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

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
Löwenstrasse 19
P.O. Box 2201
8021 Zurich
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

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

  • Member of various professional associations including the Zurich and Swiss Bar Association, the Defence Counsel’s Section of the Zurich Bar and the Swiss Society of Criminal Law
  • Lecturer at Vision Compliance SA (AML Compliance Officer Training)

Education

2009 – Bar Admission in Switzerland

2006 – Dr. iur., University of Zurich

2004 – Master of Law, University of Zurich