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Liburn Mehmetaj

Liburn Mehmetaj

Partner
MLaw, LL.M., Attorney at Law

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Location

Geneva

Contact

Direct phone: +41 58 658 31 13
liburn.mehmetaj@walderwyss.com

Curriculum Vitae

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Areas of activity: Banking, Finance & Insurance Commercial Contracts Public Law & Litigation ESG & Sustainability

Liburn Mehmetaj is a partner in the Banking & Finance department at Walder Wyss in Geneva. He regularly advises banks, investment funds, asset managers, pension funds, financial service providers, crypto companies, commercial companies, and investors.

Liburn has developed niche expertise in specific regulated fields, including financial services, derivatives, deposit (intermediated securities), precious metals, commodities, payment systems, sustainable finance, business and human rights, anti-money laundering, and anti-bribery matters. He advises as well clients in industries such as gaming and gambling.

He offers a wide range of specialized services tailored to his clients' needs, covering entity formation, licensing, product launches, transactions, financings, compliance matters, specialized litigation, investigations, and crisis management.

Liburn holds a Bachelor's and Master's degree from the University of Fribourg. He was awarded a Fulbright scholarship by the U.S. Department of State to specialize in environmental law at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2020. Before joining Walder Wyss as a partner, he worked from 2014 to 2022 at a major law firm in Geneva.

He practices in English, French, and Albanian. Liburn is registered with the Geneva Bar and is admitted to practice throughout Switzerland.

Art. 51 of the Financial Services Act

| by Liburn Mehmetaj [co-author] and François Rayroux [co-author] | in: Prof. Dr. iur., LL.M. Rolf Watter, Prof. Dr. iur. Rashid Bahar (Editor[s]) | "Basler Kommentar"

Romand Commentary of Art. 51 of the Financial Services Act

| by Liburn Mehmetaj [co-author] and François Rayroux [co-author] | in: Prof. Dr. iur. Alexandre Richa, lic. iur., LL.M. Philipp Fischer (Editor[s]) | "Loi sur les services financiers" | Basel

ESG and Fiduciary Duties of Investment Managers

 | by Katja Brunner [co-author] and Liburn Mehmetaj [co-author] | in: Gesellschafts- und Kapitalmarktrecht (GesKR) | pp. 441-456

Chapter 6: Sustainable Asset Management

| by Liburn Mehmetaj [co-author] and Katja Brunner [co-author] | in: Rayroux, François, Dr. iur., LL.M. (Hrsg), Imbach Haumüller, Diana, Dr. iur., LL.M. (Hrsg.) (Editor[s]) | "Asset Management im neuen regulatorischen Umfeld" | Basel | pp. 271-293

Art. 43 of the Financial Market Supervision Act

| by Liburn Mehmetaj [co-author] and François Rayroux [co-author] | in: Prof. Dr. iur., LL.M. Rolf Watter, Prof. Dr. iur. Rashid Bahar (Editor[s]) | "Basler Kommentar" | Basel

The Impact of the Financial Services Act on Private Law

| by Liburn Mehmetaj [co-author] and François Rayroux [co-author] | in: Grégory Bovey, Benoît Chappuis, Laurent Hirsch (Editor[s]) | "Mélanges à la mémoire de Bernard Corboz" | Geneva | pp. 219-239

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