About me

Erik Erismann

Erik Erismann is a Valais-based attorney at law and authorized to represent parties before all Swiss courts.

His activities focus on advising, assisting and litigating for individual and families in matters related to cross border estate planningsuccession as well as trusts.

​He also assists clients in matters of domiciliation in Switzerland.
His practice focuses also in corporate and transactional matters for corporations, with a special focus on the tech industry. He is also active in domestic and cross-border commercial transactions, including M&A and transmission of family businesses.

Moreover, he advises entrepreneurs in the negotiation of agreements in matters of intellectual property and technology transfer.

Previously, he served as an in-house counsel in a renowned Swiss private bank, before practicing business law for several years in two major Swiss law firms, both in Geneva and in Zurich.

He practices in French, English, German and Portuguese.
2023

Avocat spécialiste FSA droit des successions 
Certified Specialist SBA Inheritance Law 
Fachanwalt SAV Erbrecht 
Fédération Suisse des Avocats / Swiss Bar Association / Schweizerischer Anwaltsverband 
 

 
2020-2021

Certificate of Advanced Studies HES-SO in M&A & Business transfers 
Haute Ecole d’Ingénierie et de Gestion du Canton de Vaud (HEIG-VD)
University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland
 

 
2019

Certificate – CS198.2x:Blockchain Technology  
BerkeleyX, an online learning initiative of University of California, Berkeley. 

Certificate – Advanced course on Software Licensing including Open Source
WIPO/OMPI Academy, Geneva, Switzerland
 

 
2018

Certificate – Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E)
IAPP (International Association of Privacy Professionals) 

Certificate – Advanced Course on Copyright and Related Rights
WIPO/OMPI Academy, Geneva, Switzerland
 

 
2017

Certificate – General Course on Intellectual Property
WIPO/OMPI Academy, Geneva, Switzerland
 

 
2012

Master of Law and Business (MLB), Outstanding
Bucerius Law School & WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management,
Hamburg & Vallendar, Germany


Cambridge ILEC (International Legal English Certificate – C1)
 

 
2011

Certificate of advanced studies in legal professions – Ecole d’avocature (Lawyer School)
University of Geneva, Switzerland  ​

Bilingual Master of Laws in Economic Law – Grade A 
University of Basel and University of Geneva, Switzerland
 

 
2010

Certificate of Transnational Law
University of Geneva, Switzerland  ​
 

 
2009

Bachelor of Law with mentions in European Law and Utriusque Iuris
University of Fribourg, Switzerland