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Olivier Favre

Schellenberg Wittmer - Switzerland
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Partner

Zurich

+41 44 215 5252

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Bar admissions:

England & Wales
New York
Switzerland

Jurisdictions:

Switzerland

Practice areas:

Banking and finance
Capital markets
Capital markets : Debt
Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Financial services regulatory

Biography

Olivier Favre is a Partner in our Banking and Finance Group in Zurich. He focuses on capital markets, derivatives and structured finance transactions and advises clients on financial services, securities, commodities, fund and insurance regulation. Olivier also advises clients on fintech solutions and legal aspects of asset management activities.

Experience

  • Acted as legal counsel to a working group of industry association in charge of preparing a Swiss law governed master agreement for derivatives transactions and related documentation (e.g. agreement to exchange variation margin, PRDR agreement, resolution stay acknowledgment, revised documentation for interest rate products)
  • Advised clients on programs for the issuance of structured products in the Swiss market and their approval by a Swiss prospectus office
  • Advised on initial margin documentation for OTC derivatives
  • Advised on regulatory requirements for providing brokerage and custody services regarding crypto-assets
  • Advised foreign insurance companies on Swiss licensing requirements for cross-border activity into Switzerland
  • Prepared for the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) the netting and collateral enforceability opinion for international financial organizations established in Switzerland
  • Advised on the implementation of the Financial Services Act (FinSA) and the Financial Institutions Act (FinIA)

Additional Professional Activities

  • Authorized representative at the SIX Swiss Exchange

Expertise

  • Banking & Finance
  • Capital Markets
  • Corporate & Commercial
  • Capital Markets
  • Financial Services
  • Corporate & Commercial
  • Restructuring and Insolvency

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