Martin Klaus
MLaw, Attorney-at-Law, Partner
Martin is a specialist in all questions of criminal law and criminal procedure. In addition, he has a broad knowledge of employment law issues. He acts in an advisory capacity and as a trial lawyer. Further focuses include tenancy law, road traffic law and inland water transportation law. Due to his previous work at various courts in a wide range of legal fields, Martin is an expert on the Swiss judicial system across the board.
Languages:
German, English, French, Spanish, Italian
Practice areas:
- Criminal law
- Road traffic law
- Employment law (including social security law aspects)
- Tenancy law
- Litigation (civil, criminal and public law)
- Partner at GWK LAW Ltd. (2020-today)
- Clerk at the District Court Bern-Mittelland, Criminal Division (2019-2020)
- Clerk at the High Court of the Canton of Berne (2018)
- Legal internships at the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (2017), the Swiss Federal Criminal Court (2016-2017), the Administrative Court of the Canton of Berne (2016) and the District Court Oberland (2015)
- Junior associate in Thun/Interlaken (between 2012 and 2016)
- Admission to the bar (2018)
- Master of Law (MLaw), Universities of Berne and Granada (Spain) (2015; best graduation of the fall semester 2014; summa cum laude)
- Bachelor of Law, University of Berne (2012)
- High school diploma, Gymnasium Thun Seefeld (2009)
- Bernese Bar Association
- Swiss Bar Association
- Forum Criminal Defence (Forum Strafverteidigung)
- Practice group criminal law of the Bernese Bar Association
- DJB
- Vice President of the Foundation Board of a charitable organization