Dr. François Rayroux is partner based at our Geneva office and head of the Asset Management group. He advises a number of Swiss and international financial institutions in all asset management, financial services, banking and regulatory matters, in or outside insolvency, whether in the context of transactions or not, including contractual arrangements, distribution of investment funds, derivative instruments, structured products as well as digital assets.
François is considered a leading lawyer in regulatory issues, banking and asset management law in Switzerland, and has been consistently nominated by major directories as an expert in these fields, in particular by Chambers since many years as "Star Individual" in Investment Management.He is the author of the industry netting and collateral opinions of ISDA as well as of other similar industry associations.
For many years, he has been involved in key regulatory and self-regulatory projects in Switzerland, namely for the Federal Finance Department and the Asset Management Association Switzerland, and has taken on senior responsibilities on the International Bar Association's Asset Management and Investment Funds Committee, acting as co-chair in both 2019 and 2020.He is a member of boards of directors of reputable financial institutions.
- Banking
- Capital markets: Derivatives
- Financial services regulatory
- Investment funds
- Structured finance/securitization
- Banks & Securities Dealers
- Regulatory Issues
- Investment Funds and other Collective Investment Schemes
- Derivatives
- Capital Markets
- Asset Securitization
- Securities Offerings
- Corporate and M&A
- Commercial and Contracts
- Internal Investigations
- University of Zurich (lic. iur., 1986)
- University of Chicago Law School (LL.M., 1990)
- University of Zurich (Dr. iur., 1993)
- Admitted as an expert to the SIX Swiss Exchange for Listing Purposes
- Member of the Legal and Compliance Committee of the Swiss Funds Association
- Member of the Investment Funds Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA)
- Co-author of the ISDA Netting and Collateral Opinions
- Legal advisor in the context of the creation and launch of the first Swiss SICAV
- Switzerland
