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Provided by Peter Burckhardt
White-Collar Crime and Compliance / Internal Corporate Investigations / Financial Services / Sanctions Group / IT Security and Cybercrime / Employment / International Arbitration / Dispute Resolution
Peter Burckhardt leads Schellenberg Wittmer's White-Collar Crime & Compliance and the Internal Corporate Investigations teams in Zurich. Peter has developed a strong practice in complex criminal, regulatory and civil litigation matters, often involving multi-jurisdictional components. He is also frequently retained to conduct internal investigations for a broad range of topics.
- Swiss lead counsel in several high-profile criminal investigations relating to foreign corruption which settled in multi-jurisdictional resolutions, including for a listed commodity trading and mining group headquartered in Switzerland and for a major Brazilian construction group in the Petrobras matter
- Defending a global Swiss bank in a money laundering investigation related to foreign corruption
- Representing a German car manufacturer against consumer mass claims in the context of the Diesel affair
- Swiss lead counsel to a global bank headquartered in Switzerland in the U.S. tax dispute
- Defending a major bank in a Ponzi scheme fraud investigation and related civil and regulatory action
- Defending a member of top management of a global bank in criminal and regulatory proceedings by Swiss and U.S. law enforcement
- Defending an ousted head of state in a corruption and money laundering investigation
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Peter Burckhardt is a renowned practitioner who represents clients in white-collar crime investigations and cases, including those relating to possible fraud, corruption and market manipulation.
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Peter Burckhardt is an excellent lawyer.
Peter Burckhardt is one of the more senior and experienced lawyers in corporate WCC cases in Switzerland, so he has handled a number of high-profile matters. He is very strategic and knowledgeable about the type of issues in cross-border cases.
Peter Burckhardt is an excellent lawyer.
Peter Burckhardt is one of the more senior and experienced lawyers in corporate WCC cases in Switzerland, so he has handled a number of high-profile matters. He is very strategic and knowledgeable about the type of issues in cross-border cases.