Céleste Urech is Co-Founder and CTO of CASUS in Zurich. He combines experience in digital product development with a background in legal studies. At CASUS, he works on product and technology strategy for legal workflows.

Experience and education

Before CASUS, Céleste worked in product management at Coople and as Interim Head of Product at We.Publish. He studied law at the University of Zurich and completed a Certificate of Legal Studies at King’s College London. His professional development includes MBA Essentials at the London School of Economics, as well as training in data analytics and product management. These milestones are documented in his Weblaw profile.

Publications

Together with Jaimy Vallapurackal, he published “Gerichtsurteile zwischen Paragraph und Pixel” in Richterzeitung 2025/4. The article examines the accessibility and machine readability of court decisions.

Topics at CASUS

On the CASUS blog, Céleste writes about Legal AI, AI-assisted legal research and the practical use of legal software. He brings the perspective of a product leader and co-founder of a legal technology company.