- Managing Partners: Stefan D Naegeli, Christoph Rohr, Dr Christoph Steiner
- Number of partners: 3
- Number of lawyers: 8
- Languages: English, French, German
Firm Overview:
Naegeli & Partners Attorneys at Law Ltd. is a boutique law firm in Switzerland focusing on the providing of legal services in the fields of investment products (investment funds and derivatives & structured products), asset management as well as financial services regulation in general. Having advised renowned players in the international financial services industry for many years, the firm offers strong combined expertise in its key areas of practice which seems to be unrivalled so far in the Swiss legal market. The firm has a lean and efficient organisation tailored to the boutique-approach which is an indispensable factor especially also when advising clients active in the derivatives markets. In addition to the lawyers, the firm maintains a pool of paralegals (university students in law and economics) which support the lawyers in the issuing process of derivative products.
Main Areas of Practice:
Investment Funds & Asset Management:
• Setting-up and maintenance of Swiss and foreign collective investment schemes in a wide variety of legal forms. Swiss registration of foreign investment funds (including UCITS)
• Legal and regulatory structuring of investment fund and asset management business, including distribution and related business (assisting in obtaining authorisations for activities in all areas of financial services)
• Listing of ETFs on SIX Swiss Exchange Ltd.
• Working closely with First Independent Fund Services Ltd., Zurich which acts as representative of foreign investment funds in Switzerland, the firm can offer a comprehensive service when it comes to bringing foreign investment funds and asset managers into Switzerland
Work highlights Investment Funds & Asset Management:
• Complex Cross Border Corporate Reorganisation Project: Advised international asset management company in Swiss corporate and regulatory matters when implementing its acquisition of asset management business of other international asset management company. Involved a great deal of coordination with UK and US as well as Swiss law firms as well as coordination of corporate restructuring with various levels of regulatory approvals on the side of the asset management company as well as of its investment funds and ETFs. Partner: Stefan D Naegeli
• Initial Swiss registration and listing at SIX Swiss Exchange of Irish and French ETF-ranges of two global financial services providers entering the Swiss ETFs market and advice on maintenance of such registrations and listings. Partner: Christoph Rohr
• International Business restructurings: Advised and coordinated several international fund management companies with their restructurings of the Swiss investment fund business on a full-service level (corporate legal, regulatory, distribution matters). Partner: Christoph Rohr
• Advice to major Swiss insurance company on choice of collective investment vehicle and applicable regulatory provisions etc. for restructuring of portfolio in certain asset classes. Partner: Christoph Rohr
Derivatives & Structured Products:
• Advice and documentation in the entire issuance chain, from term sheet to listing on SIX Swiss Exchange Ltd. The firm offers various degrees of outsourcing and is permitted to formally submit listing applications to the SIX Swiss Exchange Ltd. so that also in the field of derivatives comprehensive services can be offered
Work highlights Derivatives & Structured Products:
• Physical Gold ETC: Successfully listed on SIX Swiss Exchange Ltd. physical gold ETC. Partner: Dr Christoph Steiner
• Insurance-Linked Investment Products: Advised clients regarding the structuring, regulatory status and marketing of insurance-linked products. Partners: Stefan D Naegeli, Dr Christoph Steiner
• Derivative Issuance Programmes: Successfully registered several issuance programmes of major European issuers for the listing of derivatives and bonds on SIX Swiss Exchange Ltd. involving various complex cross-border issues. Partners: Stefan DNaegeli, Dr Christoph Steiner, Christoph Rohr
• Listing of Structured Products on SIX Swiss Exchange Ltd.: Successfully listed several thousand structured products on SIX Swiss Exchange Ltd. in the past few years for one of the biggest foreign issuers in Switzerland. Partners: Dr Christoph Steiner, Stefan D Naegeli.
Areas of PracticeInvestment Funds & Asset Management
Derivatives & Structured Products