Dr. Stefano Caldoro specializes in advising companies in diverse industries and in various areas of business law. With a strong experience both as in-house counsel and Head Compliance in the industry sector and in law firms, he combines legal expertise and business know-how, knows the needs of companies and provides fast, professional and solution driven legal support.

He advises his clients in connection with their operational business activities (such as distribution, licensing, research & development and similar activities), their strategic projects and M&A transactions (such as acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, joint ventures), due diligence investigations, corporate law issues, corporate governance, corporate finance as well as corporate compliance, in particular in the area of antitrust, anti-corruption, data protection, export controls and sanctions.

Furthermore, he provides comprehensive services related to the operational compliance management systems, including CMS set-up, management training, compliance audits and internal investigations.

He represents individuals and companies (including injured parties and defendants) in criminal proceedings in the area of white-collar crime.

Stefano Caldoro is a member of various boards of directors and boards of trustees.

Career
2025 Attorney-at-law and partner at LANTER PARTNER
2024 Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Audit Oversight Authority FAOA
2020 Lecturer / Advisory Board Member CAS Compliance Management Europa Institut, Universität Zurich
2016 Attorney-at-law and Partner at LANTER, Attorneys & Tax Advisors, Zurich
2013 University of St. Gallen (MLP-HSG, Management for the Legal Profession)
2010 University of Zurich/Europe Institute (LL.M.)
2010 Legal Counsel / Corporate Compliance Officer at Georg Fischer
2009 University of Zurich (Dr. iur.)
2004 Attorney-at-law in Zurich
2004 Admitted to the Zurich Bar (admitted to all Swiss courts)
2001 Junior associate at a law firm in Zurich
2001 University of Zurich (lic. iur.)
Languages

English
German
Italian
French
Spanish

Areas of Practice

Commercial and Contract Law
M&A transactions
Corporate Law, Corporate Governance
Compliance
Antitrust/Competition Law, Intellectual Property
Data protection
Export controls and sanctions
Business Criminal Law

Publications

Virtuelle Generalversammlung, Finanz und Wirtschaft, September 2023
Neues Aktienrecht – ein Thema für KMU?, Finanz und Wirtschaft, September 2022
Auswirkungen des Aktienrechts 2020 auf kleine und mittlere Unternehmen, SJZ 16-17/2022, 834 ff.
CAS Compliance Management – Course Overview, yearly lecture for the CAS Compliance Management at the University of Zürich since 2020
Compliance Controlling, yearly lecture for the CAS Compliance Management at the University of Zürich since 2020
Export Controls and International Sanctions Compliance in the industry sector, yearly lecture for the CAS Compliance Management at the University of Zürich since 2020
Outlook and Summary on Compliance, yearly lecture for the CAS Compliance Management at the University of Zürich since 2020
Der Aktionär – seine Rechte und Möglichkeiten, in: Rechtssicher 09/October 2019
Vertragsgestaltung im Vertriebsrecht, in: Rechtssicher 08/September 2019
Towards a case law on the interface of trade and culture, in: Kerstin Odendahl/Peter Johannes Weber (Hrsg.), Kulturgüterschutz – Kunstrecht – Kulturrecht, Festschrift für Kurt Siehr zum 75. Geburtstag, Baden Baden 2010, pp. 553-568
Nationaler Kulturgüterschutz und Freizügigkeit der Unionsbürger, Berlin 2009 (Diss. Zurich 2009)

Registered with the attorneys’ registry.