Oren-Olivier Puder
LL.M., Attorney at law, Partner
Oren-Olivier Puder advises both Swiss and international clients on regulatory, contractual and commercial matters, in particular on banking and financial law, asset management and FinTech.
He assists banks and financial institutions and represents them before regulatory authorities and the courts. Oren-Olivier Puder specialises in the structuring of financial products and regulatory issues related to blockchain. His other areas of expertise include corporate law, mergers & acquisitions and private clients.
Banking & Finance
Asset Management
FinTech
Commercial & Company Law
Mergers & Acquisitions
Private Clients & Inheritance Law
Banking & Finance
Asset Management
FinTech
Commercial & Company Law
Mergers & acquisitions
Private Clients & Inheritance Law
Oren-Olivier Puder advises both Swiss and international clients on regulatory, contractual and commercial matters, in particular banking and financial law, asset management and FinTech. He assists financial institutions (banks, securities houses, fund managers, managers of collective investments and pension funds, independent asset managers, FinTech companies) and represents them before regulatory authorities and the courts.
He specialises in financial product structuring (securities funds, hedge funds, real estate funds) and is involved in regulatory issues related to distributed ledger technology and blockchain. His other areas of expertise include corporate law, mergers & acquisitions and private clients.
Oren-Olivier Puder worked for several years at the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) in Bern, including as Head of Collective Investment Schemes (Asset Management) Department for French-speaking Switzerland. When he joined our firm, he had also worked for several years as legal advisor to the Chairman of the Swiss Bankers Association (SBA).
Oren-Olivier Puder is co-founder and director of Taurus Group SA, the Swiss leader in digital asset infrastructure for banks, stock exchanges and institutional clients.
He also serves as a director on the boards of several regulated financial institutions.
Oren-Olivier Puder is a frequent speaker at seminars in his areas of expertise.
Professional Experience
2012 Partner, Junod, Muhlstein, Lévy & Puder
2009 – 2012 Senior Associate, Junod, Muhlstein, Lévy & Puder
2009 – 2016 Legal Advisor to the Chairman of the Swiss Bankers Association (SBA)
2005 – 2009 Head of the Collective Investment Schemes (Asset Management) Department for French-speaking Switzerland at the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)
2001 – 2003 Trainee lawyer, Ming, Halpérin, Burger, Inaudi
2000 – 2001 Trainee lawyer, Court of Justice of the Republic and Canton of Geneva
Education and admission
2005 Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Securities and Financial Regulation, Georgetown University, Washington DC
2003 Admission to the bar, Geneva
2000 Law degree (lic. iur.), University of Geneva
Additional professional affiliations and activities
Since 2009 Lecturer for the Swiss Fund & Asset Management Officer FA degree
French, English and German
Publications & Conferences
Conférence Academy & Finance (2019)
"Obligations LSFin: comment mettre en pratique les nouvelles règles de conduite – Mandat de conseil et execution only: adéquation et caractère approprié, documentation et reporting"– Conférence Academy & Finance, Geneva, 5 December 2019
Conférence Academy & Finance (2017)
"Les conséquences de la suitability sur la relation entre la banque, le gérant externe et le client" – Conférence Academy & Finance, Geneva, 22 November 2017
Conference Millennium Banque Privée (2017)
"LSFin/LEFin - Overview and main differences with MiFID II - Conference Millennium Banque Privée - Banque Privée BCP (Suisse) S.A., Geneva, 7 December 2017
Conference Friends of funds (2017)
"Marché cible (Target Market): Wake up call for the industry" Friends of funds Conference, Geneva, 7 March 2017
Les banques dépositaires face à de nouveaux défis (2015)
"Les banques dépositaires face à de nouveaux défis" Friends of funds Conference, Geneva, 1 December 2015
Le nouveau tournant de la place financière suisse (2015)
