Schellenberg Wittmer is a leading Swiss business law firm with offices in Geneva, Zurich and Singapore. The firm has been involved in projects in the Middle East since the early 80s. For decades, Schellenberg Wittmer has advised Swiss businesses and expats in connection with their activity in the region.
In recent years, the firm has strengthened its focus on assisting Middle Eastern companies, especially family owned enterprises, and high net worth individuals investing in Switzerland and abroad.
Bernard Vischer, one of the first Management Committee Members of the firm and Head of the firm’s Middle East Regional Desk says: “The Middle Eastern region has always been a key market for our firm, especially for the Geneva office as Middle Eastern clients have a long history here. Several Team members know the region well and some of them speak Arabic.”
Schellenberg Wittmer has always had a strong expertise in banking and financial law, particularly in the field of regulatory matters and financial transactions. Over the past years, the firm has established themselves as a knowledgeable and trusted partner in the Blockchain Technologies and FinTech sector.
The team that is headed by partners Dr. Olivier Favre and Roland Mathys in Zurich, advises on a broad range of transactions including Fintech matters related to the establishment of new companies and business models in the area of blockchain.
Schellenberg Wittmer is particularly known for the regulatory practice in this area and has spearheaded novel products such as the issuance of financial instruments with crypto assets as underlyings and advises for instance on the regulatory classification of stable coins or the set-up of brokerage or custody services regarding crypto assets.
Moreover, the Blockchain Technologies and FinTech Group is known in the market for its multidisciplinary and integrated approach, bringing together the experts from the firm’s various practice groups (Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Corporate & Commercial, Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Taxation, Dispute Resolution) to bring the relevant expertise to the projects they are looking after.
In Geneva, the Blockchain Technologies and FinTech sector is being driven by Partners Tarek Houdrouge and Grégoire Wuest. Both have solid experience in the area and advise clients on FinTech, cryptocurrency and on investments in FinTech businesses. Grégoire Wuest comments
“The Blockchain Technologies and FinTech sector is a business area that has experienced an extremely fast development in a very short time. Hence, regulatory matters and legal aspects of the area might be challenging when it comes to new FinTech ventures, blockchain projects and investments in FinTech businesses,” Tarek Houdrouge adds.
“Switzerland has become a large hub for Blockchain Technologies and FinTech, and we have the expertise to advise clients on all related legal matters.”
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