Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Internal Corporate Investigations / White-Collar Crime and Compliance / IT Security and Cybercrime

Gabriela Svalduz is Counsel at Schellenberg Wittmer in Zurich. She specialises in white-collar crime, with a particular focus on domestic and cross-border disputes involving high amounts in dispute, asset forfeiture, internal investigations and compliance, including in the areas of DLT technologies, blockchain and cybercrime. As a lawyer and former public prosecutor, she has more than 25 years of experience in litigation. Gabriela regularly advises and represents individual and corporate clients as defendants or injured parties before authorities and courts and supports clients in preventing criminal liability. She holds Certificates of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Forensics, Economic Crime Law, and Finance and Accounting, which strengthen her expertise.

2026 - Counsel at Schellenberg Wittmer

2022 - Counsel at a major business law firm in Zurich

2014 - Public Prosecutor at the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Lucerne, Division Economic Crime

2011 - Public Prosecutor at the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Lucerne, General Crimes Division

2002 - Investigation Judge at the District Judge’s Office for Criminal Investigations of Lucerne

1999 - Clerk at the District Judge’s Office for Criminal Investigations of Lucerne

1997 - Trainee lawyer at a law firm in Kriens

1997 - Trainee law clerk at the District Court of Lucerne

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Member of the Zurich and the Swiss Bar Association, International Bar Association (IBA), European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA). Member of the Women's White Collar Defense Association, Swiss Chapter (WWCDA), Swiss Society for Criminology (SKG/SSDP), Private Claimant Network NPK

2017 - CAS Finance and Accounting, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts

2016 - CAS Economic Criminal law, University of Lucerne

2005 - CAS Forensic Science, University of Lucerne

2000 - Bar Admission Switzerland

1996 - Master of Law, University of Zurich