banking and Finance / Capital Markets / Insurance

Olivier Favre is a Partner in our Banking and Finance Group in Zurich. He focuses on capital markets, derivatives and structured finance transactions and advises clients on financial services, securities, commodities, fund and insurance regulation. Olivier also advises clients on fintech solutions and legal aspects of asset management activities.

Experience:

• Acted as legal counsel to a working group of industry association in charge of preparing a Swiss law governed master agreement for derivatives transactions and related documentation (e.g. agreement to exchange variation margin, PRDR agreement, resolution stay acknowledgment, revised documentation for interest rate products)
• Advised clients on programs for the issuance of structured products in the Swiss market and their approval by a Swiss prospectus office
• Advised on initial margin documentation for OTC derivatives
• Advised on regulatory requirements for providing brokerage and custody services regarding crypto-assets
• Advised foreign insurance companies on Swiss licensing requirements for cross-border activity into Switzerland
• Prepared for the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) the netting and collateral enforceability opinion for international financial organizations established in Switzerland
• Advised on the implementation of the Financial Services Act (FinSA) and the Financial Institutions Act (FinIA)

2016 - Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer 2009 - Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer 2007-2009 - Legal Counsel at Goldman Sachs International in London 2004-2007 - Associate at Allen & Overy LLP in London

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Authorized representative at the SIX Swiss Exchange

2005 - Bar Admission in New York 2005 - Admission as Solicitor in England 2004 - LL.M., Harvard University 2003 - Dr. iur., University of Zurich 2000 - Bar Admission in Switzerland