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Headed by Dominik Elmiger and Nicolas Ollivier, LALIVE is well-positioned to advise a variety of multinationals, domestic corporates, and high-net-worth individuals on a litany of white-collar crime issues and internal investigations alongside an array of enforcement and administrative mandates. The group is regarded for its impressive ‘level of skills, reactivity and creativity’. Ollivier has a wide-ranging practice that encompasses bankruptcy, civil mismanagement, and regulatory investigations. Sandrine Giroud covers the full array of fraud and asset recovery, private client, and cross-border insolvency mandates, among other issues. Daniel Lucien Bühr is regarded for his strengths in ESG, regulatory, and compliance matters and André Brunschweiler is a key name for corporate and commercial disputes. Simone Nadelhofer left the firm.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Their calm approach to potential litigation and ability to diffuse potentially heated situations was greatly appreciated, allowing swift and financially beneficial early resolutions.’

  • ‘What makes this practice unique is the level of skills, reactivity and creativity. When necessary, for example because there is a situation of emergency, the law firm working into teams, there is always a competent lawyer available.’

  • ‘The lawyers I work with are bright, rapid, flexible and easily available when there is an urgent matter occurring.'

  • 'I particularly appreciate working with Benoît Mauron whose one of the best lawyers I know. He is very clever, calm and sharp in analysing the most difficult legal problems.’

  • ‘LALIVE's resources are very powerful enabling them to efficiently deal with large cases in a timely fashion manner.’

  • ‘Nicolas Ollivier has a very strong command of Swiss case law. The scope of his knowledge in this field is thus very large which provides him with a real competitive advantage. His experience in dealing with complex financial products enables him to determine at a faster pace successful strategies.’

  • ‘The team is very experienced and customer oriented.'

  • 'The quality of the work is exceptional, and the cooperation is very professional.'

Work highlights

  • Acting for a number of institutional AT1 investors in executing a multi-jurisdictional litigation strategy to secure compensation and redress in connection with the write-down of AT1-Notes by Credit Suisse Group AG on 19 March 2023.
  • Acting for several major institutional and private ultra-high net worth investors in potential major losses incurred in connection with the Greensill collapse.
  • Representing an UHNWI and related entities in civil and criminal proceedings in the aftermath of a long-lasting international dispute in relation to artwork transactions exceeding $2bn.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Nicolas Ollivier, Dominik Elmiger

Other key lawyers

Sandrine Giroud, Daniel Lucien Bühr, Benoît Mauron, André Brunschweiler