I am passionately committed to helping clients navigate the complex legal aspects of their businesses and to facilitating transactions. This allows them to stay focused on the big picture.

Riccardo Geiser is a Partner in the Corporate/M&A Team.

In addition to M&A transactions, his practice focuses on corporate law/finance/restructurings and commercial contracts in both domestic and international settings. He advises clients ranging from start-ups to established SMEs and listed companies.

As a member of the firm’s dedicated Italian Desk, he provides legal advice to clients with Italian heritage on their business endeavors in Switzerland.

Career.

  • Since 2026 Partner [m] at Altenburger
  • 2020-2025 Senior M&A Legal Counsel [m] at Swiss Post Group, Bern
  • 2016-2020 Senior Associate at Altenburger
  • 2013-2015 Associate [m] at Altenburger
  • 2011-2012 Legal Trainee [m] at the Public Prosecution Department for White Collar Crime, Bern
  • 2010-2011 Legal Trainee [m] at Hodler & Emmenegger Attorneys at Law, Bern
  • 2009-2010 Legal Trainee [m] at the Secretariat of the Swiss Competition Commission, Bern

Education

  • 2016 Master of Laws (LL.M.), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
  • 2012 Bar Admission
  • 2008 MLaw, University of Bern

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At all Swiss courts

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