Manuel Meyer, Ansgar Schott and Yves Mauchle jointly lead Baker McKenzie Switzerland AG‘s fintech practice, which leverages its expansive global network to effectively advise financial institutions, global digital leaders and start-ups on a variety of legal and regulatory issues in the fintech arena. Meyer counts a diverse array of domestic and international investors in his client roster, while Schott advises clients throughout the lifecycle of regulated businesses. Mauchle is noted for his ability to assist financial intermediaries with regulatory matters and demonstrates prowess in relation to fintech business models.
Testimonials
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- 'Very customer-oriented, hands-on approach.'
'Consulting is not abstract-academic, but solution-oriented and concrete.'
Key clients
- BrickMark AG
- Aevolve AG
- Secro Inc.
- Deposit Solutions GmbH
- Wallee AG
- Intrum AG
- UBS AG
- Numbrs Personal Finance AG
- BlockFactory AG
- Certifaction AG
- Helveteq AG
- Leonteq Securities
- Verve Capital Partners
- Raisin GmbH
- Yumi Ldt
- Bochsler Finance Solutions (BFS) SA
Work highlights
- Advising UBS AG ("UBS") on a transnational digital securities issuance using the distributed ledger technology (DLT). The USD 50m fixed rate digital securities were placed in Singapore and Hong Kong and issued and settled on 15 December 2022.
- Advising Leonteq Securities AG ("Leonteq") regarding its new cooperation with VP Bank AG ("VP Bank") for the manufacturing and distribution of structured investment products under a newly-created innovative white-labelling issuance model.
- Advised Secro regarding the recognition and enforceability of Digital Negotiable Instruments under Swiss law, in particular regarding its use of collateral for Swiss banks.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Manuel Meyer, Ansgar Schott, Yves Mauchle