Thomas
Nagel
Partner
Dr. iur.
Attorney at law
+41 44 274 16 00
Advoro Zurich Ltd
Bellerivestrasse 21
8008 Zurich
Switzerland
About
Dr. Thomas Nagel is a specialist in financial market and corporate law. One of his areas of expertise is the Anti-Money Laundering Act, on which he wrote his doctoral thesis and has published numerous practice-oriented articles in professional journals.
Thomas Nagel supports companies in the financial sector with regulatory issues related to licensing proceedings before authorities and self-regulatory organizations, compliance matters, structuring of agreements, and strategic decisions.
Before joining Advoro in 2023, he worked for several years as a lawyer in the Banking & Finance team of a large law firm in Zurich and as a researcher at the Institute of Business Law at the University of Bern. Additionally, Thomas Nagel was seconded to the legal department of a bank in Zurich. His clients benefit from his first-hand understanding of their daily challenges. Since 2020, he has also been a lecturer in compliance at the Swiss Distance University of Applied Sciences (FFHS).
Thomas Nagel studied at the University of Bern (Bachelor 2012; Master 2014; Doctorate in Law 2019 with summa cum laude) and completed a study abroad program at the Université de Nantes (2012). He also holds two certificates from the University of St. Gallen in Finance (2022) and Sustainable Finance (2023).
Thomas Nagel works in German and English and is fluent in French. He is registered with the Zurich Bar and authorized to represent clients in court throughout Switzerland.
Publications
Webinar – Jusletter Special Collection
Speaker: Thomas Nagel
Zurich, 26 February 2025
Author: Thomas Nagel
in: Advoro Newsletter, 13 Dezember 2024
Author: Thomas Nagel
in: Jusletter, 2 December 2024
§ 10 Payments (payment services and payment systems)
Authors: Thomas Nagel and Thomas Müller
in: Crypto Assets, Basel 2024
Presentation: The Register of Beneficial Owners – (too) much effort for a modest benefit
Europe Institute of the University of Zurich, 12. Zurich Conference on Anti-Money Laundering
Speaker: Thomas Nagel
Zurich, 1 October2024
Commentary on Art. 2 para. 1, Art. 8, Art. 8a, Art. 15 and Art. 38 (in publication)
in: Online Commentary on the Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2024
Commentary on Art. 11 CISA (units)
Authors: Thomas Nagel, Alexander Eichhorn and Daniel Dedeyan
in: Stämpfli's hand commentary on the Collective Investment Schemes Act, Bern 2024
The reporting obligation under Art. 29 para. 2 FINMASA
Authors: Thomas Nagel and Reto Ferrari-Visca
in: SZW (Swiss Journal of Business Law) 3/2024, p. 299 ff.
Lecture: Introduction to Financial Market Law – Anti-Money Laundering Law
Lecturer: Thomas Nagel
Master Lecture at the University of Bern, 23 May 2024
Violation of Data Protection Law: These are the consequences
Author: Thomas Nagel
in: Advoro Newsletter, 2 January 2024
Lecture: Swiss financial market regulation
Lecturer: Thomas Nagel
LL. M. / CAS International Banking, Capital Markets and Insurance Law at the University of Zurich UZH, 16 December 2023
New Swiss Data Protection Law, entering into force on 1 September 2023: What Companies need to know
Author: Thomas Nagel
in: Advoro Newsletter, 19 September 2023
Author: Thomas Nagel
in: RRCO (Recht relevant. für Compliance Officers) 6/2023, p. 2 ff.
Buy now pay later (BNPL): Overview of the legal framework in Switzerland
Author: Thomas Nagel
in: RRCO (Recht relevant. für Compliance Officers) 5/2023, p. 5 ff.
Author: Thomas Nagel
in: RRCO (Recht relevant. für Compliance Officers) 3/2023, p. 2 ff.
