We are a consulting firm specialized in FINMA authorizations. Our partners have worked for FINMA for around 50 years as managers and experts in the licensing department for banks, securities firms and asset managers and have played a significant role in shaping the relevant licensing practice.
This enables us to tailor your license application to FINMA's requirements better than other consulting firms, thus minimizing the processing time until the requested license is granted.
We guarantee existing companies innovative, pragmatic and rapid solutions for all questions of financial market law and best practice, so that they are best prepared for current and future challenges.
FINMA LICENSES
We advise and represent you in the following FINMA licensing procedures:
- Banks
- Securities house (broker / dealer)
- FinTech company (bank light)
- Asset manager
- External asset managers
- Fund management companies
- Branches & representative offices
- MLA group companies
- Investment funds
Together, we develop an approvable business case and the basis for your license application.
We advise you on corporate governance and organizational issues, draft the articles of association and all regulations, directives and contracts for you. Furthermore, we support you in the selection of suitable bodies, IT systems, outsourcing partners, auditing companies and business partners and use our dense network of relationships with numerous players in the Swiss financial center and internationally in your favor.
If required, we cooperate with renowned strategic partners, outsourcing companies, audit firms and law firms.
COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEMES
We advise and represent domestic and foreign collective investment schemes of all kinds, asset managers, representatives and distributors of collective investment schemes in the relevant FINMA proceedings.
We also handle ongoing communication with FINMA regarding changes to the fund documents and submit annual or semi-annual reports to FINMA. We also advise our clients on publication obligations.
STARTUP | FINMA CLARIFICATIONS
We provide legal analyses of business models and financial products and identify innovative solutions to enable you to achieve your entrepreneurial goals in compliance with legal requirements.
We advise and represent you with regard to clarifications with FINMA and ensure that your planned business model or product is either not subject to licensing or meets the requirements for a later targeted license from the outset.
BEST PRACTICE ORGANIZATION | CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
We have decades of experience in the best practice organization of banks, securities firms, asset managers and fund management companies and can help you to analyze and significantly improve your existing organizational structure.
INTERNAL REGULATION | JOB SPECIFICATIONS BOARD / MANAGEMENT
We prepare the necessary regulations, requirement profiles for the board of directors and the executive management and help you to select suitable bodies as well as outsourcing partners.
NEW BUSINESS | CROSSBORDER AND FOREIGN ACTIVITES
We support you to expand your company's business or product lines, for example regarding cross-border/foreign activities, cryptocurrencies and cryptoassets.
MERGERS | ASSET DEALS
We have the necessary contacts and know-how if you want to sell your company or parts of it and support you in takeover and merger negotiations and the subsequent implementation.
TERMINATION OF FINMA SUPERVISION
FINMA supervision usually ends with the conclusion of the requested dismissal or liquidation proceedings or by merger.
We have the necessary know-how and experience to ensure that your company can be released from FINMA supervision as quickly as possible and that you can keep your costs to a minimum.
LEGAL & COMPLIANCE | AMLA | RISK MANAGEMENT
We take over the legal & compliance and risk management functions for you, as well as those as an AMLA specialist.
LEGAL OPINIONS
We provide legal opinions on all financial market law issues.
FINMA-ENFORCEMENT
We represent your interests in all FINMA enforcement proceedings.
TRAININGS
We conduct trainings on current topics of financial market law.
C-LEVEL POSITIONS
We place suitable C-level employees and board members.
T E A M
Jean-Claude B. Reymond | Managing Partner
Law studies at the University of Basel
Executive Program of the sfi Swiss Finance Institute (formerly: Swiss Banking School)
Management & Governance Course of the Bank of England, London
Program on Securities Enforcement and Market Oversight of the SEC U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington D.C.
For 18 years expert and several years Head of Licensing German-speaking Switzerland at the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA
Member of expert teams in the drafting and revision of draft laws and circulars
Various activities with banks, courts, law enforcement agencies and the administration
Partner at Lloyd's & Partners AG, Pfäffikon
Partner at pfi partners for financial intermediaries, Pfäffikon
Dieter C. Söhner | Partner
Attorney at law
Law studies at the University of Berne
MBA from the University of Geneva and Executive MBA from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh/USA, in the field of international asset management
For more than six years practicing law with a focus on financial intermediaries, in particular private banks, collective investments and asset management
From 2001 to 2006 expert at the SFBC Swiss Federal Banking Commission (today FINMA) in the Licensing Department Banks/Investment Funds
Until July 2007 Head of Legal & Regulatory Financial Services Switzerland at a major audit firm
Partner at Lloyd's & Partners AG, Pfäffikon
Partner at pfi partners for financial intermediaries, Pfäffikon
Mattheus J. Den Otter | Partner
Law studies and dissertation at the University of Zurich
Executive Program of the sfi Swiss Finance Institute (formerly: Swiss Banking School); Certificate as Independent "Investment Fund Director" from the Irish Institute of Banking, Dublin
More than 30 years of experience in all areas of regulation, supervision and the establishment and management of collective investment schemes in the Swiss and international fund and asset management industry:
Managing Director of the Swiss Funds Association SFA (now Swiss Funds & Asset Management Association), Basel; Member of the Board of Directors of the European Funds & Asset Management Association Efama, Brussels; Vice Chairman of Swiss Fund Data AG, Zurich
SFBC Swiss Federal Banking Commission (today FINMA), Deputy Head of the Licensing Division Banks/Investment Funds
Co-CEO of Swissca Fondsleitung AG, Berne
Lecturer CAS Capital Market Law "Collective Investment Schemes" at the European Institute at the University of Zurich
Independent member of the Board of Directors of two FINMA supervised Asset Management and Fund Companies; Compliance consultant for a Real Estate Fund
Owner of DOC Den Otter Consulting GmbH, Olten
Muriel Zoé Reymond | Administration
Studies at the University of Basel and takes care of all administrative matters on a part-time basis
Voltastrasse 76
CH-4056 Basel / Switzerland
+41 61 271 01 02
www.reymondconsulting.ch
VALUES
EXCELLENCE | We are known for our focus on excellence and are committed to consistently delivering exceptional results that have a positive impact our clients' businesses. Ask us about projects where we have successfully delivered impactful work for our clients.
INTEGRITY | We believe integrity is the central building block to ensure positive, productive and long-term relationships with our clients, employees, suppliers and industry partners. Transparency, openness and honesty are critical to building and maintaining the trust of customers, employees and partners.
COMMITMENT | We hold ourselves accountable when it comes to our goals and objectives. Our relentless dedication to honoring our commitments builds trust and confidence with our clients, employees and business partners.
KNOWLEDGE | We are convinced that knowledge is power and that the in-depth expertise of our partners and employees, as well as the knowledge we acquire on a daily basis during our customer assignments, help us to offer our clients the best and most innovative solutions.
RESPECT | We respect different opinions and perspectives of view in our daily interactions with clients and staff, act respectfully and considerately at all times, listen actively and make intensive efforts to understand their needs and requirements.
EFFICIENCY AND TRAINING | We work as efficiently as possible and avoid unnecessary bureaucracy, so we are easily able to work on different projects to provide real added value. At the same time, we offer our employees the opportunity to expand their personal skills and experience, because we know that the more successful our employees are, the more successful our clients will be.
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