lic iur Luca Bianchi > Kellerhals Carrard > Zurich, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

Spearheaded by Beat Brechbühl and Luca Bianchi , the ‘knowledgeable, to the point and pragmatic’ team at Kellerhals Carrard routinely deploys its strong capabilities in green bond and green financial product transactions to advise notable financial names, alongside a wide range of other capital market transactions on a domestic and cross-border scale. Brechbühl’s arsenal of skills include capital increases and IPOs, with Bianchi being well-versed on the debt capital markets side, advising an array of public and international clients on these matters. Armin Kühne, who regularly advises clients on capital markets structures, and Dominik Oberholzer, who is well-positioned to advise on asset management and listed financial products, strengthen the team’s offering. Jean-Luc Chenaux fields a considerable ESG workload in this space.

Luca Bianchi heads up the offering at the ‘outstanding’ Kellerhals Carrard, which is geared to handle a host of retail, private, and investment banking, alongside a diverse array of regulatory and fintech mandates. The team counts a range of notable banks, asset managers, and securities firms among its key roster of clients. Bianchi bolsters the practice with his considerable expertise in relation to the regulation of financial services and capital market transactions, while Cornelia Stengel principally focuses on financial market and data protection law. Armin Kühne and Dominik Oberholzer are other key players in the team; the former is regarded by regulated financial institutions for his wide range of knowledge across asset management, banking, and insurance law, and the latter is fully immersed in the asset management industry.

The fintech team at Kellerhals Carrard is a part of the firm’s wider banking and finance team, and stands out for its expertise in the areas of payment systems, tokenisation, credit and digital asset management. The team has many years of experience in financial law, in particular capital markets, investment banking, and private banking matters. Luca Bianchi heads the practice and focuses his work on capital market transactions and the regulation of financial services and institutions. Cornelia Stengel has specific knowledge and experience in the legal analysis of new products, systems, and technologies within the financial markets.