Schellenberg Wittmer has extensive experience in the investigation of a broad range of legal and regulatory matters, including:

• Bribery and corruption;
• Fraud and violation of tax laws;
• Violation of banking and capital market rules;
• Disclosure and accounting issues;
• Competition and antitrust;
• Executive misconduct.

We also regularly act on behalf of regulators and other law enforcement authorities.

Strong teams in dispute resolution, white collar crime and antitrust form the foundation of our practice, which is supported by other practice areas including corporate, banking and finance, capital markets, and tax. For each matter, a tailor-made team is assembled comprising partners, associates and junior lawyers from the relevant practice areas.

Our experience includes:

• Counsel to two major Brazilian conglomerates Odebrecht and Braskem in AML proceedings opened by the Office of the Attorney General in Switzerland in the context of the multibillion-dollar Petrobras corruption scandal. This is a landmark case, one of the first and largest corporate criminal liability cases ever settled in Switzerland, reached in close coordination with resolutions in Brazil and the United States;
• Lead counsel to Credit Suisse in offshore tax evasion investigation launched by U.S. authorities in 2011, and in the subsequent settlement reached between the Bank and the U.S. government;
• Lead counsel to EFG Bank in its compliance under the U.S. DOJ offshore voluntary disclosure program for Swiss banks. Schellenberg Wittmer advised the client on the full spectrum of legal issues involved, including internal investigation, and representation of EFG Bank both before the U.S. DOJ and in various related Swiss court proceedings.