Robert Furter

Senior Counsel
Attorney at law

Feldeggstrasse 4
8008 Zurich
Suisse
T +41 44 217 91 55
robert.furter@pestalozzilaw.com

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Robert Furter is a Senior Counsel at Pestalozzi and member of the Financial Services as well as the Corporate/M&A group in Zurich. His areas of practice are banking and capital markets as well as corporate and private M&A. In his fields of practice, he advises Swiss and international clients in transactions and on regulatory and governance matters. He is an authorized issuer's representative at the SIX Swiss Exchange. He also sits on the board directors of a number of Swiss corporations.

Robert Furter, graduated in 1977 from the University of Zurich and was admitted to the bar in 1979. In 1981, he earned a doctorate at the University of Zurich. During 1983/1984, Robert Furter worked as a foreign associate with Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts, New York. He has been a partner with Pestalozzi in Zurich since 1988 and was Pestalozzi's Chair/Managing Partner from 2002 to 2012. He is named in various publications as one of Switzerland’s leading financial services and M&A practitioners. Robert Furter is a member of various international professional organizations, including the IBA (where he served as Secretary of Committee Q) and the ABA. He chaired Lex Mundi (The World‘s Leading Association of Independent Law Firms) and has been a member of its Executive Committee.

Afficher plus

2019

Senior Counsel at Pestalozzi

1988

Partner at Pestalozzi

1983

Foreign associate at Winthrop Stimson Putnam & Roberts, New York

1982

Associate at Pestalozzi

1979

University of Zurich: Dr. iur.

1977

Bar Admission: Switzerland

1975

University of Zurich: lic. iur.

Langues

German, English, French, Dutch

Compétences & Industries

Banking & Finance
Blockchain & Crypto Assets
Marchés de capitaux
Corporate / M&A
Services Financiers
Private Equity & Venture Capital
Swiss Financial Market Regulation

Adhésion

IBA
ABA
Zurich and Swiss Bar Association

Deals and Cases

17.10.2017

Pestalozzi advises Bank of America Merrill Lynch on the sale of its' international trust and wealth structuring business to JTC Group

01.02.2013

Pestalozzi advises Bank of America Merrill Lynch in its sale of its wealth management business outside the US with USD 84 billion of assets under management to Bank Julius Baer

Publications

Practical Law: Doing Business in Switzerland 2020

By Robert Furter, Nils Harbeke, Christian Roos, Lorenza Ferrari Hofer: Practical Law, Global Guide 2020 (Hrsg.), London 2020

This Q&A gives an overview of key recent developments affecting doing business in Switzerland as well as an introduction to the legal system; foreign investment, including restrictions, currency regulations and incentives; and business vehicles and their relevant restrictions and liabilities. The article also summarises the laws regulating employment relationships, including redundancies and mass layoffs, and provides short overviews on competition law; data protection; and product liability and safety. In addition, there are comprehensive summaries on taxation and tax residency; and intellectual property rights over patents, trade marks, registered and unregistered designs.

Practical Law: Doing business in Switzerland 2018

By Robert Furter, Nils Harbeke, Christian Roos, Lorenza Ferrari Hofer: Practical Law, Global Guide 2018 (Hrsg.), London 2018

Practical Law: Doing Business in Switzerland 2017

By Robert Furter, Nils Harbeke, Christian Roos, Lorenza Ferrari Hofer: in: Practical Law, Global Guide 2017 (Hrsg.), London 2017