Bratschi Ltd

Head of the Practice Group White Collar Crime

Attorney-at-Law, Partner

Partner, Bratschi Ltd. (since 2021) Part-time judge, Commercial Court of Aargau (since 2019) Attorney at law, Lenz & Staehelin, Zurich (2013-2021) Attorney at law, Häusermann & Partner, Berne (2011-2013) Clerk, District Court Signau-Trachselwald (2009-2010)

Adrian Wyss heads Bratschi’s White Collar Crime Practice Group. He has developed a strong practice in complex national and international white collar crime cases, including money laundering, fraud and corruption proceedings. Furthermore, he is considered an expert in international mutual legal assistance in criminal matters. He is also frequently retained to conduct internal investigations in the respective fields. In addition to representing aggrieved private plaintiffs, Adrian Wyss also regularly represents defendants in in criminal proceedings.

In addition, Adrian Wyss also has experience in intellectual property law with a particular affinity for trademark law, branding strategies and unfair competition law. He thereby represents his clients in the respective fields in litigations before Swiss courts.

In addition to his work as a party representative and criminal defense lawyer, Adrian Wyss is a lecturer in CAS Commercial Criminal Law (Academy of Public Prosecutors at the University of Lucerne) and teaches commercial and unfair competition law at the University of St.Gallen (HSG) and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), among others. In 2019, Adrian Wyss was also elected by the Grand Council as a part-time judge of the Commercial Court of the Canton of Aargau.

Adrian Wyss regularly publishes in his specialist area and appears as an expert in the field of criminal law.

Admitted to the Swiss Bar since 2010.

German, English

Zurich Bar Association (ZAV) Swiss Bar Association (SAV) Association for Commercial Criminal Law (V-WISTRA) Network of Private Prosecutors (NPK) Criminal Defense Section of the Zurich Bar Association IBA Business Crime Committee Swiss Association of Judges in Commercial Matters (SVRH)

CAS in White Collar Crime, University of Lucerne (2022) Master of Laws, traditional LL.M. (with distinction), University of California Berkeley (2015-2016) Dr. iur. summa cum laude, University of Berne (2013) Master of Law magna cum laude, University of Berne (2008) Bachelor of Law magna cum laude, University of Berne (2007)

Lecturer in the CAS Commercial Criminal Law course at the University of Lucerne (since 2020) Part-time judge at the Commercial Court of Aargau (since 2019) Lecturer in commercial and unfair competition law at the University of St.Gallen HSG (since 2019) Lecturer in commercial law at the FHNW (since 2018)