Pascale Köster
Pascale Köster is a partner at Walder Wyss Zurich. She specializes in corporate and regulatory investigations as well as in related criminal, administrative and civil litigation proceedings. She advises both Swiss and foreign clients in local as well as cross-border cases and has special expertise in white collar (fraud, corruption, etc.), healthcare and ESG related cases. Pascale Köster was educated at the University of Bern (MLaw in 2013 with a specialization in International and European law). During her studies, she worked as a student assistant at the Institute of Civil Law at the University of Bern. Before joining Walder Wyss as junior associate in 2013, she gained working experience as a law clerk at the District Court of Berner Jura-Seeland. She was admitted to the bar in 2016. In 2021, she completed the Master of Advanced Studies in Economic Crime In‐ vestigation (MAS ECI) at the Lucerne School of Business. Pascale Köster's professional languages are German, English and French. She is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and is admitted to practice in all Switzerland.
Whitney Potts
Robert Fairless
Patrick Verraes
Nathalie Zaharna
Juan Antonio De Lassaletta Fernández
Juancho de Lassaletta joined Vifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma (VFMCRP) in August 2019 as Vice-President & Global Head Legal and Compliance.
Juancho studied law at the University of Barcelona and completed postgraduate studies at IESE Business School, Corporate Development Program (PDD).
He started his career at international law firms working during 14 years as a corporate and M&A lawyer in the life sciences spaces in the Iberian and Latin America markets.
His in-house career, as Associate to General Counsel and Head of Compliance, led him in 2015 to InsudPharma Group (generics) where he led the design and implementation of Insudpharm Global Compliance Program with special focus in Latin America.
At VFMCRP, Juancho is globally responsible for all legal, IP, litigation and compliance matters. Interface to global Fresenius Medical Care legal, IP and compliance teams, member of FMC Legal Leadership Team.
His areas of specialization are most notably BD & License-in deals with US biotechs, M&A and Compliance. He works closely with a diverse range of senior stakeholders at Vifor Pharma’s and FMC’s global headquarters, building effective relationships and driving consensus.
Dmitry Melnikov
Currently serving as Regional Head of Trade Management Europe at Hitachi Energy, leading the team of trade compliance officers across Europe, ensuring trade compliance, optimizing cross-border business operations, identifying risks and opportunities, driving mitigation actions, increasing efficiencies, and minimizing customs duty impact.
Results orientated trade lawyer and leader - with track record of managing legal, regulatory, risk and compliance matters for large international companies and organizations.
10 years of experience within customs and trade field. Specialist in trade affairs, export controls, international sanctions, organizational resilience, and business continuity.
Experience in forming, leading, and managing large teams in energy and telecom multinational corporations.
William Attwell
William Attwell is Director in Sustainable Fitch’s global research team, where he leads on projects covering climate risk, decarbonisation, transition finance and biodiversity to support decision-makers in fixed income markets to assess market and regulatory developments, trends and risks. William is also an experienced emerging markets economist, having worked at BMI (previously Fitch Solutions Country Risk and Industry Research) and Frontier Strategy Group, where he headed up the Sub-Saharan Africa team, producing analysis and market forecasts, and advising corporate and financial sector clients. He studied economic development and international environmental law, holds an MPhil from the University of Cape Town and an MSc from St Antony’s College, Oxford respectively, and was a postgraduate research fellow at Yale University’s MacMillan Center where he worked on natural resource issues.
William Attwell
William Attwell is Director in Sustainable Fitch’s global research team, where he leads on projects covering climate risk, decarbonisation, transition finance and biodiversity to support decision-makers in fixed income markets to assess market and regulatory developments, trends and risks. William is also an experienced emerging markets economist, having worked at BMI (previously Fitch Solutions Country Risk and Industry Research) and Frontier Strategy Group, where he headed up the Sub-Saharan Africa team, producing analysis and market forecasts, and advising corporate and financial sector clients. He studied economic development and international environmental law, holds an MPhil from the University of Cape Town and an MSc from St Antony’s College, Oxford respectively, and was a postgraduate research fellow at Yale University’s MacMillan Center where he worked on natural resource issues.