SWITZERLAND Law and Practice Contributed by: François Micheli, Roman Huber, Cristina Ess and Lea Ruckstuhl, Kellerhals Carrard
Kellerhals Carrard has more than 300 professionals working in offices in Basel, Bern, Geneva, Gstaad, Lausanne, Lugano, Sion and Zurich, and in represen - tation offices in Shanghai and Tokyo. With more than 40 attorneys throughout Switzerland specialising in criminal law, mutual legal assistance, internal investi - gations, crisis management and compliance, Kellerh - als Carrard is one of the largest and most active law firms in Switzerland in this field, with a rich tradition going back to 1885. This enables teams to be set up across Switzerland to handle all types of national and international cases. The continually expanding white-
collar crime and internal investigation team has ex - perience in investigating a broad range of legal and regulatory matters, including bribery and corruption, fraud, insider trading, violation of banking and capi - tal market rules, disclosure and accounting issues, competition and antitrust, and executive and internal misconduct. The white-collar crime department has extensive experience in providing advice and court representation for a wide variety of business crime matters, including with regard to anti-bribery and anti-corruption.
Authors
François Micheli has handled more than 100 international financial criminal law cases, involving over 50 foreign jurisdictions. He has also represented foreign states in proceedings involving bribery, and
Cristina Ess is a member of Kellerhals Carrard’s white-collar crime practice group and litigation team. After gradu - ating from the University of Zurich, she gained experience in a law firm in Zurich specialised in criminal defence.
some cases have become legal precedents. He co-chairs Kellerhals Carrard’s white-collar crime/ internal investigations/compliance practice group. François has given many conference presentations and authored publications on legal issues relating to white-collar crime and bribery. His working languages are French, German and English.
After passing the Bar exam, Cristina joined Kellerh - als Carrard’s white-collar crime team in Zurich and now primarily represents and advises clients in all areas of white-collar crime, particularly in relation to fraud, misappropriation, bribery and money launder - ing. In addition, Cristina co-leads Kellerhals Carrard Zurich’s team combatting fraud and forgery related to Swiss federal COVID-19 loans, and she conducts numerous criminal proceedings throughout the eastern part of Switzerland.
Roman Huber is a partner at Kellerhals Carrard and specialises in complex domestic and international litigation and arbitration proceedings, with a particular focus on international and cross-border matters. He
Lea Ruckstuhl is a counsel at Kellerh - als Carrard who advises her clients on financial market law, with a strong focus on AML regulation, white-collar crime and compliance. She has broad experience in the area of internal
represents private and corporate clients in white- collar criminal law matters and administrative and regulatory litigation, in particular enforcement and other regulatory proceedings. He has extensive experience in international and cross-border disputes, and in conducting internal investigations relating to white-collar crime and regulatory issues. Roman has in-depth knowledge of the financial services industry, based on his prior experience at a major Swiss Bank and in the enforcement division of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA).
investigations and was for many years a member of the audit and investigation body of the self-regulato - ry organisation of the Swiss Insurance Association. Lea regularly publishes in her areas of expertise and has written about asset freezing (Articles 9a and 10 of the AMLA) in the Basle Commentary. She lectures in her areas of expertise at the HWZ (University of Applied Sciences for Business Administration Zurich), for example.
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