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Pascale Köster

Pascale Köster

Partner
MLaw, Attorney at Law, MAS ECI

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Location

Zurich

Contact

Direct phone: +41 58 658 52 61
pascale.koester@walderwyss.com

Curriculum Vitae

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Areas of activity: Healthcare & Life Sciences Litigation White Collar Crime & Investigations

Pascale Köster is partner at Walder Wyss in Zurich. Her practice focuses on corporate and regulatory investigations as well as complex dispute resolution. She is highly experienced in conducting internal investigations and advising on enforcement actions, often in sensitive, high-stakes matters involving cross-border elements. Pascale regularly supports clients in navigating crisis situations requiring swift, strategic response.

Her practice centers on white-collar crime, with a strong emphasis on matters involving the financial services, healthcare, and pharmaceutical industries

She earned her Master of Law (MLaw) from the University of Bern in 2013, specializing in International and European Law. Before joining Walder Wyss as a junior associate in 2013, she worked as a law clerk at the District Court of Berner Jura-Seeland. Pascale was admitted to the bar in 2016. To further strengthen her investigative expertise, she completed a Master of Advanced Studies in Economic Crime Investigation (MAS ECI) at the Lucerne School of Business in 2021.

Fluent in German, English, and French, Pascale is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and admitted to practice throughout Switzerland.

Doing Business in Switzerland – A Practical Guide

 | by Ramona Wyss, Andrea Haefeli, Gion Giger, David Vasella, Davide Cerutti, Marco Galli, Roger Staub, Manuel Bigler, Reto Jacobs, Monique Sturny, Thomas P. Müller, Nadja D. Leuthardt, Adriano Antonietti, Valentine Schnyder, Stefan Knobloch, Dimitrios Berger, Dominik Hohler, Letizia Schlegel, Stéphanie Oneyser, Urs P. Gnos, Dario Galli, Michael Kündig, Markus Vischer, Urs Schenker, Christian A. Schmid, Patrick W. Vogel, Alexander Sorton, Samuel Lieberherr, Daniel Dedeyan, Nico Bernhard, Theodor Härtsch, Tervel Stoyanov, Lukas Wyss, Markus Pfenninger, Valentin Wiesner, Rafal Szala, Thiemo Sturny, Roger Ammann, Hubertus Hillerström, Ken Savioz, Simone Wetzstein, Valentina Eichin, Irène Suter-Sieber, Olivier Sigg, Laura Luongo, Francis Nordmann, André Kuhn, Davide Jermini, Christian Eichenberger, Matthieu Seydoux, Thomas Meister, Janine Corti, Robert Desax, Fabienne Limacher, Dieter Hofmann, Rodolphe Gautier, Roxane Allot, Micha Bühler, Michael Feit, Maurice Courvoisier, Oliver M. Kunz and Pascale Köster | Editor[s]: Urs P. Gnos, Theodor Härtsch | ed.: 2nd edition

Adhesion Lawsuit vs. Contractual Claims

| by Pascale Köster and Ivan Dunjic | in: iusNet Strafrecht und Strafprozessrecht

LIMITS TO THE COLLECTION OF EVIDENCE IN SWITZERLAND FOR PROCEEDINGS AND INVESTIGATIONS ABROAD

 | by Pascale Köster and Ivan Dunjic | in: ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE Magazine Issue 2 | pp. 23+24

Doing Business in Switzerland – A Practical Guide

 | by Urs P. Gnos, Theodor Härtsch, Ramona Wyss, Andrea Haefeli, Gion Giger, David Vasella, Davide Cerutti, Marco Galli, Roger Staub, Benno Fischer-Siddiqui, Reto Jacobs, Monique Sturny, Thomas P. Müller, Nadja D. Leuthardt, Adriano Antonietti, Valentine Schnyder, Stefan Knobloch, Dimitrios Berger, Dominik Hohler, Jenny Süess, Stéphanie Oneyser, Dario Galli, Michael Kündig, Markus Vischer, Urs Schenker, Rafael Zemp, Patrick W. Vogel, Laurent Schmidt, Christian Lütolf, Daniel Dedeyan, Nico Bernhard, Tervel Stoyanov, Lukas Wyss, Markus Pfenninger, Valentin Wiesner, Rafal Szala, Thiemo Sturny, Roger Ammann, Hubertus Hillerström, Ken Savioz, Ueli Sommer, Simone Wetzstein, Christoph Stutz, Nadine Mäder, Olivier Sigg, Laura Luongo, Francis Nordmann, André Kuhn, Davide Jermini, Christian Eichenberger, Théo Meylan, Thomas Meister, Janine Corti, Robert Desax, Fabienne Limacher, Dieter Hofmann, Rodolphe Gautier, Olivia Sistovaris, Micha Bühler, Michael Feit, Maurice Courvoisier, Oliver M. Kunz, Albane de Ziegler and Pascale Köster | Editor[s]: Urs P. Gnos, Theodor Härtsch

Mobbing, sexuelle Belästigung und Whistleblowing: Wie gehe ich als Arbeitgeber damit um?

 | Speakers Michael Daphinoff and Pascale Köster | Walder Wyss Breakfast | Bern

Case Law of the Swiss Federal Tribunal in Arbitration Matters

| by Marco Stacher, Johanna S. Henschel and Pascale Köster | in: Aktuelle juristische Praxis AJP 2018 | pp. 364–378

Consumers in Arbitration – From a Swiss Perspective

 | by Dieter Hofmann [co-author] and Pascale Köster [co-author] | in: Klausegger/Klein/Kremslehner/Petsche/Pitkowitz/Power/Welser/Zeiler (Editor[s]) | "Austrian Yearbook on International Arbitration 2016" | 10. Auflage | Vienna | pp. 3–20

Recognitions


Expert Guide Rising Stars 2022
WWL Switzerland 2024
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