Andreas Knijpenga
Education
University of St.Gallen
M.B.L., International Business Law 2007-01-01 - 2008-01-01
Harvard Law School
Executive, Program on Negotiation 2008-01-01 - 2008-01-01
University of Basel
lic.iur., Law 1992-01-01 - 1997-01-01
University of Lausanne - UNIL
, IP, Employment Law and International Private Law 1995-01-01 - 1996-01-01
Gymnasium Muttenz
College, Economics & Science 1987-01-01 - 1992-01-01
University of Lausanne - UNIL
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Admission to the bar
Attorney-at-law, 1998-01-01 - 2001-01-01Work Experience
Advokatur Weinberg
Current
Advokatur Weinberg
GOFINTECH
2023-05-01 - 2025-05-01
GOFINTECH
GW&P AG Financial Services Advisory
2018-03-01 - 2024-03-01
GW&P AG Financial Services Advisory
Deloitte
2011-06-01 - 2018-02-01
Deloitte
SAFV
2009-01-01 - 2014-01-01
SAFV
UBS
2002-10-01 - 2011-06-01
UBS
Zürcher, Blickenstorfer & Widmer Rechtsanwälte
2002-02-01 - 2002-09-01
Zürcher, Blickenstorfer & Widmer Rechtsanwälte
Davies Arnold Cooper Solicitors
2001-10-01 - 2002-02-01
Davies Arnold Cooper Solicitors
Corris AG
1998-01-01 - 2001-01-01
Corris AG
Canton of Solothurn (Switzerland)
1997-08-01 - 1998-08-01
Canton of Solothurn (Switzerland)
Skills
Summary
Senior attorney-at-law with broad consultancy, law firm and in-house counsel experience, providing business oriented regulatory, compliance and legal support to clients in the financial services industry. Focus areas include regulatory and legal advice for banks, FinTech companies, securities firms, DLT trading platforms, asset managers and custodian banks, digital KYC, digital asset transactions, IT/IP, commercial contract law, Outsourcing and Data Privacy and transactional work (M&A and financing, capital markets), corporate law and liquidation of companies. Strong entrepreneurial experience in advising clients on the entire range of regulatory, commercial and corporate activities, including FINMA authorizations, contract automation for client and supplier agreements, managed services, corporate restructuring and capital market transactions.
