Hafner Urbach Partner

White-Collar Crime, Administrative Criminal Law, Criminal Organizations, Terrorism

Partner and Attorney at Law. Emanuel Hochstrasser focuses his practice on white-collar defense, regulatory criminal law, and high-profile criminal dispute resolution. He represents and advises corporate entities and individuals before Swiss prosecution authorities, courts, and federal bodies in complex criminal law matters. Drawing on his distinguished tenure as a judge at the Federal Criminal Court, he possesses extensive experience in handling complex white-collar criminal cases and brings profound judicial insight to high-stakes defense matters. His specific expertise lies in navigating sensitive and high-stakes defense cases, with a particular emphasis on matters involving criminal organizations and terrorism financing. Beyond that, he possesses extensive experience in handling compliance risks and international mutual legal assistance in criminal matters.

Partner of Hafner Urbach Partner since 2026, Judge at the Federal Criminal Court of Bellinzona (2004-2020), Admission to the Swiss bar (1980), Admission to the New York bar, USA (1983), Co-Founder and Senior Partner at Hafner & Hochstrasse (1992), Law clerk District Court of Hinwil (1978).

German, English, French, Italian

Swiss and Zurich Bar Associations, Lucerne Lawyers' Association.

New York University (law degree, 1981), University of Bern (lic. iur., 1978).