Lea Ruckstuhl

Attorney at Law, Counsel, MLaw

Financial market law is characterized by high regulatory density. In my dealings with you, I maintain the overview and, with my many years of experience, support you in a way that is both solution-oriented and focused.

About

Lea Ruckstuhl, an attorney specializing in financial market law with a strong focus on combating money laundering and terrorist financing, is a counsel at Kellerhals Carrard. She has many years of experience in the field of financial market supervisory law and advises financial intermediaries, in particular, on issues surrounding tax liability, AMLA, and compliance.

She combines her legal expertise with experience in the field of supervision, which she gained as a result of spending many years as head of the Office of the Self-Regulatory Organization of the Swiss Leasing Association.

Lea Ruckstuhl regularly publishes articles in her fields and gives talks and presentations. She keeps a close eye on the legislative process in the field of financial market regulation and assumes a policy role in consultations and working groups. Her clients appreciate her efficient, dedicated, and solution-oriented approach. Her recommendations place a strong focus on the business processes at hand.

 

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Languages

  • German
  • English
  • French

Experience

Career
Memberships
Education
Further Activities
  • Since January 2021: Counsel at Kellerhals Carrard, Zurich
  • 2011–2020: Attorney (associate and senior associate) at Kellerhals Carrard, Zurich
  • 2009–2010: Consultant at a legal advice center while preparing for the bar examination
  • 2009: Research assistant to the lecturer delivering the course “Introduction to the Law for Economists” at the University of Freiburg
  • 2007–2009: Legal internships
  • 1999–2004: Founding member and editor of the youth channel SRF Virus
  • Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
  • Swiss Bar Association (SAV/FSA)
  • 2010: Admitted to the bar of Canton Bern
  • 2007: Master of Law at the University of Fribourg with the supplement European Law (“summa cum laude” + Frilex Prize for the best university degree in the university’s Faculty of Law 2007 fall session)

 

  • Vice President Forum SRO
  • 2013–2020 Head of the office of the Self-Regulatory Organization of the Swiss Leasing Association (SRO/SLV)
  • Lecturer for the one-day course on compliance, part of the CAS in Leasing program at the FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland

Conferences

ConferencesSpeaking Engagements
2019

Riskmanagement und Compliance des FI

Lea Ruckstuhl
ConferencesSpeaking Engagements
19-Feb-21

Neues GwG-Aufsichtsregime gemäss FINIG

Lea Ruckstuhl

Contact

Zurich

Rämistrasse 5
Postfach
CH-8024 Zürich

Tel. +41 58 200 39 00
Fax +41 58 200 39 11
info@kellerhals-carrard.ch

Kellerhals Carrard

Basel ∣ Bern ∣ Geneva ∣ Lausanne ∣ Lugano ∣ Sion ∣ Zurich


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