We maintain a very active and wide-ranging banking and finance practice, across transactions and regulatory matters. Our clients include major international banks and insurers, alongside leading Liechtenstein banks, and we routinely work in collaboration with significant foreign law firms in cross-border transactions. We continue to see particular growth in the field of banking/insurance and also in the emerging area of FinTech.

Our practice covers:

• financing transactions. We are active in domestic and international financing transactions, advising both lenders (leading national and international banks and other financial institutions) and borrowers from a wide range of industries in connection with structured financing, international lending transactions, and security matters. 

• banking / financial services regulatory. We act for banks, investment service providers, and asset managers in matters of banking law, supporting these clients in all matters of regulatory compliance and supervision, as well as in contractual matters. Our practice covers all aspects of EEA/EU law as well as domestic regulation. We have extensive experience in the formation of banks, insurance companies, asset managers, and other financial intermediaries, including all necessary dealings with the FMA. We also advise and support our clients in all legal matters of investment fund law. 

• restructuring and insolvency. We have a multi-disciplinary practice in this area, drawing on expertise across the firm, and advise both creditors and debtor companies.

• currencies, ICOs and FinTech. We are developing a significant practice in the area of financial technology. Our work includes advising on electronic currencies, digital payment systems, distributed ledger technologies, e-money and fundraising via Initial Coin Offerings, including assisting in relation to all relevant regulatory approval procedures before the FMA.