Author: Thomas Nagel
in: GesKR (Gesellschafts- und Kapitalmarktrecht) 2023, p. 72 ff.
Author: Thomas Nagel
in: iusNet Banking and Capital Markets Law, 23 February 2023
Lecture: Tutorial for first-semester law students at the University of Bern
Speakers: Thomas Nagel and Pascal Zysset
Bern, 1 November 2022
Lecture: Anti-Money Laundering Act: Subordination issues in practice
Speaker: Thomas Nagel
Master Lecture ‘Selected Questions on Financial Market Law’ at the University of Bern, 25 October 2022
Materiality of a function in outsourcing by banks
Author: Thomas Nagel
in: RRCO (Recht relevant. für Compliance Officers) 5/2022, p. 8 ff.
Presentation: Further development of the VegüV in the new stock corporation law
Speaker: Thomas Nagel
Event on the topic ‘Revision of company law - what now?’, Bern, 20 September 2022
Authors: Thomas Nagel and Michael Nagel
in: Jusletter, 5 September 2022
Interpretation of the new AMLA obligation to verify the identity of the beneficial owner
Author: Thomas Nagel
in: iusNet Banking and Capital Markets Law, 31 March 2022
Identification obligations of banks in business relationships with domiciliary companies
Authors: Thomas Nagel and Klaus Wiesehöfer
in: SJZ (Schweizerische Juristen-Zeitung) 2022, p. 139 ff.
Commentary on Art. 7a (assets of low value/‘triviality clause’)
Authors: Thomas Nagel and Thomas Müller
in: Basel Commentary on the Anti-Money Laundering Act, Basel 2021
Author: Thomas Nagel
in: Jusletter, 4 October 2021
Author: Thomas Nagel
in: SJZ (Schweizerische Juristen-Zeitung) 2021, p. 102 ff.
Lecture: Tutorial for first-semester law students at the University of Bern
Speaker: Thomas Nagel
Bern, 12 November 2021
Presentation: The Anti-Money Laundering Act: Overview and current developments
Speaker: Thomas Nagel
Walder Wyss Online Breakfast, 4 November 2020
Anti-Money Laundering Regulation and DLT Regulation - legal update
Authors: Thomas Nagel and Thomas Müller
Regular Newsletter 142, September 2020
Author: Thomas Nagel
in: Jusletter, 17 August 2020
Should the safekeeping of assets be subject to the Anti-Money Laundering Act in future?
Author: Thomas Nagel
in: GesKR (Gesellschafts- und Kapitalmarktrecht) 2020, p. 113 ff.
The personal and material scope of the Swiss Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA)
Author: Thomas Nagel
Dissertation University of Bern 2019, published in: Swiss Research on Financial Market Law, Volume 132, 2020
Lecture: The personal and material scope of the Swiss Anti-Money Laundering Act
Speaker: Thomas Nagel
University of Bern, 12 December 2019
Presentation: Asset managers and investment advisors - When do I fall under the AMLA?
Speakers: Thomas Nagel and Pascal Zysset
Roundtable for asset managers and financial service providers, Bern, 26 February 2019
The territorial scope of application of the Anti-Money Laundering Act
Author: Thomas Nagel and Pascal Zysset
in: GesKR (Gesellschafts- und Kapitalmarktrecht) 2018, p. 140 ff.
Author: Thomas Nagel
in: AJP (Aktuelle Juristische Praxis) 2015, p. 190 ff.
Expertise
Financial market law (in particular banking law, Financial Institutions Act, Financial Services Act, Anti-Money Laundering Act)
Consumer loans
fintech
Company law, corporate governance, independent proxy voting
Data protection
Other Activities and Functions
Lecturer for compliance and corporate governance at the Swiss Distance Learning University (FFHS) in Zurich (since 2019)
Regular speaker at conferences, events and lectures (e.g. in lectures on financial market law at the University of Zurich and the University of Bern)
Member of various professional associations, clubs and cooperatives