Financial Market Infrastructure Law

Wenger & Vieli Ltd. advises financial market infrastructures, such as stock exchanges, multilateral trading facilities, central counterparties, central securities depositories and payments systems in the following areas:

• Support in obtaining required regulatory approvals for all financial market infrastructures
• Representation in dealings with Swiss supervisory authorities, in particular the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA
• Advice on payment transactions law and payment systems, clearing and central counterparty, central securities depository and securities settlement
• Preparing and drafting agreements and documentation including standard contracts
• Representing financial market infrastructures in civil proceedings

Wenger & Vieli Ltd. also advises financial institutions, investors and companies in the following areas:

• Advice on public placement of securities. Wenger & Vieli Ltd. is an issuer's representative recognized by the SIX Swiss Exchange
• Advice on public takeover bids and defense strategies
• Advice on disclosure obligations and ad hoc publicity as well as insider trading