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Kellerhals Carrard’s expanding team advises high-profile domestic and international clients, including banks, securities firms, asset managers and insurance companies with asset management entities on a wide range of banking and finance-related areas such as financial regulation, investment banking, complex financing transactions, and asset management. The team assists various fintech projects from advising start-ups on the digitalisation of processes to supporting large banks with the structuring of their NFT offerings. Team head Luca Bianchi has a special focus on capital market transactions and the regulation of financial services. Cornelia Stengel has extensive expertise in fintech and regularly advises innovation projects on digitalisation issues. Dominik Oberholzer specialises in financial markets, capital markets, and anti-money laundering matters. Armin Kühne advises clients on asset management, insurance matters, and anti-money laundering matters.

Noted for operating in a ‘proactive and client-oriented manner’, Kellerhals Carrard enjoys a strong reputation in a diverse array of areas, from payment systems and tokenisation to credit and digital asset management. Practice head and ‘absolute pro’ Luca Bianchi advises clients on complex capital market transactions, the regulation of financial services and securitisation transactions. ‘Well connected’ Cornelia Stengel primarily focuses on financial services regulation and data protection. Transactional expert Emanuel Dettwiler and data protection expert Luca Stäuble are other key members of the practice.

A ‘pragmatic, solution-oriented and efficient’ team, Kellerhals Carrard routinely operates for banks and large companies, with particular expertise in asset management and financial services, as well as digital capital markets. Transaction expert Beat Brechbühl and Dominik Oberholzer steer the team, with the latter being particularly active in the field of asset management and listed financial products. Luca Bianchi is often engaged in the regulation of financial services, institutions and infrastructures, while Jean-Luc Chenaux’s expertise encompasses IPO and capital market transactions.