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Fintech & Blockchain, Banking & Finance, Commercial, Corporate & M&A, Funds, Insurance, Private Clients, Private Equity

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Tina Balzli specializes in banking, insurance, financial and capital markets law, general corporate and commercial law as well as mergers & acquisitions, with a particular focus on fintech and blockchain. She has a long-standing track record of holistically advising leading Swiss and foreign financial institutions as well as up-and-coming start-ups in her areas of specialization and is excellently acquainted with the international and Swiss regulatory landscape within capital and financial markets law.

Tina Balzli acts as lead lawyer for a wide range of financial industry-related matters and represents financial institutions vis-à-vis authorities, such as the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA).

Before joining CMS, Tina Balzli was a partner at a Big Four firm in Switzerland, where she led the legal Banking, Fintech & Blockchain practice. Prior to this, she extensively practiced as a financial markets attorney with major Swiss law firms, worked for a financial institution in Hong Kong and acted as research and teaching assistant at the Chair of Civil and Commercial Law at the University of Freiburg i.Ue. She further was a visiting researcher at the Max-Planck-Institute for Comparative and International Private law in Hamburg, Germany.

Tina Balzli holds a Master in Law (lic. iur.; J.D. equivalent) from the University of Freiburg i.Ue., Switzerland with the mentions 'European Law' and 'Bilingual', has been admitted as an Attorney-at-law to all courts in Switzerland and is a certified Swiss Fund & Asset Management Officer. Furthermore, she holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in U.S. and Asian Business and Trade Law from the New York University and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Corporate & Financial Services Law from the National University of Singapore.

She is the author of various publications (books and articles) on a broad range of legal and regulatory topics related to commercial law in general and financial market laws and regulations. She regularly speaks at conferences on these topics.

German, English, French

Zurich Bar Association (ZAV) Swiss Bar Association (SAV) Crypto Valley Association, Member of the Regulatory & Policy Working Group

2016 – Swiss Fund & Asset Management Officer, Zurich 2011 – Master of Laws (LL.M.) in U.S. and Asian Business and Trade Law, New York University School of Law 2011 – Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Corporate & Financial Services Law, National University of Singapore 2007 – Bar Admission to all courts in Switzerland 2004 – Visiting researcher, Max-Planck-Institute for Comparative and International Private law, Hamburg 2001 – Master in Law (lic. iur.; J.D. equivalent) with mentions 'European Law' and 'Bilingual', University of Freiburg i.Ue.