Dr Roland M. Ryser > Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd > Geneva, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
5bis, rue des Alpes
P.O. Box 2088
1211 Geneva 1
Switzerland

Work Department

Banking & Finance / Dispute Resolution / Internal Corporate Investigations / White-Collar Crime and Compliance

Position

Roland Ryser is a Counsel in our Dispute Resolution Group in Zurich and a member of our White-Collar Crime and Compliance Team.

Experience:

  • Extensive experience in advising and representing individuals and corporate clients as defence counsel in regulatory and business crime investigations
  • Assisted clients in mutual legal and administrative assistance proceedings
  • Advised clients in anti-money laudering, anti-bribery and trade compliance matters
  • Represented companies as private claimants in criminal investigations for fraud, misappropriation, mismanagement and bribery

Career

2018 – Consel at Schellenberg Wittmer
2011 – Consultant at Piper Alderman in Sydney (secondment)
2009 – Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer
2007 – Trainee Lawyer at Schellenberg Wittmer
2004 – Teaching and Research Assistant at University of Zurich

Languages

  • German
  • French
  • English

Memberships

  • Author of various publications on business criminal and criminal procedure law
  • Member of various professional associations including the Zurich and Swiss Bar Associations, the International Bar Association (IBA), the Defence Counsel’s Section of the Zurich Bar and the Swiss Society of Criminal Law
  • Regular speaker at conferences and seminars

Education

2009 – Bar Admission in Switzerland
2006 – Dr. iur., University of Zurich
2004 – Master of Law, University of Zurich