Raffael Steger Partner, Attorney

Career

2023
Certified Specialist SBA Employment Law

2022 - present
Whistleblowing contact point of Burkhalter group

2017 - present
Whistleblower hotline

2017 - present
Attorney at Law and Partner, Kaufmann Rüedi Attorneys at Law

2017 - 2020
Ombudsman, in Switzerland for Nagel-Group

2016 - present
Member of the board of directors, Managing Director

2013 - 2016
Member of Regional Donation and Sponsoring Committee of a global active Compa-ny in the field of medical technology

2007 - 2016
Attorney, Head of Legal Team and of Department, Auditing and Accounting Company in Lucerne, Zurich and Stans

2007 - 2012
Lecturer at procure.ch and at GS1

2005 - 2007
Attorney-at-law, law firm in Lucerne

2004
Legal clerk, Hauseigentümerverband Zürich

2004
Bar exam of attorneys, canton of Lucerne

2002 - 2004
Internship in a court of justice of Lucerne („Bezirksgericht Luzern“) and Attorney practice internship at law firms in Lucerne and Zurich

2002
Law degree (lic. iur.), University of Fribourg (CH)

Memberships

  • Kiwanis Lucerne-Wasserturm
  • Swiss Bar Association SAV/FSA
  • Lucerne Bar Association LAV
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Rast Kaffee AG
  • Managing Director of maze pictures swiss LLC

Publications

  • Alterskündigung: erhöhte Fürsorgepflichten bei älteren Mitarbeitern
    Clinicum Nr. 3, 2018
  • Working from home and expenses in Switzerland - an overview
    CH-D Wirtschaft 2020, December 2020
  • Wer beim Autounfall während der Arbeit haftet
    KMU-Magazin Nr. 8, August 2018
  • COVID-19: Kurzarbeit
    krfacts Kaufmann Rüedi Rechtsanwälte, Spezialausgabe vom 21. April 2020
  • Arbeitsrecht und Coronavirus (COVID-19)
    krfacts Kaufmann Rüedi Rechtsanwälte, Ausgabe März 2020

Raffael Steger 

Raffael Steger
Partner
Attorney

Certified Specialist SBA Employment Law

Registered with the attorneys' registry LU (admitted to practise in all of Switzerland)

Expertise
Employment, Debt Collection / Bankruptcy, Corporate / M&A / Succession

Languages
German, English, French

+41 41 417 10 70
raffael.steger@krlaw.ch
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