We are a team of committed professionals, possessing expertise in the financial markets and extensive knowledge in Blockchain Technology, Web3, the gaming industry, the digital art realm, as well as the fashion and luxury sector.
The Team
Founder
Karin offers over 14 years of expertise in financial markets. Karin Lorez has advised on numerous high-profile and ground-breaking initiatives, including:
Lead legal counsel for the first bank to offer crypto assets to clients
Support in application process of FinTech license
Advising banks and other financial institutions on blockchain projects and implementing regulatory requirements
Acting as Head of Regulatory for Switzerland & EU for a private bank and asset management platform, responsible for over 60 asset managers
Crypto AML/KYC specialist
Lecturer CAS Blockchain University of Zurich
Guest lecturer financial market law and blockchain law at several universities (HSG, ETH Zurich) and speaker at numerous conferences (OECD Paris, Malta Blockchain Summit, Cardano Virtual Summit, BlockchainUA Conference etc.)
Founder of the Fashion Swiss Association and owner of her own fashion brand.
Karin Lorez
Senior Legal Advisor
Vanessa has more than 12 years of legal professional experience, mainly in financial markets. She used to work for national and international law firms and courts as well as a “big four company”, inter alia in London, Shanghai and Zurich. Before joining Lorez Legal, she worked as legal counsel for one of the first Swiss banks offering services in the field of crypto and blockchain. Her expertise includes:
• Providing strategic and day-to-day legal and regulatory advice on banking topics, crypto and blockchain
• Drafting contracts and legal documentation
• Interpreting and translating legal requirements to business units
• Communicating with authorities
• Crypto AML/KYC compliance
• Giving legal and regulatory training
Vanessa Blättler
Legal Advisor
Tamara has gathered several years of legal professional experience working in law firms, courts, international companies as well as at the Federal Office of Culture. With her expertise in Contract and Intellectual Property Law she advises clients on the following matters:
• Crypto and Blockchain projects
• Crypto and Intellectual Property
• Art NFTs and collectibles
• Drafting contracts and legal documentation
• Interpreting and translating legal requirements to business units
• Communicating with authorities
• Crypto AML/KYC compliance
Tamara Müntener
Counsel
Dario is a Swiss attorney-at-law, who studied Law & Economics at the University of St. Gallen before obtaining his PhD at the same institution.
He has hold lectures in different higher education institutions and worked in a variety of legal environments including law firms, a court, a “big four company”, and two banks, in both Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
Dario joined Lorez Legal as a Counsel after emigrating to Rio de Janeiro, where he also works as a professor at a leading Brazilian law school.
His expertise includes:
• Drafting contracts and legal documentation
• Interpreting and translating legal requirements to business units
• Analysis and guidance in connection with international regulations