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        Dominique Lecocq

            Founder and Managing Partner
          +41 22 707 9333

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          Dominique Lecocq is a member of the Geneva Bar Association, the Swiss Bar Association and a Committee Member of IBSA – Dubai Chapter.

          Dominique Lecocq is a partner at lecocqassociate. He was admitted to practice in Switzerland. He graduated from the School of Law of the University of Geneva in 1999 and obtained a Master of Laws in Securities and Financial Regulation from Georgetown University in 2005.

          Before founding lecocqassociate, Dominique Lecocq served with the London office of Radcliffes Solicitors, in 1998. In 1999 he worked as a foreign associate with Pinheiro Neto, Advogados, in São Paulo, Brazil. From 2000 to 2004, he joined the Regulatory and Capital Market Practice Group of Pestalozzi law firm in Geneva and Zurich as an associate. In 2005, he interned with the Commodities Futures Trading Commission in Washington DC. Finally, from 2005 to 2007, he served with the Corporate Finance and Regulatory Practice Group of Schellenberg Wittmer, in Geneva. He founded lecocqassociate in 2007, which now has three offices: a law firm in Geneva, and an advisory presence in Malta and in the United Arab Emirates. He shares time between Dubai and Geneva.

          Dominique Lecocq continuously publishes in the regulatory banking and insurance as well as the collective investment schemes fields.

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          Client Testimonials

          "Dominique Lecocq is my go-to when it comes to thinking outside the box. He is no ordinary lawyer: my colleagues and I enjoy our meetings with him, as he is entertaining and charismatic. He not only gives me legal advice, but also takes the time to provide business and investment related advice, which is something I have not received from any other lawyer." - Client

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          "Dominique has a great personality. He is very convincing and an effective mediator. He gets things done and is pragmatic, but also sees the bigger picture." - Client

          Languages

                  French
                  English
                  Portuguese

          Publications

                The Legal 500: Artificial Intelligence Comparative Guide in the UAE
                The Legal 500: Artificial Intelligence Comparative Guide in Switzerland
                The Financial Technology Law Review Sixth Edition Cryptoassets, NFTs and DAOs: A Swiss Perspective
                The Privacy, Data Protection and Cybersecurity Law Review: Ninth Edition
                Switzerland Chapter in The Structured Product Law Review, edition 3
                The Structured Products Law Review - Switzerland (Edition 2)
                Being a Full Bank, a Light Bank, or a Non-Bank in Switzerland
                Taxation of Companies Domiciled in Malta
                Licensing of a Gaming Company in Malta
                Structuring a Traditional Swiss Private Bank
                Seeking an Asset Management License in Malta
                Which jurisdiction for your hedge funds? Malta, Switzerland or Luxembourg?
                Trusts and Trustees in Malta
                Structuring of Shariah Compliant Funds in Malta
                Re-Domiciliation of Investment Funds
                Application for a Bank in Switzerland
                Structuration de Patrimoine Assurance-Vie Ou Trust?
                Quelle Juridiction Pour Les Hedge Funds?
                The Structured Products Law Review - Switzerland
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          Geneva

            Boutique Law Firm
              Ave de la Gare des Eaux-Vives 28,
              CH-1208 Geneva, Switzerland
              t:
            +41 22 707 9333
              f:
            +41 22 786 1468

          Malta

            Regulatory Advisory Practice
              Swiss Urban Factory,
              The Regulatory Suite
              5, Saint Frederick Street,
              Valletta VLT 1470 Malta
              t:
            +356 224 82910
              f:
            +356 224 82919

          DIFC, Dubai

            Structuring Advisory Practice
              Central Park Offices,
              Office 15-32,
              Dubai International Financial Centre
              (DIFC), P.O.Box 506652, Dubai, UAE
              t:
            +971 4 242 7843
              f:
            +971 4 242 8081

          ADGM, Abu Dhabi

            Legal Consultants
              Suite 211, Floor 11, Al Sarab Tower,
              Al Maryah Island,
              Abu Dhabi Global Market Square,
              (ADGM), P.O.Box 5327225, Abu Dhabi, UAE
              t:
            +9712-7119735
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