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Dr. Frick is a senior attorney with vast experience in supporting clients effectively in their business projects. He is recognised for both his deep knowledge of the law and his entrepreneurial approach to finding tailor-made solutions for his clients. His experience as a business angel and as an active board member in several banks make him a trusted and responsive advisor for any company seeking high quality, hands-on, cost and time efficient and goal focused legal support.
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Dr. Frick counsels Swiss and international banks and other enterprises in particular in the finance industry on various legal and regulatory issues. He advises on FinTech projects and is the editor of the FinTech Law Review. He advises, publishes and lectures also on sanctions and on competition law. Since 2001 he has been a board member of various banks. He has lectured in Banking and Finance in Zurich’s LL.M. Program at the University of Zurich since 1996.
His practice includes
- Being the outsourced legal department for Swiss banks, advising on all matters of finance, regulatory and corporate law
- Advising on FinTech projects (crypto brokers, Initial Coin Offerings, escrow structures, distribution, RegTech etc.)
- Syndicated financings, project finance, trade finance, real estate finance
- Competition law
- Sanctions/embargo and trade law
- Getting The Deal Through: Fintech 2022 in: Fintech 2022, Law Business Research, July 2021
- Competition Compliance 2021 in: Competition Compliance 2021 – Switzerland, published by Lexology GTDT
- Getting the Deal Through – Fintech 2021 in: Fintech 2021, Law Business Research, August 2020
- Switzerland: Anti-Corruption & Bribery Comparative Guide Mondaq Online Publication, 22 June 2020
- Competition Compliance 2020 in: Competition Compliance 2020 – Switzerland, published by LexGTDT
- The European, Middle East and African Investigations Review 2020: Switzerland in: Global Investigations Review, 2020
- The International Financial Technology Review – Preface and Chapter 23: Switzerland in: The Law Reviews, 2020, Edition 3, Law Business Research Ltd., March 2020
- Presentation Slides LL.M. in International Business Law University of Zurich, Faculty of Law, February 7, 2020
- Switzerland’s New Financial Market Architecture (3rd Edition / 2019) in: NKF Publication #21
- The Legal 500: Fintech Country Comparative Guide 2nd edition, 2019 in: The Legal 500 & The In-House Lawyer, November 2019
- Mondaq Comparative Guide to Anti-Corruption & Bribery: Switzerland, 2019 in: Mondaq Online Publication, 30 October 2019
- Getting the Deal Through – Fintech 2020 in: Lexology GTDT
- The European, Middle Eastern and African Investigations Review 2019 in: Law Business Research
- Competition Compliance 2019 in: Competition Compliance 2019, Switzerland, Third Edition, published by Lexology GTDT, May 2019
- The Financial Technology Law Review: Switzerland, 2019 in: The Law Reviews: The Financial Technology Law Review, May 2019
- The Legal 500: Fintech Country Comparative Guide, 2018 in: The Legal 500 & The In-House Lawyer, November 2018
- Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Services in the EU in: ERA, October 2018
- Competition Compliance 2018 in: Competition Compliance 2018 – Switzerland, published by Getting the Deal Through
- NKF Client News: Publication of the revised FINMA-Circular 2016/07 “Video and Online Identification”
- The European, Middle Eastern and African Investigations Review 2018 in: Law Business Research
- Real Estate Switzerland – Law and Practice, 2018 in: Chambers Real Estate 2018 Guide (17 Pages; 548kb)
- The Financial Technology Law Review: Switzerland, 2018 in: The Law Reviews: The Financial Technology law Review, 6 July 2018
- IFLR China Outbound Investment Report in: IFLR Magazine, April 2018
- Anti-money Laundering and Fraud, Switzerland in: Lexology Navigator, Anti-money Laundering and Fraud, Switzerland, 2018, Online publication
- NKF Client News: FINMA publishes Guidelines for initial coin offerings (ICOs) Online Publication, 19 February 2018
- NKF Client Alert: NKF Banking, Finance & Regulatory Team – Update 7/2017: Publication of the revised FINMA-Circular 2018/3 “Outsourcing – banks and insurance companies Online Publication, 8 December 2017
- Switzerland in: The Real Estate Law Review 2017, 6 Edition
- Switzerland: law & practice, 2017 in: Chambers Global Practice Guides: Real Estate 2017, S. 1- 16 (16 Pages; 3430 kb)
- NKF Banking, Finance & Regulatory Team – Update 6/2017: Partial revision of AMLO-FINMA: Consultation process until 16 October 2017 Online Publication, 14 September 2017
- FINTECH: Switzerland is gearing up in: Banking Law Newsletter August 2017, International Bar Association Legal Practice Division, p. 26-28
- NKF Banking, Finance & Regulatory Team – Update 5/2017: Swiss Banking Regulations become more FinTech-Friendly Online Publication, 14 July 2017
- The European, Middle Eastern and African Investigations Review 2017 in: Law Business Research
- NKF client news: NKF Banking, Finance & Regulatory Team – Update 4/2017 Online Publication, 12 May 2017 (9 Pages; 181 kb)
- Major re-interpretation of Swiss competition law: price-fixing, quantity-limiting and market-allocating agreements are per se illegal regardless of effect and may lead to direct sanctions Online Publication, https://www.nkf.ch/wp, 2 May 2017
- Switzerland’s New Financial Market Architecture (2nd Edition / May 2016) NKF-Schriftenreihe Publikation # 20
