Education and career

High school in Bern, Matura type B in 1998

Law studies, University of Bern until 2004 (MLaw, magna cum laude, second best degree)

Masters of Laws LL.M., University of New South Wales UNSW in Sydney 2012, Corporate and Commercial Law

Attorney at Law Canton of Bern 2018

 

Lawyer at the Federal Office of Transport FOT, Legal Service, from 2005 to 2008: including implementation and application of criminal procedures under the Passenger Transport Act and the Administrative Criminal Law Act, management of plan approval procedures under the Railway Act, handling of all kinds of legal issues in the context of public transport, management experience

 

Senior Specialist, Technical Expert at the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Money Laundering and Financial Crime Group, from 2009 to March 2014: inter alia coordination of supervision, including on-site inspections, of self-organisation authorities under the Anti-Money Laundering Act, handling and coordination of practice-relevant issues in the area of combating money laundering and terrorist financing, handling of various regulatory aspects, training and lectures on FINMA's supervisory system and combating money laundering in Switzerland, handling of all aspects of money laundering regulation, Dealing with practical issues in the area of combating money laundering and terrorist financing, responsibilities in the area of financial crime, in particular combating corruption and potentate funds, coordinating and managing regulatory projects, on-site inspections of self-organisation authorities under the Anti-Money Laundering Act and of banks, drafting specialised publications.

 

Deputy Head of the Money Laundering Reporting Office Switzerland (MROS), from 2014 to 2016: including management and coordination tasks in the strategic and operational area of money laundering and terrorist financing analysis at MROS, development and implementation of operational procedures, member of the Swiss delegation to the international standard setter in the area of combating money laundering and terrorist financing FATF, participation in and management of legislative projects, lectures and training courses related to Swiss money laundering legislation.

 

Bratschi AG, from 2016 to 2021: advising and litigating in the area of financial market, corporate, contract and immigration law as a substitute, lawyer and partner

 

Mandates with companies

Member of the Board of Directors of KONSENTO AG