About us

Inside GEFI

The publisher of this platform is the Association “Global Enforcement in the Financial Industry and Capital Markets (GEFI)”. GEFI is a non-profit association based in Bern, Switzerland, with voluntary entry in the Swiss commercial registry.

GEFI aims to collect, maintain and analyze data on global enforcement in the financial industry and capital markets and to give public access to these data in order to increase cross-border transparency and to facilitate and promote scholar academic research and analysis and sound public policies in this field.

So far, the GEFI association is funded only by fees of individual members. A sponsorship program is currently considered.

The association was founded in May 2024 by the following members:

Members of the Board of Directors

Urs Zulauf (chair)

Adjunct Professor, Cornell Law School, Ithaca NY, Consultant in Financial Market Regulation, Supervision and Enforcement, Bern, Off-Counsel at Enquire, Law Firm for Internal Investigations and Whistleblowing, Zurich

Roy Gava

Affiliated Professor for Business and Public Policy, University of St. Gallen

Jacek Dybinski

Luxembourg Centre for European Law, University of Luxembourg, Assistant Professor, Jagiellonian University in Krakow

Other founding members

Beat Brändli

Ordinary Professor for Private Law, Kalaidos and Zurich Law School, Zurich, Partner Schiffbau Rechtsanwälte, Zurich

Pierre-Henri Conac

Professor of Commercial Law, University of Luxembourg

David Wyss

Consultant in financial markets prudential and conduct supervision, Bern