Andrea Huber

Her practice focuses on financial services regulatory advice, both contentious and non-contentious, as well as the regulatory aspects of complex, often multi-jurisdictional transactions and structures. Andrea regularly advises on governance, investigations and enforcement actions, as well as AML, sanctions and market conduct matters. She also has extensive experience in advising on regulatory frameworks affecting banks, asset managers, insurers, financial markets and infrastructure, payments, fintech, cryptocurrencies and digital assets.

She acts for a broad spectrum of financial market participants, including banks, securities firms, asset managers, insurance and reinsurance companies, market infrastructure providers and fintech businesses.

Andrea regularly represents clients before the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), the SIX Swiss Exchange and the CDB Supervisory Board (VSB Aufsichtskommission), in particular in licensing and enforcement proceedings and matters relating to AML and market conduct. Her work includes the structuring and launch of investment vehicles, including Swiss-regulated funds, foreign funds distributed in Switzerland and innovative structures such as L-QIFs. She frequently supports clients in the design and rollout of banking, trading, custody, payment, and asset management services for institutional and retail clients. Andrea also assists fund management companies, banks, promoters, and distributors with the structuring, listing and offering of funds and structured products, as well as compliance with Swiss regulatory, AML, KYC and prudential standards.

Andrea’s expertise is widely recognized in leading legal directories, including Chambers, The Legal 500, and IFLR1000. She has been ranked as a “Leading Partner” in Banking & Finance as well as Fintech by The Legal 500 EMEA and is acknowledged as a “Highly Regarded” financial services regulatory expert by IFLR1000.

Beyond advisory and transactional mandates, Andrea provides expert opinions for national and foreign courts, authorities, and arbitral tribunals on matters of Swiss financial market law, governance, supervisory regulation, and market conduct rules. Andrea is an Authorized Representative of Issuers at the SIX Swiss Exchange and serves as Co-Chair of the International Bar Association’s (IBA) Banking Regulation Subcommittee for the 2025-2026 term.

Andrea Huber graduated from the University of Zurich (lic. iur.) and was admitted to the Swiss Bar in 2003. She began her career at the SIX Swiss Exchange and subsequently practiced at a leading Swiss law firm in Zurich and obtained a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Columbia University School of Law in New York in 2007/2008. Andrea founded an asset management-focused law firm while in New York, further strengthening her expertise at the intersection of financial services regulation and innovation. She joined Pestalozzi as a Partner in 2020.