Ralph Wanger

Practice Areas

Attorney-at-law; Founding partner; co-head of Litigation and Arbitration

Practice areas: Arbitration · Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, ICO and FinTech · Contract Law · Corporate Clients · Criminal Law · Employment Law · Flat-rate Taxation · Liability Law · Litigation · Municipalities, Public Companies and Institutions · Privacy and Media Law · Private Clients · Taking up Residence in Liechtenstein · White Collar Crime and Legal Assistance

Career

Traineeship at the Princely Court of Justice (1994 – 1995)

Traineeship at the Princely Government, Ministry of Justice and Ministry of the Interior (1996)

Traineeship at Feger Treuunternehmen reg., Vaduz (1997)

Associate in the law firm of Ritter-Wohlwend-Wolff, Vaduz (1997 – 2000)

Self-employed attorney-at-law (since 2000)

Merger and formation of BWBLEGAL (2002)

Substitute Judge at the Liechtenstein Constitutional Court (2005 – 2015)

Member of the board of BWBLEGAL (since 2008)

Member of the Board and founder of Blockstar AG (www.blockstar.li) (since 2018)

Member of the Board of FKB – The Liechtenstein Health Insurance Provider (since 2018)

Lecturer at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Acts (CAS Blockchain) (since 2019)

Lecturer at University of Liechtenstein with regard to “crypto currencies and compliance” (since 2019)

President of the Liechtenstein Probation Service (since 2019)

Swearing-in as Notary before the President of the Upper Court (2020)

Substitute Member of the Liechtenstein Government (for the Minister of the Interior, Economy and Environment) (since 2021)

Education:

Studies of law at the University of Zurich (lic. iur.) (1994)

Doctor’s degree at the University of Zurich Zürich (Dr. iur.) with the dissertation titled “Das Liechtensteinische Landesbürgerrecht” (Rights Conferred by Liechtenstein Citizenship) (1997)

Bar examination (1999)

Postgraduate studies at New York University, School of Law, Master in Comparative Jurisprudence (LL.M.) (2001)

CAS Blockchain at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (2018)

Notary examination (2020)

Blockchain and Fintech Certificate Program at the University of Liechtenstein (2020)

Professional Memberships

Liechtenstein Bar Association

Publications

Recently wrote a contribution to a new publication (issued by the President of the Supreme Court), which deals with several practice-related topics of professional secrecy within the Civil Procedure.

Languages Spoken

German, English