Banks and Financial Service Providers

We advise Swiss and foreign financial market participants such as banks, securities firms, asset managers, trustees and other financial institutions on all regulatory, supervisory and contractual matters

We have extensive experience in the following areas:

  • Licensing procedures for banks, securities firms, asset managers, trustees and other financial institutions
  • Advice and representation of financial institutions and private individuals before Swiss supervisory authorities
  • Drafting of banking contracts and documentation
  • Advice on complex regulatory compliance matters
  • Representation of financial institutions and clients of financial institutions in civil proceedings
  • Representation in criminal proceedings as well as in proceedings involving judicial assistance and mutual administrative assistance to foreign authorities
  • Advice in anti-money laundering compliance
  • Outsourcing
  • Legal opinions
  • Restructuring, merger and liquidation of financial institutions
Bracher Nicolas

Nicolas
Bracher

Partner

Peyer Martin

Martin
Peyer

Partner

Vieli Bignia

Bignia
Vieli

Partner

Altorfer Peter

Peter
Altorfer

Of Counsel

Huber Michael

Michael
Huber

Of Counsel

Hünerwadel Andreas

Andreas
Hünerwadel

Of Counsel

Schilling Micha

Micha
Schilling

Counsel

Battaglia Orlando

Orlando
Battaglia

Senior Associate

Steudler Meltem

Meltem
Steudler

Senior Associate

Groth Lukas

Lukas
Groth

Associate

Kern Patrick

Patrick
Kern

Associate

Kronbach Zarah

Zarah
Kronbach

Associate

Krzizok Bianca Maria

Bianca Maria
Krzizok

Associate

Muff Ottavio

Ottavio
Muff

Associate

Staudenmann Manuela

Manuela
Staudenmann

Associate

28.01.2026

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised Claret Capital Partners on its investment in SIS Medical

09.01.2026

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised HOERBIGER on the acquisition of Physik Instrumente (PI)

07.07.2025

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised PostFinance on the sale of its 50% stake in Yuh to Swissquote

22.02.2024

Deal: Wenger Vieli Advised Quickmail and Quickpac on its Business Sale to Planzer

28.09.2022

DEAL: Wenger Vieli advised the share­holders of MENU Technologies in a cross-border transaction

23.08.2022

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised Kontron AG on the sale of significant parts of Kontron's IT Services business

20.06.2022

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised BLKB on obtaining a FINMA banking licence for its subsidiary radicant

14.06.2022

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised Serpentine Ventures on obtaining its FINMA license

08.12.2021

Deal: Xeltis Raises €15M from the EIB

Publication / Spotlights

Transparency Register: New Obligations for Companies and Financial Intermediaries

Banks and Financial Service Providers, Corporate and Commercial Law, Capital Market and Listed Companies Peyer Martin, Battaglia Orlando
11.03.2026
DEEN
Publication

Switzerland Chapter, in: Lexology In-Depth: Banking Litigation, 9th edition, 2025/2026

Banks and Financial Service Providers, Litigation and Arbitration Bracher Nicolas, Steudler Meltem
09.12.2025
EN
Publication / Spotlights

Lombard Loans in the Crisis

Banks and Financial Service Providers, Litigation and Arbitration, Funds and Asset Management Bracher Nicolas, Steudler Meltem
26.06.2025
DEEN
Publication

Kommentierung zu Artikel 7 GwG – Dokumentationspflicht von Finanzintermediären

Martin Peyer/Orlando Battaglia, Kommentierung zu Artikel 7 GwG – Dokumentationspflicht von Finanzintermediären, in: Damian K. Graf/Doris Hutzler (Hrsg.), Onlinekommentar zum Bundesgesetz über die Bekämpfung der Geldwäscherei... Banks and Financial Service Providers Peyer Martin, Battaglia Orlando
15.05.2025
DE
Publication

Switzerland Chapter, in: International Onshore Wind Study, 2025

Banks and Financial Service Providers Hünerwadel Andreas
08.04.2025
EN
Insights

Comprehensive Overview of Alternative Investment Funds in Switzerland

Banks and Financial Service Providers
 Peyer Martin, Kronbach Zarah, Battaglia Orlando, Doswald Joël
07.10.2024
Insights

Exploring Banking Litigation in Switzerland - Key Trends and Legal Updates

Banks and Financial Service Providers, Litigation and Arbitration
 Bracher Nicolas, Steudler Meltem
26.08.2024
Publication / Spotlights

FINMA Warns Supervised Institutions of Cybersecurity Risks and Provides Guidance

Banks and Financial Service Providers, Funds and Asset Management, Insurance, Data Protection, Capital Market and Listed Companies Peyer Martin, Keller Claudia, Battaglia Orlando, Langenegger Matthias
11.07.2024
DEEN
Publication

"Finfluencing" - Ausgewählte Aspekte aus aufsichtsrechtlicher Sicht (iusNet, 28. März 2024)

