Frédéric Bétrisey

Frédéric Bétrisey has a long standing practice in banking and finance. He advises banks and borrowers on all types of banking and finance transactions, including trade and commodity finance, acquisition finance, equipment financing, financial lease and syndicated lending. He also advises financial institutions on a variety of regulatory aspects and assists financial intermediaries in connection with their securities lending and derivative transactions, with a particular focus on the legal issues and documentation relating to netting arrangements and the issuance and distribution of collective investment schemes and structured products. In recent years, Frédéric Bétrisey has also assisted originators, arrangers and trustees in connection with the securitisation of Swiss law receivables, in particular in respect of residential mortgages (RMBS transactions), consumer credits and leasing agreements. Frédéric Bétrisey is a visiting lecturer at the University of Fribourg, where he gives a course on acquisition financing, and at the Swiss Training Centre for Investment Professionals (AZEK), in Geneva. · Bär & Karrer Ltd.

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Frédéric Bétrisey is a partner at Bär & Karrer with a long-standing banking and finance practice advising banks, borrowers and financial institutions on transactions including trade and commodity finance, acquisition finance, equipment and asset financing, financial leasing and syndicated lending, as well as related regulatory matters. He also advises on securities lending and derivatives (with a focus on netting arrangements), the issuance and distribution of collective investment schemes and structured products, has assisted with securitisations (including RMBS, consumer credit and leasing receivables), and is a visiting lecturer at the University of Fribourg and at the Swiss Training Centre for Investment Professionals (AZEK) in Geneva.

Practice areas

Banking & FinanceTrade & Commodity FinanceAcquisition FinanceAsset FinanceSecuritisationStructured ProductsDerivativesCapital Markets

Office

Switzerland

Bär & Karrer Ltd. · Frédéric Bétrisey has a long standing practice in banking and finance. He advises banks and borrowers on all types of banking and finance transactions, including trade and commodity finance, acquisition finance, equipment financing, financial lease and syndicated lending. He also advises financial institutions on a variety of regulatory aspects and assists financial intermediaries in connection with their securities lending and derivative transactions, with a particular focus on the legal issues and documentation relating to netting arrangements and the issuance and distribution of collective investment schemes and structured products. In recent years, Frédéric Bétrisey has also assisted originators, arrangers and trustees in connection with the securitisation of Swiss law receivables, in particular in respect of residential mortgages (RMBS transactions), consumer credits and leasing agreements. Frédéric Bétrisey is a visiting lecturer at the University of Fribourg, where he gives a course on acquisition financing, and at the Swiss Training Centre for Investment Professionals (AZEK), in Geneva.

Switzerland

Expertise

Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS)Securitisation of Swiss-law receivablesConsumer credit securitisationsLeasing receivablesSecurities lendingNetting arrangementsIssuance and distribution of collective investment schemesStructured products

Education

University of Geneva: lic. iur (1994)
University of Geneva: lic. sc. pol. (1994)

Admissions

Admitted to the Geneva Bar (1996)

Languages

FrenchGermanEnglishItalian