Banking and
Finance

Bonnard Lawson offers comprehensive expertise in banking and financial law, serving established financial institutions, SMEs, and startups innovating in the sector.

REGULATION & FINANCIAL COMPLIANCE

- - Swiss banking and financial regulation
  - Obtaining licences and authorisations from FINMA
  - AML/CFT compliance: anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing
  - Compliance rules and self-regulatory provisions issued by the Swiss Bankers’ Association, the Swiss Association of Asset Managers, the International Commodities & Derivatives Association and the Swiss Funds and Asset Management Association
  - White-collar crime, fight against money laundering in the financial sector and the Federal Law on International Judicial Assistance in Criminal Matters

FINTECH & DECENTRALISED FINANCE

- - Legal framework for fintech companies
  - Structuring of decentralised infrastructures (DeFi, blockchain protocols, DAOs)
  - Qualification and regulation of crypto assets
  - VASP affiliation and crypto regulatory compliance

COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEMES & ASSET MANAGEMENT

- - The creation and administration of collective investment schemes in Switzerland and in the United Arab Emirates, including the structuring, incorporation and approval of such collective investment schemes;
  - The negotiation and drafting of agreements relating to collective investment schemes, banking / asset management agreement
  - Swiss legal and regulatory aspects related to the public distribution and placement of investment vehicles
  - Advice to, and regulatory approval of, actors of the financial market;
  - Governance and substance questions relating to Swiss and foreign collective investment schemes and entities subject to prudential supervision

TRANSACTIONS & FINANCING

- - Negotiation and drafting of banking, loan, and guarantee agreements
  - Structuring of financial products and derivative instruments
  - Tax issues relating to financial transactions;
  - Communications with the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) and other foreign regulatory authorities, such as the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) and the Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) Abu Dhabi.