
Ariel practises Swiss law and his clients include UHNW entrepreneurs, their companies, family offices and families. He specialises in particular in cross-border cases. His expertise includes M&A transactions, private markets including private debt and private equity, regulatory licenses for financial market and Fintech entities in Switzerland, Liechtenstein, EU-Europe, including Token applications, equity and debt listings in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, contract law, defence, lobbying and governmental relations. For private clients, he specialises in last wills and testaments, trusts, foundations, equine law, real estate. Ariel has an in-house Swiss notary service. He has several academic degrees and won a number of awards. He is a board member of selected companies internationally, some regulated and some listed on the stock exchange.
Lisa has particular expertise in bribery and corruption, money laundering, fraud, tax evasion and market abuse matters and has acted for clients in some of the most high-profile cases brought by the SFO, FCA, CPS and other UK and international prosecution authorities. Many of those cases involved complex cross boarder issues such as requests made pursuant to mutual legal assistance treaties, double jeopardy, human rights, and extradition. Lisa has also successfully challenged decisions made by different prosecuting authorities in judicial review proceedings and under the victims right to review scheme.
In addition, Lisa has considerable experience acting for clients in civil fraud and director misfeasance cases, civil tax matters brought by HMRC, as well as personal and company insolvency matters.
Lisa is well known and respected in the industry as someone who can provide pragmatic and results oriented advice.
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