François Meier Associate
Attorney at Law, LL.M.

François Meier
Associate
Attorney at Law, LL.M.
+41 58 450 70 00
francois.meier@lenzstaehelin.com 		Geneva
Route de Chêne 30
CH-1211 Geneva
www.lenzstaehelin.com

  • Expertise

    François Meier is a senior associate based at our Geneva office and a member of the Banking and Finance group. His main areas of expertise include banking and finance as well as commercial, contractual and ESG/sustainability matters. He holds an LL.M. in EU law from the College of Europe, Bruges.

  • Practices

    Banking and Finance Investigations Capital Markets Asset Management

  • Professional Experience and Education

    and Education

    2024 Senior Associate at Lenz & Staehelin
    2024 Senior Legal Officer at Swissquote Bank
    2021 Associate at Lenz & Staehelin
    2020 Head of Office of Andreas Schwab at the European Parliament
    2018 Legal Advisor at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
    2018 Associate in an international law firm in Zurich
    2015 Legal clerk at the District Court of Lenzburg
    2017 Admission to the Aargau Bar
    2015 College of Europe, Bruges (LL.M.)
    2014 University of Fribourg (MLaw)
    2014 Georgetown University and King's College London (Certificate in Transnational Legal Studies)
    2012 University Panthéon Assas (Paris II) and University of Fribourg (double BLaw)

  • Specialist Areas

    Banking and Finance, Investigations, Capital Markets

  • Languages

    French, English, German

  • SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

    • du Pasquier S., Hünerwadel P., Tranchet M., Menoud V., Meier F., The Banking Regulation Review 2023 - Switzerland, in: The Law Reviews, 14th edition, May 2023
    • Menoud V., Meier F., Portfolio Managers and ESG: A brief overview of the Swiss regulatory landscape, in: Association Suisse des Gestionnaires de fortune (ASG) Newsletter, December 2022
    • Meier F., Die sektoriellen Abkommen Schweiz-EU in der praktischen Anwendung, in: Epiney A., Zlatescu P., Schweizerisches Jahrbuch für Europarecht 2019/2020, Zürich/Basel/Genf 2020, 635-660
    • Meier F., Unification of choice-of-law rules for defamation claims, in: Journal of Private International Law (2016) 12/3, 492-520
    • Arjona C, Anderson J, Meier F., Robart S, What Law for Transnational Legal Education? A cooperative view of an introductory course to transnational law and governance, in: Transnational Legal Theory (2015) 6/2, 253-286

  • Contact Details

    Geneva francois.meier@lenzstaehelin.com
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Insights

Insights – 21.12.2023

New European mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence obligations - CSDDD

New European mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence…

On 14 December 2023, the Council of the EU and European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive ("CSDDD"). This directive will mandate comprehensive due diligence from large EU and non-EU companies, targeting actual and potential adverse impacts on human rights and the environment of their business operations, including those of subsidiaries and business partners. Significantly, the CSDDD is expected to impact non-EU companies, both directly and indirectly. Therefore, it is crucial for all relevant stakeholders to actively monitor the directive's implementation process, from early stages on.

Insights – 21.07.2023

Greenwashing: Green claims in commercial communications

Greenwashing: Green claims in commercial communications

The June 2023 ruling by the Swiss Commission for Fairness, finding FIFA's communications on carbon neutrality at the World Cup 2022 misleading to consumers, has attracted global attention. This decision acts as a strong reminder for companies to carefully evaluate their commercial communications, ensuring verifiable evidence supports environmental assertions. It foreshadows a wave of forthcoming cases and underscores the need to recall essential risk mitigation strategies amid heightened scrutiny of environmental claims in advertisements and marketing.
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