Profile
Thomas Hochstrasser advises Swiss and foreign private clients, entrepreneurs and executives, regarding all matters of commercial, corporate, banking, finance and regulatory law. He also regularly represents national and international clients in complex litigation proceedings. Further he is a leading expert in the field of sports law. Thomas Hochstrasser has been ranked in his working field by Legal 500 as recommended key lawyer and won the gold award in the category “Lawyer of the Year IFC” at the Citywealth Future Leaders Awards 2023 in London. He is a member of the board of several corporations, member of the foundation board of the Laureus Foundation Switzerland and chairman of a FINMA authorized asset manager of collective investments.
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Experience
Thomas Hochstrasser acts as counsel for private clients and also represents them and their companies in complex litigation proceedings. His practice focuses on advising them on all matters of commercial and contract law. Further, he advises startup and fintech companies, family offices and asset managers on legal matters relating banking, finance and regulatory. He also has a strong focus on sports law and advises football players, football clubs and sports agencies in the international transfer business and international sports associations, sports clubs and individual athletes in contractual matters and civil proceedings. Thomas Hochstrasser is a member of the board of several corporations.
- General Meetings of Stock Corporations in Light of the Revised Swiss Code of Obligations in: CapLaw 05/2020, P. 2-7
- Switzerland’s New Financial Market Architecture (3rd Edition / 2019) in: NKF Publication #21
- Dark pools im Spannungsfeld zwischen Transparenz und Anonymität in: Aktuelle Juristische Praxis AJP 2016, S. 305ff (14 Pages; 266 kb)
- Aktienrechtliche Verantwortlichkeit im Zusammenhang mit dem Vorwurf der Aushöhlung einer konkursreifen Gesellschaft in: ius.focus 2017, Nr. 1, S. 3 ff. (2 Pages; 434kb)
- Digital onboarding in: GesKR, 3/2016, Page 354-357 (4 Pages; 3511 kb)
- FIDLEG – was kommt gemäss Botschaft des Bundesrates auf die Finanzdienstleister zu? in: Schweizerische Juristen-Zeitung SJZ 112/2016, S. 369-380
- Verantwortlichkeit des Revisionsexperten bei der Umwandlung in: ius.focus 2016, Nr. 7, S. 13
- Switzerland’s new financial market architecture (2nd edition / May 2016) NKF-Schriftenreihe Publikation # 20 (146 Pages; 850 kb)
- Aktienrechtliche Verantwortlichkeit im Zusammenhang mit Schmiergeldzahlungen in Form von Retrozessionen in: ius.focus 2015, Nr. 12, S.12 ff.
- Aktienrechtliche Verantwortlichkeit – gerichtliche Überprüfung von Geschäftsentscheiden in: ius.focus 2015, Nr.11, S.14
- The launch of the Real Estate Investment Foundation in: CapLaw 4/2015, S. 2-6
- Client Alert September 2015 (Continued Appointment of Swiss Representative and Paying Agent once Distribution to Qualified investors in Switzerland Terminates?) Online Publication, 25 September 2015
- Debt capital markets in Switzerland: Regulatory overview in: Practical Law Capital Markets Global Guide 2015/16, Thomson Reuters, 2015 (12 Pages; 5693 kb)
- Aktienrechtliche Verantwortlichkeit bei konzerninternen Zahlungen in: ius.focus 2015, Nr. 119, S. 13 (4 Pages; 560 kb)
- Aktienrechtliche Verantwortlichkeit in: ius.focus 2012, Nr. 183
- Swiss Bar Association
- Zurich Bar Association
- IBA International Bar Association
- ASDS Schweizerische Vereinigung für Sportrecht
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