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Dr. Ansgar Schott

Partner
Baker McKenzie Switzerland AG

Biography

Ansgar Schott is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Zurich office. He is a member of the Firm's global Financial Services Group and the head of the Swiss Financial Services Group. Ansgar has advised some of the largest Swiss and international financial institutions and companies on all aspects of financial services, fintech, investment and financial markets law. He advises throughout the life cycle of regulated businesses — on launch and licensing, global expansion, business and product innovation and issuance, new regulatory developments, and in relation to compliance matters and investigations by regulators and other enforcement authorities. He has been recognized as a leading banking and finance lawyer. Further, he is also coeditor and author of the leading Swiss financial market commentaries and cochair of the annual Swiss Compliance Forum (EIZ). Finally, he has been a lecturer in banking law at the universities of Zurich and St. Gallen, as well as a speaker and panelist at international forums.

Practice Focus

Ansgar advises Swiss and international financial institutions and corporations on all aspects of financial services, fintech, investment and capital markets law. He advises throughout the life cycle of regulated businesses — on launch and authorization, global expansion, business and product innovation, new regulatory developments, and on responding to regulatory enquiries and investigations. Ansgar's practice focuses on transactions with regulatory components. On the product side, he is experienced in investment funds, structured products, derivatives, securitizations and bail-in instruments.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Advised Helveteq AG on listing new ETP as a pioneering solution for ecological and sustainable gold investments.
  • Advised Swiss life asset managers and a large Swiss bank on the successful setup and launch of Clean Energy Infrastructure Switzerland 3 KmGK.
  • Advised Zürcher Kantonalbank and Credit Suisse, acting as joint arrangers, joint bookrunners and joint lead managers, in connection with the issuance of asset-backed notes by First Swiss Mobility 2022-1 AG.
  • Advised Leonteq on its new cooperation with VP Bank for the manufacturing and distribution of structured investment products.
  • Advised Helveteq as a new Swiss ETP issuer offering a pioneering solution for climate-neutral blockchain investments.
  • Advised UBS on the sale of its stake in UBS Foncenter to Clearstream.
  • Advised CoinShares on its admission as a new ETP issuer at the SIX Swiss Exchange and the listing of its first physical bitcoin ETP.

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Zurich Bar Association
  • Swiss Bar Association

Admissions

  • Zurich~Switzerland (2005)

Education

  • Columbia University (New York) (LL.M., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar) (2009)
  • University of Zurich (Dr. iur.) (2002)
  • University of Fribourg (lic. iur.) (1999)
  • University of Bordeaux (Certificate European Studies) (1997)

Languages

  • English
  • German

Publications

Author, "Sustainable Finance: Switzerland Showing Rapid Regulation," IFC Review, April 2023

Author, "Lending to a Company in Switzerland: Regulatory Issues," Thomson Reuters Practical Law, February 2023

Editor and author, "The Limited Qualified Investor Fund (L-QIF)," Baker McKenzie Switzerland AG, January 2023

Coeditor and author (along with Lukas Brügger and Tanja Schmid), "Finanzmarktrecht" chapter, "Wirtschaftsrecht 2023- Trends & Entwicklungen," Schulthess, 2023

Coeditor and author (along with Tanja Schmid), "Finanzmarktrecht" chapter, "Wirtschaftsrecht 2021- Trends & Entwicklungen," Schulthess, 2021

Coeditor and author, Commentary on the Swiss Financial Services Act (FIDLEG), Schulthess, 2020

Coeditor and author, Commentary on the Swiss Financial Institutions Act (FINIG), Schulthess, 2020

Coeditor and author, Commentary on the Swiss Financial Market Infrastructure Act (FinfraG), Schulthess, 2016

Coeditor and author, Commentary on the Swiss Intermediated Securities Act (BEG), Schulthess, 2012

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