Prof. Dr. Daniel Dedeyan, LL.M. (Yale)

Partner, Attorney-at-Law, Loyens & Loeff

Daniel Dedeyan, Prof. habil. Dr., LL.M. (Yale), is a partner and leads the Banking & Finance practice at Loyens & Loeff of the Swiss office. He specialises on complex financial market and capital markets matters. Known for his deep industry expertise and solutions-oriented approach, Daniel advises a broad range of clients, including financial institutions, service providers, FinTech companies, virtual asset service providers (VASPs), insurance firms, investment funds and listed companies on sophisticated domestic and cross-border projects. He represents clients before regulatory authorities such as the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) and Swiss stock exchanges in administrative, regulatory and criminal proceedings. His practice includes derivatives and structured transactions, digital assets, IPOs and public M&A, disclosure obligations, market abuse law, ESG and sustainable finance, and he is frequently consulted for expert opinions across corporate, trade, contract and foundation law.

In addition to his legal practice, Daniel is committed to legal education and scholarship. He serves as Dean and Professor at Kalaidos Law School and lectures at the University of Zurich, teaching courses in financial markets law. He publishes widely in his areas of specialization and has authored academic books and numerous commentaries on corporate communication and financial market regulation. His academic background includes a Doctor of Law (Dr. iur.) and a habilitation from the University of Zurich, and an LL.M. from Yale Law School. Fluent in English, German and French, Daniel brings both practical and scholarly insight to his work, bridging academic research with real-world regulatory and transactional challenges.

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ESG in Switzerland

Practice Notes

Executive narrativeThe main pillar of Switzerland’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) regime is company law disclosure, supplemented by targeted supply-chain due diligence rules, rules for green claims, supervisory transparency and risk management obligations of financial institutions and investment funds, as well as self-regulation against greenwashing in the financial sector. These company law rules are complemented by cantonal (regional) permitting and operational enforcement rules under federal framework statutes.For many multinationals, the practical trigger is the interaction between the following:•board and shareholders-approved non-financial and climate reporting duties for larger listed or Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) supervised undertakings in the Swiss code of obligations•FINMA expectations for nature-related risk transparency at large financial institutions, and•Swiss unfair competition and advertising enforcement routes for public claimsCorporate disclosures and transition plansSwitzerland introduced mandatory reporting on non-financial matters (environmental matters including climate, social/employee matters, respect for human rights and anti-corruption) for larger listed or FINMA supervised undertakings, with the report approved/signed at the top body level and published

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