{"id":182,"date":"2016-07-21T09:20:46","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T07:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ettwein.ch\/en\/?page_id=182"},"modified":"2018-05-08T12:26:34","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T10:26:34","slug":"adrian-ettwein","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ettwein.ch\/en\/adrian-ettwein\/","title":{"rendered":"Adrian Ettwein"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adrian Ettwein specializes in environmental and criminal law with particular regard to the environmental aspects of infrastructure projects. His special focus lies in legal questions regarding synthetic materials and nanoparticles. Adrian Ettwein also represents clients in cases pertaining to white-collar crime, as well as criminal cases regarding pharmaceutics and medical devices as well as administrative criminal law.<\/p>\n<p>Adrian Ettwein studied at the University of St. Gallen. For more than 20 years he was an investigating magistrate and prosecutor in law enforcement. He worked on especially large and complex economic crime cases in an international context (e.g. money laundering, fraud, misappropriation, embezzlement, corruption, insider trading and price manipulation) as well as criminal organizations. For more than 13 years he was a federal attorney\/prosecutor at the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland. He finished his MAS in Environmental Technology and Management at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts North West Switzerland. His thesis was on the legal aspects of the dissipation of synthetics with specific reference to the dispersion of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in water.<\/p>\n<h2>Contact<\/h2>\n<p>Phone: +41 44 533 46 00<br \/>\nFax\u00a0: +41 533 46 09<br \/>\nE-Mail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ettwein@ettwein.ch\">ettwein@ettwein.ch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>b\u00e4hr ettwein rechtsanw\u00e4lte<br \/>\nJunkerngasse 56<br \/>\nP.O. Box 2321<br \/>\nCH-3001 Berne<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Professional career:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Guest lecturer in environmental law and enforcement at University of Applied Sciences of North West Switzerland (since 2017)<\/li>\n<li>Partner at b\u00e4hr ettwein attorneys-at-law (since 2016)<\/li>\n<li>Consultant at Pharmalex GmbH (2016 \u2013 2017)<\/li>\n<li>Federal Attorney\/Prosecutor at the office of the Attorney General of Switzerland regarding white collar crime in international context (e.g. money laundering, fraud, misappropriation, embezzlement, corruption, insider trading and price manipulation) and criminal organizations (2002 \u2013 2015)<\/li>\n<li>Cantonal investigating magistrate in the Canton of Thurgau regarding white collar crime and criminal organizations (1995 \u2013 2002)<\/li>\n<li>Clerk at the administrative court in the Canton of Thurgau (1994 \u2013 1995)<\/li>\n<li>Assistant at Revisuisse Price Waterhouse Z\u00fcrich, in tax and legal department (1992 \u2013 1993)<\/li>\n<li>Associate investigating magistrate in the City of St. Gallen (1991 \u2013 1992)<\/li>\n<li>Lecturer for intellectual property rights, data protection and contractual law at the Business IT-School of Switzerland (WISS) (1992-2001)<\/li>\n<li>Assistant during his studies at the University of St. Gallen (1985 \u2013 1990) in financial market analysis for Prof. Dr. Heinz Zimmermann and in civil, commercial and economic law for Prof. Dr. Carl Baudenbacher<\/li>\n<li>Intern at Union Bank of Switzerland (1983 \u2013 1985)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Education:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>MAS in Environmental Technology and Management at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of North West Switzerland (2017)<\/li>\n<li>Bar exam, Supreme Court of the Canton of St. Gallen (1993)<\/li>\n<li>Licentiate degree, University of St. Gallen (1990)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Areas of expertise:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>International and national environmental law and it\u2019s enforcement in Switzerland (in particular water protection, light pollution, hazardous materials and waste, air pollution control, nature conservation)<\/li>\n<li>Environmental compliance and environmental liability<\/li>\n<li>Criminal law, environmental criminal law, economic criminal law, criminal law regarding pharmaceutics and medical devices as well as administrative criminal law<\/li>\n<li>International mutual legal assistance<\/li>\n<li>Data protection<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Memberships:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Swiss Bar Association<\/li>\n<li>Berne Bar Association<\/li>\n<li>Association of Environmental Law<\/li>\n<li>\u00abforaus\u00bb Swiss think tank on foreign policy<\/li>\n<li>Swiss Association on criminal law<\/li>\n<li>Swiss Group of Criminology<\/li>\n<li>Chairman of the working group for economic crime of the Swiss Association of Prosecutors (2008 \u2013 2015)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ettwein.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gewa\u0308sser_Wasser_Mikroverunreinigungen_Umweltstrafrecht.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gew\u00e4sserverschmutzung, Winzlinge mit grossem Schadenpotenzial<\/a>,in: Swiss Association of Municipalities 4\/2018, p. 52 f.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ettwein.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Umweltrecht_Lichtverschmutzung_Nachtfalter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;The moth&#8221; 2017, Dark-sky Switzerland<\/a>, legal advice and interview<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ettwein.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Die-Selbstkontrolle-nach-Art.-26-USG-bei-synthetischen-Stoffen-am-Beispiel-von-Nano-Titandioxid.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Legal aspects of the dissipation of synthetics with specific reference to the dispersion of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in water<\/a>,Thesis 2017, MAS in Environmental Technology and Management at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of North West Switzerland<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ub.unibas.ch\/digi\/a125\/sachdok\/2015\/BAU_1_107530_12_2015.pdf\">Light pollution\u201d can be restricted without interdiction<\/a>,in: Swiss Association of Municipalities 12\/2015, p. 10<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Languages:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>German<\/li>\n<li>French<\/li>\n<li>English<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adrian Ettwein specializes in environmental and criminal law with particular regard to the environmental aspects of infrastructure projects. 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