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Oliver Widmer is a partner and head of Pestalozzi’s Private Clients group and member of Pestalozzi’s Financial Services group. He primarily advises domestic and international banks, financial institutions, wealth management service providers and high net worth individuals on banking, finance and capital markets matters. Further areas or work include domestic and cross-border trust, foundation and estate planning matters.
He graduated from the University of Zurich (lic. iur., 1998) and the London School of Economics and Political Science (M.Sc., Law and Accounting, 2002). He was admitted to the bar in Switzerland in 2000 and as a solicitor (not practising) of England and Wales in 2003, is an authorised issuer’s representative at the SIX Swiss Exchange and is recognised as trust and estate practitioner (TEP) by STEP. Oliver Widmer joined Pestalozzi in 2001. In 2003/2004, he was seconded to head the Swiss law and compliance department of one major US investment bank.
Oliver Widmer
Partner
oliver.widmer(at)pestalozzilaw.com
VCARD
Pestalozzi
Loewenstrasse 1, CH-8001 Zürich
Phone (direct) +41 44 217 92 42
Financial Services, Capital Markets, Financial Products, Investment Funds, Securities, Asset Finance, Private Banking, Estate Planning, Trust & Foundations, Art, Banking & Finance
German, English, French
Switzerland 2000, England & Wales 2003 (not practising)
- The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Securitisation 2012
Zurich/Swiss Bar Association, International Bar Association, Law Society of England & Wales, Society for Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and many more
