Robert Furter | Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law

Robert Furter

Senior Counsel
Attorney at law

Feldeggstrasse 4
8008 Zurich
Switzerland
T +41 44 217 91 55
robert.furter@pestalozzilaw.com

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Robert Furter is a Senior Counsel at Pestalozzi and member of the Financial Services as well as the Corporate/M&A group in Zurich. His areas of practice are banking and capital markets as well as corporate and private M&A. In his fields of practice, he advises Swiss and international clients in transactions and on regulatory and governance matters. He is an authorized issuer's representative at the SIX Swiss Exchange. He also sits on the board directors of a number of Swiss corporations.

Career

2019
  • Senior Counsel at Pestalozzi
1988
  • Partner at Pestalozzi
1983
  • Foreign associate at Winthrop Stimson Putnam & Roberts, New York
1982
  • Associate at Pestalozzi
1979
  • University of Zurich: Dr. iur.
1977
  • Bar Admission: Switzerland
1975
  • University of Zurich: lic. iur.

Languages

German, English, French, Dutch

Membership

  • Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
  • Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
  • American Bar Association (ABA)
  • International Bar Association (IBA)

Deals and Cases

Pestalozzi advises Bank of America Merrill Lynch on the sale of its' international trust and wealth structuring business to JTC Group

17.10.2017

Pestalozzi advises Bank of America Merrill Lynch on the sale of its' international trust and wealth structuring business to JTC Group

Pestalozzi advises Bank of America Merrill Lynch in its sale of its wealth management business outside the US with USD 84 billion of assets under management to Bank Julius Baer

01.02.2013

Pestalozzi advises Bank of America Merrill Lynch in its sale of its wealth management business outside the US with USD 84 billion of assets under management to Bank Julius Baer

Publications

Practical Law: Doing Business in Switzerland 2020

Practical Law: Doing Business in Switzerland 2020

By Robert Furter, Nils Harbeke, Christian Roos, Lorenza Ferrari Hofer: Practical Law, Global Guide 2020 (Hrsg.), London 2020

Financial Market Infrastructures

By Robert Furter, Urs Kloeti, Oliver Widmer: Legal Update, Zurich 2019

Client Advisors – Impact of the New Financial Market Regulation

By Robert Furter, Urs Kloeti, Oliver Widmer: Legal Update, Zurich 2019
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