Practice Areas
Our law firm with offices in Zurich advises and represents both individuals and companies from Switzerland and abroad in the fields of:
White-collar crime
Corruption
Money laundering
Corporate criminal libility
Financial market offences
Cybercrime
Criminal complaints
Criminal defence
Representation of victims' and damaged parties' interests
Criminal defence in all types of proceedings of core criminal law and under supplementary penal provisions found outside the Criminal Code (narcotics law, road traffic law including parallel administrative proceedings)
Criminal complaints / Representation of victims' and damaged parties' interests
Criminal defence of individuals and companies in administrative criminal proceedings, in particular related to:
VAT and customs offences (offences against the Federal Act on Value Added Tax, Customs Act)
Financial market offences (offences against the Financial Market Supervision Act, Banking Act, Financial Institutions Act, Anti-Money Laundering Act, Insurance Supervision Act, Financial Market Infrastructure Act and others)
Gambling- and casino-related offences (offences against the Gambling Act)
Offences against the Therapeutic Products Act
Offences against the Civil Aviation Act
Other administrative criminal law
Criminal defence of individuals and companies in criminal proceedings related to the:
Environmental Protection Act
Waters Protection Act
Forest Act
Nuclear Energy Act
Energy Act
Gene Technology Act
Water Engineering Laws
Fisheries Act
Nature and Cultural Heritage Protection Act
Clarification of offences without involvement of public authorities (partly with the support of external specialists from our international network)
Consulting
Reporting to the Board of Directors and Management Board
Development of prevention measures
Extradition proceedings
Account blockings and asset seizures
Information and document requests
International anti-money laundering and anti-corruption measures
Compliance
Corporate Social Responsibility
Money laundering prevention
Combating corruption
General prevention measures
Internal investigations / Forensic investigations
Legal opinions
Strategic plan recommendations
Out-of-court settlements in criminal cases
White-collar crime
General criminal law
Administrative criminal law
Corruption
Money laundering
Criminal responsibilities of statutory organs and companies
Risk assessment
Consulting
Development and implementation of compliance programs
Independently or in parallel to the criminal proceedings, (enforcement) proceedings related to professional standards may take place, in which, for example, the admission may be withdrawn (according to the Financial Market Supervision Act, Audit Supervision Act, Attorneys-at-Law Act and others).
Commercial and corporate law
Banking law
Contract law
Employment law
Procedural law
General bankruptcy law
International bankruptcy law