SWITZERLAND Law and Practice Contributed by: Roman Huber, Cristina Ess and Lea Ruckstuhl, Kellerhals Carrard
Kellerhals Carrard has more than 200 profes - sionals working in offices in Basel, Bern, Laus - anne, Lugano, Sion, Zurich, and Geneva, as well as representation offices in Shanghai and Tokyo. The law firm is one of the largest in Swit - zerland, with a rich tradition going back to 1885. Its continually expanding white-collar crime, in - vestigation, and compliance team has 15 pro - fessionals who conduct internal and regulatory investigations – particularly in healthcare, the pharma and life sciences sector, the public sec - tor, and with regards to anti-bribery and AML
compliance, as well as supervision in the finan - cial services industry. In 2018, the team led the highly publicised investigation into Postbus. The white-collar crime department has exten - sive experience in providing advice and court representation for a wide variety of business crime matters. Kellerhals Carrard’s compliance specialists have broad experience of advising companies from various industries on proper measures to address any compliance deficien - cies, including with regard to anti-bribery and anti-corruption.
Authors
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
Cristina Ess is a member of Kellerhals Carrard’s white-collar crime practice group. After graduating from the University of Zurich, she gained experience in a law firm in Zurich specialised
and cross-border matters. He 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 an in-depth knowledge of the financial services industry, based on his prior experience at a major Swiss Bank and at the Enforcement Division of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA).
in criminal defence. After passing the Bar exam, Cristina joined Kellerhals 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 laundering, as well as in international legal assistance and administrative assistance proceedings. In addition, she co-leads Kellerhals Carrard Zurich’s team combating fraud and forgery related to Swiss federal COVID-19 loans and conducts numerous criminal proceedings throughout the eastern part of Switzerland.
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