Geneva

Grégoire Tribolet, LL.M.

Partner

+41 22 707 8061 gregoire.tribolet@swlegal.ch

Pascaline Kempf

Assistant

Grégoire Tribolet is a Partner and Co-Head of our Banking and Finance Group in Geneva. He is a specialist in banking, financial services and corporate law. With a focus on servicing clients in the financial industry, he covers a broad range of specialized services, including regulatory compliance, licensing applications and proceedings before the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), finance transactions, mergers and acquisitions and corporate reorganizations. Grégoire has also developed niche expertise in fintech solutions, blockchain and data protection.

Expertise

Banking & Finance Blockchain-Technologies & FinTech Data Restructuring and Insolvency Financial Services

Corporate & Commercial Capital Markets Insurance Mergers & Acquisitions

Experience

Advising banks, asset managers and other financial intermediaries on a wide range of regulatory matters, including the implementation of new regulations, corporate governance, AML, cross-border, professional secrecy, sanctions, outsourcing, market conduct, data protection and cybersecurity, as well as on contractual and business matters
Assisting financial institutions with licensing applications and proceedings before the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)
Advising financial institutions and corporations on financing transactions with a value ranging from tens of million to several billion U.S. dollars
Assisting financial institutions, crypto companies and corporations with blockchain projects, including in connection with the issuance of tokens, the custody of digital assets, and regulatory approvals from FINMA
Acting as escrow agent in transactional matters, including in a multi-billion transaction
Advising financial institutions with mergers and acquisitions, including the acquisition or sale of client portfolios, bank mergers and the acquisition of asset managers and family offices
Assisted two Swiss banks in obtaining their full banking license from FINMA
Assisted several Swiss banks in setting up their crypto custody offering

Career

Professional Experience

2021

Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer

2016

Senior Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer

2013

Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer

2011

Legal consultant at an international audit firm in Geneva

2009

Trainee Lawyer in a business law firm in Geneva

Education and Admission

2014

Bar Admission New York

2013

LL.M., Columbia Law School (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar)

2011

Bar Admission in Switzerland

2009

Master of Law, University of Lausanne

2007

Bachelor of Law, University of Lausanne

Additional Professional Activities

Member of various professional organizations, such as the Geneva Bar Association, the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA), the Geneva Business Law Association, the Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association (SECA), the Capital Markets and Technology Association (CMTA) and the Crypto Valley Association
Recognized as a legal expert by the CMTA
Lecturer in VisionCompliance's AML Specialist training program