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Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd Offices
5bis, rue des Alpes
P.O. Box 2088
1211 Geneva 1
Switzerland
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Ms Joane Etienne
Work Department
Banking & Finance / Blockchain-Technologies & FinTech / Capital Markets / Corporate & Commercial
Position
Joane Etienne is a Counsel in our Banking & Finance Group. Her main areas of practice are asset management and collective investment schemes, financial market regulations, anti-money laundering, sustainable finance and corporate law. Based in Geneva and Zurich, she advises clients on structuring their business, implementing and complying with financial market regulations, setting up funds and distribution structures, financing transactions, investment projects as well as automatic exchange of information and FATCA.
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French English German
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Switzerland > Banking and finance: Geneva
(Rising stars)Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd assists Swiss and foreign banks and other financial institutions, such as investment firms, insurance companies, fund management companies and asset managers, with a broad range of matters, including establishment and licensing, regulation of financial services, enforcement proceedings and internal investigations. The team is particularly strong on the transactional side – assisting clients with syndicated loan facilities and acquisition finance, structured finance transactions, derivatives, and asset management. The team is led by Grégoire Wuest, who has a special focus on multi-jurisdictional transactions involving non-standard and highly valuable assets securing borrowings as well as cross-border acquisitions, and Tarek Houdrouge, whose practice covers advising banks, financial institutions and financial intermediaries on regulatory matters, cross-border activities, lending transactions, distribution of financial products, and fintech. Caroline Clemetson handles requests with FINMA for securities firms, fintech banking licences, amendment of banks, and implementing new regulations such as ESG within banking institutions whilst Grégoire Tribolet advises numerous clients, both established banks and fintech start-ups, on their projects related to blockchain technology. Other key team members include Christoph Vonlanthen, Joane Etienne, Luc Thévenoz, and Edmond Kohler.
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