Bernhard Lötscher

Practice Areas

Dispute Resolution; White-Collar Crime, Investigations and Regulatory/Compliance; Banking & Finance.

Bernhard has successfully represented corporate clients and individuals in commercial disputes as well as in white-collar crime and regulatory/compliance matters for more than two decades. He heads the White-Collar Crime practice group at CMS Zurich.

Career

University of Zurich and Lausanne (lic. iur., 1990); internship with Union Bank of Switzerland (today UBS) from 1990 to 1993; joined CMS in 1993; Partner since 2001.

Professional Memberships

Zurich Bar; Swiss Bar Association; International Bar Association; Bankrechtliche Vereinigung.

Publications

Chambers Practice Guides: Anti-Corruption 2019 – Trends and Developments: Switzerland; The Law Reviews: The International Investigations Review, 10th Edition, Chapter on Switzerland; Thomson Reuters: Anti-Money Laundering Country Guide – Switzerland; CMS Guide to Ant-Bribery and Corruption Laws 2021, Chapter on Switzerland; Basler Kommentar zum Geldwäschereigesetz, Helbing & Lichtenhahn, Basle 2021, Article 7

Personal

Languages: German, English and French.

Webpage: cms.law/en/CHE/People/Bernhard-Loetscher