Dr Valérie Menoud > Lenz & Staehelin > Geneva, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

The ‘proactive, available, and very pragmatic’ team at Lenz & Staehelin advises domestic and international clients on the full spectrum of banking and finance matters including refinancing, sustainability-linked, acquisition financings, regulatory advice, and fintech-related matters. The team is headed by the ‘highly experienced’ Shelby du Pasquier who has extensive expertise advising financial institutions, offshore private equity, hedge fund managers on various legal and regulatory matters as well as internal investigations. Olivier Stahler assists financial institutions, industrial groups, and commodities traders with regulatory advice, in particular the granting of licenses. François Rayroux has a key focus on asset management and regulatory matters, specifically new regulatory developments, such as digitalisation, and financial products. David Ledermann has expertise in complex equity financing for privately held companies, convertible debt financing and debt financing backed by traditional and non-traditional assets, while Fedor Poskriakov has specialist knowledge in advising on new technologies, such as DLT and fintech-business models. Other key team members include Valérie Menoud, Laurence Vogt Scholler, and Isy Isaac Sakkal.

With a core understanding of white-collar litigation, ‘extremely knowledgeable’ Lenz & Staehelin‘s regulatory practice has expanded to cover banking and regulatory compliance investigations and a significant range of antitrust issues. Marcel Meinhardt is a key contact for antitrust and competition investigations, with a wealth of experience in international and national investigations. Dominique Müller leads the investigation team in Zurich and is a prominent presence in the realm of banking and finance, while Valérie Menoud specialises in banking, financial services and corporate law. Hikmat Maleh is a strong choice for clients in the white-collar crime, asset recovery and investigations space, and Astrid Waser is well-versed in workplace misconduct and environmental investigations. Shelby R. du Pasquier is another key name to the practice.