Guenther Dobrauz-Saldapenna

Guenther is a partner with PwC in Zurich and specializes in structuring, authorization, and ongoing lifecycle management of financial intermediaries and their products. A practicing tech and innovation enthusiast since 2002 he also strongly focuses on LegalTech, RegTech, and the fascinating blockchain space.

Shira Rubinoff: Could you talk a little about your background?

Guenther Dobrauz: I'm a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in Zurich, Switzerland where I head up PwC Legal. I also serve on the global legal leadership team, where I have particular responsibility for all our LegalTech efforts globally.

After practicing with a leading law firm and in court, I started my career for real as a venture capitalist as part of the team at probably one of the first Swiss venture investment entities. After that, I moved to a managed futures fund, which was very much built around technology and risk management...