Ulrich Sauter

Education

• University of St. Gallen (lic. iur. HSG 1996)
• Postgraduate studies at New York University School of Law (LL.M. 2002)

Professional Experience

• Assistant to Prof. Dr. Peter Nobel
• Court clerk with the District Court of St. Gallen
• Intern at Sidley & Austin, New York, NY
• Associate in the banking and finance group of Walder Wyss AG, Zurich
• Head of Legal & Compliance at Julius Baer Asset Management Switzerland and Deputy General Counsel Trading & Sales and Asset Management at Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd.
• General Counsel, Member of the Executive Committee, Corporate Secretary of Leonteq Ltd. and Leonteq Securities AG and member of the Board of Director of various subsidiaries from 2007 – 2017.
• General Counsel of Tezos Foundation, Zug.

Areas of Practice

• Distributed Ledger Technology
• Blockchain
• Digital Assets  
• DeFi Solutions
• Fintech

Memberships / Specialities

• Member of the Zurich and Swiss Bar Association. Recognised as an issuer representative by the SIX Swiss Exchange (Art. 58a Listing Rules).