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Thomas A. Frick

Thomas A. Frick

Niederer Kraft Frey · Switzerland
Niederer Kraft Frey
FinTech · Switzerland
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.

Expertise

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

Publications & Speaking Engagements

• Switzerland: Anti-Corruption & Bribery Comparative Guide
by Thomas A. Frick Mondaq Online Publication, 22 June 2020
• Competition Compliance 2020 by Thomas A. Frick in: Competition Compliance 2020 - Switzerland, published by Lexology GTDT
• Europe, Middle East and Africa Investigations Review 2020: Switzerland by Thomas A. Frick, Philipp Candreia and Juerg Bloch in: Global Investigations Review, 2020
• The International Financial Technology Review – Preface and Chapter 23: Switzerland by Thomas A. Frick in: The Law Reviews, 2020, Edition 3, Law Business Research Ltd., March 2020 by Peter C. Honegger, Thomas A. Frick
• Presentation Slides LL.M. in International Business Law University of Zurich, Faculty of Law, February 7, 2020

Education

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

Memberships

• Swiss Bar Association
• Zurich Bar Association
• IBA International Bar Association
• Institute for Industrial Property Law
• Europe Institute of Zurich

Languages

German, English, French
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