Andrea Huber | Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law

Andrea Huber

Partner
Attorney at law, LL.M.

Feldeggstrasse 4
8008 Zurich
Switzerland
T +41 44 217 92 41
andrea.huber@pestalozzilaw.com

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Andrea Huber gives commercial, nuanced advice and delivers a high-quality product.

Chambers & Partners, 2024

Andrea Huber is one of the preeminent financial services regulatory/Fintech experts and well placed with the regulator and industry bodies, with a very good sense about the issues that are important to the regulator.

The Legal 500, 2023

She is one of the smartest and most experienced investment fund lawyers in Zurich.

Chambers & Partners, 2023

She is creative, sees the big picture and is always on top of the details. I trust her judgement and guidance 100%.

Chambers & Partners, 2023

Andrea is a terrific lawyer – she is thorough, meticulous and able to quickly spot issues and propose practical solutions.

IFLR1000, 2023

Very knowledgeable and professional, sees solutions where others see problems, extremely responsive.

IFLR1000, 2023

Andrea is a true expert in her field. She is extremely intelligent, thoughtful, and carefully considered all of our questions with a level of mastery that exceeded our expectations and far surpassed any counsel we have worked with in the past.

IFLR1000, 2023

Andrea was outstanding in terms of responsiveness, speed, understanding, finding solutions and open-mindedness.

Chambers & Partners, 2023

Her skillset, combined with her personality, makes her very easy to work with. You feel comfortable that the provided advice is well thought through.

Chambers & Partners, 2022

Andrea Huber has an impressive breadth and depth of knowledge in the fintech sector, which she can use to the greatest advantage of her clients.

The Legal 500, 2022

Andrea Huber has outstanding expertise in the financial industry and she is very responsive.

Chambers FinTech, 2025

Andrea Huber is incredibly competent. She is efficient and she knows the market well.

Chambers FinTech, 2025

Andrea Huber is a Partner at Pestalozzi and a member of the firm’s Financial Services Group. She is a Swiss-qualified regulatory, structuring, and transactions lawyer with more than 20 years of experience advising domestic and international financial institutions. Andrea’s practice covers the full breadth of banking and financial services regulation, including asset management and investment funds, fintech and digital assets, insurance regulation, internal and regulatory investigations, enforcement, and white-collar crime.

Andrea regularly represents clients before the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), the SIX Swiss Exchange, and the CDB Supervisory Board (VSB Aufsichtskommission). She advises banks, asset managers, securities firms, fund management companies, insurance companies, investment advisors, distributors, and global financial groups on licensing, governance, market conduct, disclosure, and cross-border regulatory matters. 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.

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’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.

Career

2020
  • Partner at Pestalozzi
  • Cornell University Graduate School, Executive Women in Leadership
2019
  • Founding partner of law firm for asset managers/fintech companies, Zurich & New York
2017
  • Local partner at major international law firm in Zurich (2017 – 2019)
2008
  • Columbia University School of Law School, New York: LL.M. (2007/2008)
2006
  • Counsel/Senior Associate/Associate at major Swiss Law firm in Zurich (2006 – 2017)
2004
  • Head of Ad hoc Publicity and Reporting Obligations, SIX Swiss Exchange, Zurich
  • Exchange Trader Examination, SIX Swiss Exchange, Zurich
2003
  • Legal Counsel SIX Swiss Exchange, Zurich
  • Bar admission in Switzerland (Zurich)
2000
  • University of Zurich: lic.iur.

Languages

German, English

Membership

  • Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
  • Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
  • International Bar Association (IBA)
  • New York State Bar Association (NYSBA)
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