Banks and Financial Service Providers
02.04.2024
DE
Publication / Spotlights

Switzerland Signs Financial Services Agreement with the United Kingdom

Banks and Financial Service Providers, Funds and Asset Management, Capital Market and Listed Companies Peyer Martin, Groth Lukas
08.02.2024
DEEN
Publication

Die Haftung des Vermögensverwalters (nach schweizerischem Recht), in: Handbuch der Vermögensverwaltung, München 2022

, in: FRANK A. SCHÄFER / ROLF SETHE / VOLKER LANG (Hrsg.) Handbuch der Vermögensverwaltung, 3. Auflage, C.H. Beck Verlag, München 2022 Banks and Financial Service Providers, Litigation and Arbitration Bracher Nicolas
17.07.2022
DE
Publication / Spotlights

Dispute over joint account - first come, first served?

Banks and Financial Service Providers Bracher Nicolas, Steudler Meltem
06.07.2022
DEEN
Publication

Kommentar vor Art. 7 FIDLEG (Zivilrechtliche Haftung), in: SK Kommentar zum FIDLEG, Zürich 2021

Banks and Financial Service Providers Bracher Nicolas
29.10.2021
DE
Publication / Guidelines

How to do Business in Switzerland

Banks and Financial Service Providers, Corporate and Commercial Law, Labor and Employment Law, Construction and Real Estate, Financing, Taxation Hünerwadel Andreas, Bächli Bruno, Honold Pascal
01.07.2021
EN
Publication

Gegenvorschlag zur KVI - Compliance mit den neuen nicht-finanziellen Berichterstattungs- und Sorgfaltspflichten

Banks and Financial Service Providers, White Collar Crime
28.05.2021
DE
Publication / Spotlights

The End of LIBOR – What Next?

Banks and Financial Service Providers, Financing Hünerwadel Andreas, Peyer Martin
22.02.2021
DEEN
Publication

InDepth Feature: Anti-Money Laundering 2021 - Switzerland

Banks and Financial Service Providers, White Collar Crime Mráz Michael
28.01.2021
EN
Publication / Guidelines

The End of LIBOR is Approaching: FINMA Published Transition Roadmap for Supervised Institutions

Banks and Financial Service Providers, Financing Peyer Martin, Hünerwadel Andreas
21.12.2020
EN
Publication

Betrugsrisiken im Zahlungsverkehr – Bundesgericht klärt wichtige Fragen

Banks and Financial Service Providers Bracher Nicolas, Steudler Meltem
18.12.2020
DE
Publication / Spotlights

FINMA approves first supervisory organisations and registration office for client advisers

Banks and Financial Service Providers, FinTech Vieli Bignia, Bracher Nicolas
18.08.2020
DEEN
Publication

Aktuelle Rechtslage für Hinweisgeber in der Schweiz und Best Practice für Hinweisgebersysteme

Banks and Financial Service Providers, White Collar Crime
28.07.2020
DE
Publication / Spotlights

Beware in whom you trust! – New leading decision on the abuse of power in banking

Banks and Financial Service Providers, Litigation and Arbitration Bracher Nicolas, Vieli Bignia, Steudler Meltem
09.07.2020
DEEN
Publication

Das Bankkonto in der Schweiz nach dem Tod – Wie weit gehen die Auskunftsrechte der Erben?

Banks and Financial Service Providers, Private Clients and Estate Planning, Litigation and Arbitration Bracher Nicolas
02.12.2019
DE
Publication

The New Registration Duty for Client Advisers – An Update on the Final FinSO

Banks and Financial Service Providers, Funds and Asset Management Peyer Martin
02.12.2019
EN
Publication / Guidelines

Financial Institutions Act – Effects on Independent Asset Managers and Trustees

Banks and Financial Service Providers, Funds and Asset Management Vieli Bignia, Bracher Nicolas
18.11.2019
DEEN
Publication / Guidelines

FinSA – Strengthening Investor Protection

Banks and Financial Service Providers, Funds and Asset Management Vieli Bignia, Bracher Nicolas
18.11.2019
DEEN
Publication

Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority Publishes New Guidelines for “Stable Coins”

Banks and Financial Service Providers, FinTech Peyer Martin
30.09.2019
EN
Publication / Spotlights

The bank as judge? More restrictions on heirs’ requests for information

Banks and Financial Service Providers, Private Clients and Estate Planning, Litigation and Arbitration Bracher Nicolas, Huber Michael
20.09.2019
DEEN
Publication

Das Gemeinschaftskonto, insbesondere das Compte-joint, in der Vollstreckung

Banks and Financial Service Providers, Restructuring and Insolvency
27.08.2019
DE
Publication / Spotlights

Banking / FinTech License

Banks and Financial Service Providers, FinTech
30.01.2019
DEEN
Publication

Unautorisierte Zahlungen mit virtuellen Währungen?