- The European, Middle Eastern and African Investigations Review 2016: Switzerland in: GIR – Global Investigations Review: The European, Middle Eastern and African Investigations Review 2016, Law Business Research 2016, Pages 1-4
- Financial Markets Criminal Law Presentation Slides LL.M. in International Banking and Finance Law 2014/2016 University of Zurich, Faculty of Law, March 29, 2016
- Switzerland’s new financial market architecture – the current status in: Global Asset Management & Servicing Review 2016/17, Pages 21-25
- Finanzmarktstrafrecht Präsentationsfolien LL.M. Internationales Banken- und Finanzrecht 2015/2016 Universität Zürich, Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät vom 5. Februar 2016
- The European, Middle Eastern and African Investigations Review 2015 in: Law Business Research
- Neue Risiken im Finanzsektor: kartellrechtliche Entwicklungen (new risks in the financial sector: Developments in competition law) Presentation (spreech given) on 26 June 2015
- Switzerland’s New Financial Market Architecture NKF Schriftenreihe Publikation #18 (100 Pages; 723 kb)
- Internal Investigations: Swiss law aspects in: GIR – Global Investigations Review: The European, Middle Eastern and African Investigations Review 2015, 2015, S. 7-10 (4 Pages; 87 kb)
- Switzerland’s new financial market architecture (2nd edition / May 2016) NKF-Schriftenreihe Publikation # 20 (146 Pages; 850 kb)
- Recent developments of financial crime matters in Switzerland in: The Euromoney Financial Crime & Cyber Security Handbook 2014/15
- Anti-Money Laundering in Switzerland, 2014 in: Anti-Money Laundering in 20 jurisdictions worldwide 2014, published by Getting the Deal Through
- Developments of asset management regulation in Switzerland in: Global Asset Management & Servicing Review 2014/15, Euromoney Yearbooks, S. 85-90
- Internal investigations in Switzerland: Key issues and pitfalls in dealing with employees’ criminal conduct, data protection and the use of evidence in: Practical Law, Multi-Jurisdictional Guide 2013/14 – Corporate Crime, Fraud and Investigations: Analysis Chapter
- Anti-Money Laundering in Switzerland, 2013 in: Anti-Money Laundering in 20 jurisdictions worldwide 2013, published by Getting the Deal Through
- Corporate fraud & the forensic accountant in: Acquisition International, February 2013 (1 page; 1.13 MB)
- Swiss parliament supports the Swiss asset management and fund industry in face of major regulatory changes in: Global Asset Management & Servicing Review 2013/14
- Anti-Money Laundering in Switzerland, 2012 in: Anti-Money Laundering in 20 jurisdictions worldwide 2012, published by Getting the Deal Through
- Swiss asset management and fund industry facing major regulatory changes in: Global Asset Management & Servicing Review 2012/13
- Kommentierung der Artikel 13 und 17 KAG Basler Kommentar – Kollektivanlagengesetz in: Watter/Vogt/Bösch/Rayroux/Winzeler (Hrsg.), S. 487-499 u. S. 514-519, Basel 2009 (11 Pages; 1.1 mb)
- New developments in Swiss competition law and foreign undertakings in: Centre for International Legal Studies (ed.): The Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business, vol. 26, Den Haag 2005, p. 255-284
- Pitfalls for foreign undertakings in: Competition and Antitrust Guide 2005, S. 41-42
- Benefiting from a Swiss-based IP company, 2004 in: International Tax Review, Intellectual Property, 3rd Edition 2004, S. 32-36
- Major revision of the Swiss cartel act in: Antitrust & Competition Review 2004, p. 62-65
- Securisation Swiss style in: American Lawyer Media Supplement, Focus Europe, 2004, i-vi (7 Pages; 2.1 mb)
- Securisation in Switzerland – Country Report, 2003 in: International Fi-nancial Law Review, Structured Finance Yearbook 2003, S. 88-92
- Kommentierung der Art. 965-989 OR Handkommentar zum Schweizerischen Obligationenrecht, Zürich 2002
- Schutz der Privatsphäre im Finanzbereich im Spiegel des Schweizer Rechts in: Forum New Century Bank, Liechtenstein 2002, S. 18-22
- Das Bankgeheimnis im Konzern und bei Übernahmen in: SZW 68 (1996), S. 1-10
- Kreditwürdigkeit und Kreditschädigung im schweizerischen Recht in: Dissertation, Zürich 1993
2016
MIT, Boston – FinTech Certificate
2015
University of Zurich, Dept. of History, license
1994
London School of Economics, London, LL.M. EU law, with merit
1992
University of Zurich, Doctorate Exam
1992
Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
1992
Admitted to the Bar, Rechtsanwalt
1991
Law Studies at Zurich University and at Heidelberg University, Germany
Best Lawyers 2014 – 2025
The Legal500 EMEA 2024 – Leading Individual
Lexology Index – Global 2020 – 2024
Lexology Index – Switzerland 2020 – 2024
The Legal500 EMEA 2023 – Leading Individual
THE LEGAL500 EMEA 2018 – 2022 – RECOMMENDED
- Swiss Bar Association
- Zurich Bar Association
- IBA International Bar Association
- Institute for Industrial Property Law
- Europe Institute of Zurich
- Swiss Association of Competition Law
- Business Angels Switzerland
- SICTIC Swiss ICT Investor Club
- SFTA Swiss Finance +Technology Association
- Crypto Valley Association
- MIT Zurich FinTech Group
- AT+ICA – Association of Trade and Investment Control Attorneys
2001
Partner, Niederer Kraft Frey
1997
Secondment to Oppenheimer Wolff & Donelly, Brussels, Belgium
1994
Legal Department of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
1992
Associate, Niederer Kraft Frey
1992
Secondment to Findlay & Tait (today: Bowman Gilfillan), Cape Town, South Africa
1989
Clerk and Senior Clerk with District Court of Meilen, Zurich
1987
Research Assistant at Zurich University
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