Nomos Law Office has ample experience in the areas of Swiss law it focusses on Regulatory – Compliance – Investigations. Some of the recent cases Kaspar Luginbühl was involved in are the following:

Regulatory:

  • Obtaining a FINMA license for a Swiss asset manager

  • Advising a foreign financial service provider regarding the offering of inbound financial services

  • Obtaining a FINMA license for a Swiss trustee

  • Advising an international insurance company regarding the regulatory requirements for various questions related to risk management

  • Obtaining a FINMA license for an international trustee company

  • Advising a financial infrastructure according to FinMIA regarding licensing and regulatory questions

  • Advising various Swiss banks and branches of foreign banks in regulatory and contractual matters

  • Advising a consortium of banks in Swiss regulatory questions with respect to a syndicated credit facility of CHF 500 million

  • Advising a foreign high-tech company with respect to the Swiss regulatory requirements for a complex international purchase price transaction

  • Advising an institutional investor regarding the creation of a collective investment scheme

Compliance:

  • Advising on, drafting and helping to overhaul and implement the whole internal directive system of a large insurance company who is active in multiple countries

  • Advising on, drafting and helping to implement the whole internal directive system of a fintech company who is active in multiple countries

  • Advising on, drafting and helping to implement data protection policies for a Swiss manager of collective assets

  • Advising on and helping to implement an anti-bribery system (incl. policies and checks) for a publicly traded international industrial company with subsidiaries in 30 countries

  • Advising on and helping to implement an anti-bribery system (incl. policies and checks) for an international trade company

  • Advising on, drafting and helping to implement an ESG system for an international high-tech company

  • Advising on, drafting and helping to implement AML/CFT system for a Swiss manager of collective assets

Investigations:

  • Conducting an internal investigation into bribery allegations of a publicly traded industrial company in multiple jurisdictions (Switzerland/EMEA/international organizations), coordinating the collaboration with the Federal Prosecutor and foreign prosecutors

  • Providing Swiss law advice for an Asian company with respect to an investigation and mutual legal assistance in criminal matters regarding the embezzlement of subsidies

  • Investigating allegations of accepting public deposits by a Swiss industrial company, representation in front of FINMA

  • Investigating allegations against employees of the Swiss subsidiary of a foreign bank for knowingly having accepted funds acquired through bribery, representing such employees in front of various Swiss authorities and providing them with Swiss legal advice for interrogations by foreign authorities

  • Investigation of and providing advice for Swiss bank employees regarding a potential breach of COVID-19 rules

  • Representing an Asian company in front of Swiss authorities and courts regarding administrative assistance with respect to alleged tax crimes and money laundering

  • Various investigations in Swiss banks in relation to the US-Swiss tax dispute (in Switzerland, the US and Asia)