Stephanie Walter
Stephanie Walter's practice focuses on banking, insurance and financial market laws as well as on the area of collective investment schemes. She assists Swiss and foreign banks, asset managers, managers of collective investment schemes, insurance companies and other financial institutions in regulatory matters and proceedings (including before U.S. authorities) as well as in FinTech and contract matters. Furthermore, she advises clients on M&A transactions and large-scale internal investigations. Drawing from her secondments at Goldman Sachs and at FINMA's Fintech-Desk as well as her former professional activities for various companies, Stephanie has practical experience in the financial services and blockchain industry and understands the client's needs also from a market and customer-oriented perspective. As a former law clerk at the Swiss Federal Administrative Court she has expertise in proceedings before administrative authorities and in dealing with regulators. · Bär & Karrer Ltd.
About
Stephanie Walter is a partner at Bär & Karrer whose practice focuses on banking, insurance and financial market laws, collective investment schemes, FinTech and regulatory matters. She advises Swiss and foreign banks, asset managers, insurance companies and other financial institutions on regulatory proceedings (including before U.S. authorities), M&A, large-scale internal investigations and contractual matters, and has practical industry experience from secondments at Goldman Sachs and FINMA's FinTech Desk.
Practice areas
Office
Expertise
Education
- Columbia Law School, New York — LL.M. in Global Business Law (2022)
- University of St. Gallen — Dr. iur. (2019)
- University of St. Gallen — M.A. HSG in Law and Economics (2012)
- Universidad Torcuato di Tella, Buenos Aires — Exchange term, participation in MBA program (2012)
- University of St. Gallen — B.A. HSG in Business Administration (2009)
Admissions
- Admission to the Bar, St. Gallen (2015)