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Florian Thomas specialises in financial regulatory matters, including licensing procedures of financial institutions, collective investment schemes, asset management, banking law, fintech matters and anti-money laundering as well as finance transactions, financial restructurings and securitisations.

Prior to joining Loyens & Loeff, Florian Thomas worked at a leading Swiss law firm in Zurich, the District Court of Zurich and taught at the University of Zurich at the Chair for Private, Commercial, European and Comparative Law.

Contributions

Qualifications

Zurich Bar, 2022 (admitted to all Swiss courts)
LL.M. in International Financial Law, King's College London, 2016 (distinction)
Master of Law (Wirtschaftsrecht), University of Zurich, 2017 (summa cum laude)
Bachelor of Law, University of Bern, 2014 (magna cum laude)

Publications

Raijmakers/Willi, European Securitisation: A Practitioner's Guide to Principles and Jurisdictions, Globe Law and Business, 2024.
Atamer/Willi, Konzernverantwortungsinitiative: Was ändert sich bei einem JA?, SZW/RSDA 4/2020, S. 435-448.
Atamer/Willi, CSR-Berichterstattung Ante Portas: Indirekter Gegenvorschlag zur Konzernverantwortungsinitiative, SZW 2020, S. 686-701.
Atamer/Willi, Der schweizerische CSR Regulierungsansatz im Kontext neuester Entwicklungen in Europa, in: Belser/Pichonnaz/Stöckli (Hrsg.), Le droits sans frontières - Recht ohne Grenzen - Law without Borders, Mélanges pour Franz Werro, Stämpfli Editions, 2022, S. 41-54.
Raijmakers/Willi, Chambers Banking Regulation 2025, Switzerland
van Kujik/Raijmakers/Willi, US Fund Managers Marketing Private Funds to Swiss Investors: Mind the Marketing Rules, The Investment Lawyer, 32/1

What others say

"Judith Raijmakers and Florian Willi are always accessible and very accommodating."
Legal 500 - EMEA (2025)
Florian Thomas Willi named "Key lawyer" in Banking and FInance: Zurich
Legal 500 - EMEA (2024)
"Florian Willi is the expert we typically go to; he is also the co-author of the Switzerland chapter in the European securitisation textbook that we sometimes reference for our purposes."
Legal 500 - EMEA (2026)

Florian Thomas Willi

Associate - Attorney at Law

Florian.Willi@loyensloeff.com

Zurich

German, English

<p>Florian Thomas Willi is an associate and a member of the Banking & Finance Expert Group in the Zurich office. </p>

Florian Thomas specialises in financial regulatory matters, including licensing procedures of financial institutions, collective investment schemes, asset management, banking law, fintech matters and anti-money laundering as well as finance transactions, financial restructurings and securitisations.

Prior to joining Loyens & Loeff, Florian Thomas worked at a leading Swiss law firm in Zurich, the District Court of Zurich and taught at the University of Zurich at the Chair for Private, Commercial, European and Comparative Law.