Geneva

Grégoire Wuest, LL.M.

Partner

+41 22 707 8133 gregoire.wuest@swlegal.ch

Sabrina Biondo

Assistant

Grégoire Wuest is a partner in our Geneva and Zurich offices and a member of the firm's Management Committee. His practice focuses on banking and finance, in particular in the fields of private banking, where he advises banks and financial institutions on regulatory and clients' matters, and complex finance transactions. He also advises private clients on all aspects of trusts and international estate planning.

Expertise

Banking & Finance Business Aviation Corporate & Commercial Private Wealth

Trade and Transport Administrative Law and Public Procurement Blockchain-Technologies & FinTech Financial Services

Experience

Advising international and Swiss banks, financial institutions and financial intermediaries and insurance companies on regulatory, business and legal matters, such as the implementation of new regulations
Counsel to banks and financial institutions on their restructuration and extension of services (e.g. sales and acquisitions of client portfolios, opening of branches or subsidiaries in Switzerland or abroad, development of new products and services offered to clients, digitalization), covering both the regulatory side (with FINMA approval) and the corporate/contractual aspects
Advising banks on complex cross-border finance transactions, with a focus on transactions secured by unusual assets such as business jets, yachts, art, etc.
Extensive experience in corporate and transactional matters, focus on the shipping and business aviation industries
Advising private clients on all aspects of trusts and international estate planning

Career

Professional Experience

2024

Member of the Management Committee of Schellenberg Wittmer

2016

Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer

2014

Senior Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer

2010

Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer

2006

Corporate Tax Consultant at a major auditing firm in Geneva

Education and Admission

2009

Bar Admission in Switzerland

2007

Certificate in International Business and Finance, New York University

2006

LL.M., University of Geneva

2004

lic. iur., University of Geneva

Additional Professional Activities

Member of the Geneva Bar Association

Recognitions

The Legal 500: Leading Individual in Banking and Finance; Key Lawyer in Fintech; Key Lawyer in Transport; Key Lawyer in Public Law
Who's Who Legal: Recommended in Transport since 2019
LMG Expert Guides: Rising Star (Banking and Finance) from 2018 to 2020
Leaders League: Banking & Finance
IFLR1000: Highly Regarded, Banking

Languages

French
English
German
Portuguese

Selected Publications

2022 Official Guide to Aircraft Registration – Country Survey Data: Switzerland Lexology Aviation: Switzerland Chapter Switzerland Chapter Chapitre 12: Le devoir de respecter les instructions du client ou du fondé de procuration Business Aviation Law in Switzerland

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Speaking Engagements

Schellenberg Wittmer Hosts the "Financial Services Act (FinSA) – Selected Topics" Event Grégoire Wuest, Tarek Houdrouge and Pascal Hubli: Speakers at China Outbound Investment Conference 2019 Grégoire Wuest: speaker at "Common Reporting Standards: the last steps before 2018"