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Benjamin Leisinger

Benjamin Leisinger

Homburger, Switzerland

Work Department

Capital Markets, Financial Market Regulation, Financing and Investment Products, Restructuring / Insolvency.

Position

Partner in Homburger's Financial Market Regulation, Financing and Investment Products as well as Capital Markets teams. Main areas of work are financial regulatory advice (banks, securities houses, fintech, portfolio managers), offerings and listings of financial instruments (including ETPs, regulatory capital and other loss-absorbing instruments as well as equity and equity-linked securities), and financial market regulation including on the provision of financial services and stock exchange regulations.

Career

Qualified in 2008. Joined Homburger in 2006, Partner since 2018.

Languages

German, English.

Memberships

Zurich and Swiss Bar Associations, International Bar Association (officer in the Securities Law Committee).

Education

Graduated as lic iur in 2003 (magna cum laude) and as Dr iur in 2006 (summa cum laude) from the University of Basel, passed the Zurich bar exam in 2008, and received a Masters Degree (LLM) from the University of Chicago in 2012.

Personal

Born 1980 (Kenia, Nairobi); German citizen.

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