Pascal Agustoni, lic. iur.

Senior Legal, Com­pli­ance & Risk Manager

Expertise

Since July 2024, Pas­cal has been work­ing as Senior Legal, Com­pli­ance & Risk Man­ag­er at Ave­laLaw. In this role, he con­tributes his many years of legal and reg­u­la­to­ry expe­ri­ence and sup­ports our clients in all finan­cial mar­ket law and reg­u­la­to­ry mat­ters. He is a qual­i­fied lawyer with over 20 years of pro­fes­sion­al expe­ri­ence in the areas of Legal, Com­pli­ance and Risk, includ­ing as Head of Legal & Com­pli­ance at var­i­ous Swiss banks.

In these roles, he was respon­si­ble for estab­lish­ing and lead­ing effec­tive con­trol and mon­i­tor­ing struc­tures, com­bin­ing reg­u­la­to­ry require­ments with entre­pre­neur­ial think­ing. His focus lies in the prac­ti­cal imple­men­ta­tion of reg­u­la­to­ry require­ments, par­tic­u­lar­ly in the areas of anti-mon­ey laun­der­ing, mar­ket con­duct rules and gov­er­nance. He has in-depth knowl­edge of finan­cial mar­ket law and exten­sive expe­ri­ence in deal­ing with super­vi­so­ry author­i­ties and audit firms.

  • Senior Legal, Com­pli­ance & Risk Man­ag­er Ave­laLaw AG, since 1 July 2025
  • Head Legal, Com­pli­ance & Risk at Pri­vat­bank Bellerive
  • Head Legal, Com­pli­ance & Oper­a­tional Risk at bank zweiplus
  • Head Legal & Com­pli­ance at AXA Bank Europe
  • Mas­ter’s-lev­el degree in Law (lic. iur), Uni­ver­si­ty of Zurich
  • Par­tic­i­pant, Diplo­ma of Advanced Stud­ies (DAS) in Com­pli­ance, Uni­ver­si­ty of Lucerne
  • Ger­man (native language)
  • Eng­lish
  • French