Mark Branson (pictured) is stepping down as Director of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA. He will assume the role of President of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin in mid-2021 in Germany. Mark Branson has been with FINMA since January 1, 2010, initially as Head of Banking Supervision, from 2013 also as Deputy Director and since April 2014 as Director.
Davide Borelli (pictured) was promoted to Global Head of Group Data Protection at Panasonic Healthcare Corporation (PHC) Holdings, a conglomerate of companies active in 170 countries in the life sciences, medtech and diagnostics fields. Based in
Novartis announced the appointment of Karen L. Hale (pictured) as Chief Legal Officer. She will report to Vas Narasimhan, M.D., CEO of Novartis and become a member of the Executive Committee of Novartis (ECN),
She had already worked for Novartis as legal counsel from 2014 to 2017. She joins the company from Amgen where she was associate Legal Counsel Italy & Greece from July 2017 to January 2021. Verdesca also worked as lawyer for
Philipp Keller (pictured) will take up the position of Chief Risk Officer at Generali Switzerland on 1 May 2021, becoming a member of the Executive Board. As the new Chief Risk Officer (CRO) of Generali Switzerland, Philipp
Altenburger announced two new entries in its team: Natalia Roos (pictured left) as senior associate and Roger Bächinger (pictured right) as associate.
Homburger advised UBS with respect to all regulatory and transactional aspects of Swiss law. The team was led by partner Benedikt Maurenbrecher (Capital Markets - pictured) and included partner Stefan Kramer, counsel Lee Saladino, associates
MLL acted as legal partner of Värdex Suisse for the cryptonow voucher card offering and advsied in particular in connection with Swiss financial market regulatorions and contractual law. The MLL team was led by
Eversheds Sutherland continues to grow its presence in Switzerland and opens a new office in Zug. The office is run by Michael Mosimann (pictured), attorney at law and notary public. His areas of expertise include:
As of November 2020, Joël Rohrer (pictured) has joined Quadra as new associate, the firm announced. Before joining Quadra, he has worked at Bär & Karrer in Zurich and thereafter, has gained several years of
