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Gabriela Svalduz

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. · Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

SwitzerlandWhite-Collar Crime, Internal InvestigationsGerman, English

About

Gabriela Svalduz is Counsel at Schellenberg Wittmer in Zurich and specialises in white‑collar crime, with a focus on domestic and cross‑border disputes, asset forfeiture, internal investigations and compliance, including matters involving DLT/blockchain and cybercrime. A lawyer and former public prosecutor with more than 25 years of litigation experience, she regularly advises and represents individual and corporate clients before authorities and courts and supports clients in preventing criminal liability; she holds CAS qualifications in Forensics, Economic Criminal Law and Finance & Accounting.

Practice areas

White-Collar CrimeInternal InvestigationsComplianceCybercrimeFinancial CrimeLitigationAsset Forfeiture

Office

Expertise

DLT / BlockchainCybersecurity & CybercrimeAsset ForfeitureEconomic CrimeCross‑Border InvestigationsInternal Corporate Investigations

Education

  • Master of Law, University of Zurich (1996)
  • CAS Forensic Science, University of Lucerne (2005)
  • CAS Economic Criminal Law, University of Lucerne (2016)
  • CAS Finance and Accounting, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (2017)

Admissions

  • Bar Admission, Switzerland (2000)

Languages

GermanEnglish