Banks and Financial Service Providers, FinTech
29.11.2018
DE
Publication / Spotlights

Verteidigungsmittel gegen europäische Anlegerschutzklagen

Banks and Financial Service Providers, Litigation and Arbitration Vieli Bignia, Bracher Nicolas
13.11.2018
DE
Publication / Spotlights

Rechtsprechung zu Retrozessionen wird weiter konkretisiert

Banks and Financial Service Providers, White Collar Crime , Funds and Asset Management Vieli Bignia, Bracher Nicolas
11.10.2018
DE
Publication

Verification of identity and risk transfer with regard to payment orders by e-mail

Banks and Financial Service Providers, Litigation and Arbitration Bracher Nicolas
07.06.2018
DEEN
Publication

Outsourcing: FINMA Publishes a New Circular 2018/3 on Outsourcing for Banks and Insurance Companies

Banks and Financial Service Providers, Insurance Peyer Martin
07.05.2018
EN
Publication / Referate

ICO - Der neue Goldrausch?

Präsentation Digitaltag 2017 Banks and Financial Service Providers
21.11.2017
DE
Publication / Spotlights

Update zu Retrozessionen - was ist geklärt, was nicht?

Banks and Financial Service Providers, Funds and Asset Management Vieli Bignia, Bracher Nicolas
10.11.2017
DE
Publication / Spotlights

Initial Coin Offering (ICO) & Co. – A Swiss Law Perspective

Banks and Financial Service Providers, Venture Capital, FinTech
31.08.2017
EN
Publication

Hackerangriffe auf Bankkunden: Wer trägt den Schaden?

Erschienen in CH-D Wirtschaft 2/2017 Banks and Financial Service Providers Bracher Nicolas
24.08.2017
DE
Publication / Spotlights

Erhöhte Haftungsrisiken bei individuellen Anlagestrategien

Banks and Financial Service Providers Vieli Bignia, Bracher Nicolas
19.06.2017
DE
Publication / Spotlights

Fintech

Banks and Financial Service Providers, Technology and Media, FinTech
11.04.2017
DEEN
Publication / Spotlights

FIDLEG und FINIG - Herausforderungen für unabhängige Vermögensverwalter

Banks and Financial Service Providers, Funds and Asset Management Vieli Bignia, Bracher Nicolas
02.03.2017
DE
Publication

Rechtl. Anforderungen an System-/Datensicherheit u. Compliance für webbasierte u. mobile Zahlungen

Erschienen in Rechtliche Herausforderungen durch webbasierte und mobile Zahlungssysteme, ZIK Publikationen aus dem Zentrum für Informations- und Kommunikationsrecht der Universität Zürich, 2015 Banks and Financial Service Providers, Technology and Media Keller Claudia
05.11.2015
DE
Publication / Referate

Vortrag "Geld, Zahlung, E-Money, Mobile Payment, Bitcoins"

Banks and Financial Service Providers
18.02.2015
DE
Publication / Referate

Bankkonto und mangelnde Urteilsfähigkeit des Bankkunden

St. Galler Bankrechtstag Uni St. Gallen Banks and Financial Service Providers
13.06.2014
DE
Publication / Spotlights

Finanzmarkt-infrastrukturgesetz

Banks and Financial Service Providers, Energy
18.03.2014
DE
Publication

Die Banken und das Erwachsenenschutzrecht

Erschienen in AJP/PJA 8/2013 Banks and Financial Service Providers
26.08.2013
DE
Publication / Spotlights

Revision Kollektivanlagengesetz

Banks and Financial Service Providers, Venture Capital, Financing
06.12.2012
DE
Publication / Spotlights

Auskunftsrecht nach DSG

Banks and Financial Service Providers, Litigation and Arbitration Bracher Nicolas
22.06.2012
DE
Publication / Spotlights

Erhöhte Anforderungen an AGB mit Konsumenten

Banks and Financial Service Providers, Corporate and Commercial Law, Intellectual Property Law, Technology and Media, Competition Hünerwadel Andreas
14.05.2012
DE
Chambers and PartnersIFLR 1000The Legal 500Leaders League

The team offers strong service levels and always manages expectations well. It is also continually strong and transparent when it comes to budgeting.

Client Testimonial, Chambers, 2024/2025

The lawyers at Wenger Vieli are very to the point, fast, responsive and understand their business.

Client Testimonial, Chambers, 2024/2025

The team fully understands its clients’ specifics and their advice and legal assistance is tailored to the client’s needs. Very pleasant to work with.

Client Testimonial, Legal500, 2024/2025

Wenger Vieli shows an excellent combination of finance and regulatory know-how.

Client Testimonial, Chambers, 2023/2024

The strength of the firm lies in the close collaboration of its senior partners and their effective supervision of associates.

Client Testimonial, Chambers, 2022/2023

We are satisfied with the in-depth and thought-provoking advice the firm provided on complex and difficult issues.

Client Testimonial, Chambers, 2022/2023

Fast, professional, to the point.

Client Testimonial, Legal500, 2022/2023

Very hands-on, no unnecessary overhead, smart, responsive.

Client Testimonial, Legal500, 2022/2023