"Le nouveau tournant de la place financière suisse – Chassée par la porte, la Weissgeldstrategie revient par la fenêtre : quel sens donner à ce retournement surprise? " Conférence Academy & Finance, Geneva, 12 November 2015 (with Alain B. Lévy)
Non-conformité fiscale des clients (2015)
"Non-conformité fiscale des clients" – Conférence Academy & Finance, Geneva, 2 October 2015 (with Alain B. Lévy)
Conférence Academy & Finance (2015)
"Délit fiscal qualifié, ayant droit économique, transparence des personnes morales : les défis de la loi du 12 décembre 2014 (recommandations du GAFI)" – Conférence Academy & Finance, Geneva, 18 March 2015 (with Alain B. Lévy)
Choisir entre conformité fiscale du client et fermeture du compte (2014)
"Choisir entre conformité fiscale du client et fermeture du compte" – Conférence Academy & Finance, Geneva, 4 December 2014 (with Alain B. Lévy)
Alternative Investment Funds : marché, produits, régulation (2014)
"Alternative Investment Funds : marché, produits, régulation" Friends of funds Conference, Geneva, 2 December 2014
Conférence Academy & Finance (2014)
"Projet de loi fédérale sur la mise en œuvre des recommandations du GAFI révisées en 2012 : quelles sont les nouveautés ?" - Conférence Academy & Finance, Geneva, 29 October 2014 (with Alain B. Lévy)
Friends of funds conference (2014)
"Comment la directive MiFID II et la loi sur les services financiers (LSFin) influencent-elles la distribution des fonds?"Friends of funds conference, Geneva, 3 June 2014
Friends of funds Conference (2014)
"La LPCC révisée – quelles chances offre-t-elle pour la place suisse des fonds ?" Friends of funds Conference, Geneva, 12 March 2013
Le nouveau tournant de la place financière suisse (2013)
"Le nouveau tournant de la place financière suisse" – Conférence Academy & Finance, Geneva, 21-22 November 2013
L’extension des obligations de diligence dans le domaine fiscal (2013)
"Le nouveau tournant de la place financière suisse" – Conférence Academy & Finance, Geneva, 21-22 November 2013
Evolution du cadre réglementaire pour les gestionnaires de fortune (2013)
"Evolution du cadre réglementaire pour les gestionnaires de fortune" - Banque J. Safra Sarasin SA Conference, Geneva, 29 August 2013 (with Alain B. Lévy)
Placements collectifs : Développements réglementaires et aspects pratiques (2013)
"Placements collectifs : Développements réglementaires et aspects pratiques" – Conférence Compagnie Privée de Conseils et d'Investissements SA, Geneva, 27 February 2013 (avec Ann-Mirjam Lévy Duvernay)
Regulatory trends (2013)
"Regulatory trends - Conférence International Fund Officer, Geneva, 31 January 2013
Conférence Academy & Finance (2011)
"Clients non fiscalisés et échanges d'informations" – Conférence Academy & Finance, Geneva, 30 March 2011
Conférence PricewaterhouseCoopers (2012)
"Synthèse des modifications importantes apportées à la LPCC" – Conférence PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC’s Academy), Geneva, 7 November 2012
Conférence Compagnie Privée de Conseils et d’Investissements SA (2012)
"Gestion de placements collectifs : Développements réglementaires et aspects pratiques" – Conférence Compagnie Privée de Conseils et d'Investissements SA, Genève, 16 October 2012 (with Yvan Mermod)
Conférence Invest’12 (2012)
"Gérants LPCC, organisation et structure requises" - Conférence Invest’12 of 10 October 2012 (with Philippe Bens, Yvar Mentha and Yvan Mermod)
Stratégie de l’argent propre (2012)
"Stratégie de l’argent propre" – implications sur les devoirs des établissements financiers" – Conférence Academy & Finance, Geneva, 20 June 2012 (with Alain B. Lévy)
Gérants LPCC, organisation et structure requises (2012)
"LPCC Asset Manager" - Lombard Odier & Cie seminar (with Yvan Mermod)
Placements collectifs de capitaux : une nouvelle approche (2009)
"Placements collectifs de capitaux : une nouvelle approche" (with Yann Wermeille) in Gesellschafts- und Kapitalmarktsrecht (GesKR), 1/2009.
Öffentliche Werbung im Sinne der Anlagefondsgesetzgebung (2006)
"Öffentliche Werbung im Sinne der Anlagefondsgesetzgebung" (with Frédéric Lenoir) in Aktuelle Juristische Praxis / Pratique Juridique Actuelle (AJP/PJA), p. 981 et seq.