Practice Areas:
Banking and finance
Capital markets
Capital markets : Debt
Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Financial services regulatory
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
German
English
French
Italian
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.
Recent matter/case highlights
- Acted as legal counsel to working groups of industry associations in charge of preparing the 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) and the Swiss law governed Master Repurchase Agreement (SMRA).
- Advised clients on programs for the issuance of structured products in the Swiss market and their approval by a Swiss prospectus office.
- Providing netting and enforceability opinions for derivatives transactions and advising on regulatory 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.
Key practice areas
- Capital markets: Debt
- Financial services regulatory
- Banking and Finance
- Capital market
Sector expertise
- Banking & Finance
- Capital Markets
- Corporate & Commercial
- Financial Services
- Corporate & Commercial
- Restructuring and Insolvency
Academic qualifications
- Dr. iur., University of Zurich, 2003
- LL.M., Harvard University, 2004
Association/network memberships
- Authorized representative at the SIX Swiss Exchange
Bar Admissions
- Switzerland, 2000
- England & Wales, 2005
- New York, 2005
Address:
Tel:+41 44 215 5252
Email:Contact this practitioner
Website:https://www.swlegal.com/en/lawyers/lawyer-detail/olivier-favre/
Löwenstrasse 19
8021 Zurich
Switzerland
P.O. Box 2201