Emanuele Stauffer

A lawyer since 1994, he has been a public prosecutor, head of Credit Suisse's Ticino Legal Service (2004), and Group General Counsel of BSI/EFG (2016). He holds directorships in companies active in the financial sector and has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Lugano Casino since 2013. He is also Mayor of Arogno.

Skills

International criminal and economic law, banking and financial law, inheritance and planning, contracts and agreements, administrative law, media law, legal risk analysis

Languages

Italian, French, English

Experiences

1988 – 1992
Law degree at the University of Neuchâtel

1992 – 1994
Judicial internship and legal training with the High Court of Canton Ticino. Trainee at Sganzini Bernasconi Peter & Gaggini Law Firm, Lugano

1994
Degree of lawyer (licensed to practice law)

1994 – 1997
Law Firm Sganzini Bernasconi Peter & Gaggini, Lugano

1998 – 2004
State Attorney of the South District of Switzerland (Canton Ticino) — specialized in criminal business law, anti-money laundering rules, international mutual assistance

2004 – 2007
Head of Legal Department Ticino, Credit Suisse

2007 – 2008
Head of the Lugano branch of Credit Suisse Trust

2008 – 2016
Partner at PSMLaw, Lugano

2015
Appointed by BSI SA to carry out an internal investigation on a major money laundering case involving the Bank

2016
General Counsel of BSI SA and member of the Executive Committee

2016 – 2018
General Counsel of EFG Group

2019 – 2025
Attorney at the Law Firm Bertoli Stauffer Cappa, Lugano

Since October 2025
Partner at Aequitas Law Firm, Lugano