Pestalozzi ‘has an excellent and comprehensive understanding of banking and finance’ assisting clients with domestic and cross-border finance matters, commodities trade financing, and regulatory enforcement. Team lead Oliver Widmer advises domestic and international banks, financial institutions, wealth managers on banking, finance and capital markets matters, while Urs Kloeti focuses on regulatory, anti-money laundering, compliance, and finance. Andrea Huber specialises in asset management, fintech, internal and regulatory investigations, and enforcement proceedings. Markus Winkler advises financial services providers on reviewing existing or setting up new processes and investment techniques while Niku Gholamalizadeh handles an array of regulatory and licencing matters.

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Testimonials

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‘Pestalozzi is a powerful force in the Swiss market with a leading reputation in banking regulatory, investment funds and fintech matters. The diverse team is very knowledgeable, effective and responsive - always a pleasure to work with.’
‘We have been working with Andrea Huber for many years. She is incredibly competent, efficient und knows the market well. Andrea is an excellent choice for any banking regulatory, investment funds and fintech challenge.’
‘The banking and finance team of Pestalozzi has an excellent and comprehensive understanding of banking and finance matters as well as regulatory topics. The team has a deep understanding of the practices and needs of a bank.’
‘We like the team because the team has very good legal knowledge and also because of their insights into the market and their pragmatism.’
‘Oliver Widmer stands out as being a very smart lawyer. He is extremely well connected, and he and his team render excellent service.’
‘Andrea Huber was our attorney at Pestalozzi to acquire our FINMA license. She did exemplary work and kept us up throughout the entire process.’
‘Pestalozzi boasts a deep bench of financial service practitioners delivering high-quality work products. The team relishes complexity while maintaining a commercial and constructive approach and is available at all hours. Customer service is top-notch.’
‘Andrea Huber is a fantastic lawyer; she combines commercial instinct and technical ability.’

Key clients

Bank of America
Banque Cantonale de Genève
Barclays Bank
Barclays Capital
Berkshire Hathaway
Blackstone Credit
BNP Paribas
Citibank
Clarion Partners
Cott Beverages
Credit Suisse
Deutsche Bank
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Glencore
Goldman Sachs
ING Bank NV
International Finance Corporation
JP Morgan
Kreos Capital VI (UK) Limited
Maxeon Solar Technologies
Metinvest International SA
Noble Corporation
River Rock
Saxo Bank (Schweiz) AG
SOCAR
UBS
UniCredit Bank AG
Welltec International ApS
Zürcher Kantonalbank (ZKB)
Glencore
Cargill
Louis Dreyfus Group

Work highlights

Advised Glencore as borrower on a $6.8bn refinancing.
Advised Tupperware with its holding company in Switzerland on a new $600m financing.
Advised Deutsche Bank on granting UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) AG a loan of EUR 560m.