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Regulatory, compliance and investigations

Niederer Kraft Frey AG

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With expertise in multi-jurisdictional and cross-border matters, Niederer Kraft Frey AG‘s wide-ranging experience encompasses the insurance, medical and fashion sectors, among others, with particular strengths in handling white-collar related mandates. The team’s capabilities have been strengthened by the firm’s new office in Geneva, with white-collar experts Myriam Fehr-Alaoui and Nicolas Kuonen joining the team in January 2023 from Python and Tavernier Tschanz respectively. ’Fantastic’ joint practice head Juerg Bloch is entrusted by clients to manage white-collar criminal defence matters and internal investigations, with fellow practice head Philipp Candreia fielding a strong practice that includes various investigations as well as enforcement matters concerning prudentially regulated institutions.

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  • ‘A team of highly qualified legal experts rendering excellent and useful advice.’

  • ‘What really stands out is the collaboration in this field and the drive by the team to achieve the desired outcome. ’

  • ‘I would like to specifically mention Juerg Bloch in the respective practice area, who really stood out supporting us in different matters. Juerg has a very profound legal knowledge in his practice area and is exceptionally approachable. Particularly, I would like to highlight his solution driven mindset.’

  • ‘Juerg Bloch is fantastic and has both the experience and relationships to assist any company involved in an investigation that has touch points with Switzerland and Swiss authorities.’

Key clients

  • EFG Bank AG
  • Credit Suisse
  • BMW AG
  • EMIX Trading AG
  • Leonteq
  • Chevron
  • Globegarden
  • LEONI Group
  • Prada Group
  • UBS Group
  • International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)
  • HDI Global
  • B.A. Group

Work highlights

  • Mandated to conduct an internal investigation into whether M Investments SA was hacked or whether someone within the organisation defrauded the company intentionally, as several fraudulent payments were made from this account to accounts abroad. In addition, representing M Investments SA in criminal and civil proceedings against Bank B in Geneva.
  • Conducted a comprehensive internal investigation into Swiss based investment vehicle B.A. Group. Several investors and business partners claim that the client facilitated a multi-million Ponzi scheme and assisted in defrauding investors. A dozen criminal complaints were filed against various individuals (incl. our client) within the past 12 months.
  • Representing one of the largest private banks in the investigations involving Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund, 1Malaysia Development Berhad ("1MDB"). This is one of the world's largest money laundering and corruption investigations in history, involving authorities in the United States, Switzerland, Singapore, Malaysia and Luxembourg. It involves the alleged theft of over USD 7bn from 1MDB, several billion of which was allegedly laundered through BSI.

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Juerg Bloch

Juerg Bloch

Niederer Kraft Frey AG

Juerg Bloch’s practice focuses on advising companies and individuals on corporate internal and regulatory investigations, white collar crime, crisis management, corporate governance, compliance and international civil and criminal judicial assistance matters. Much of Juerg’s work is international and involves regular contact with regulators and prosecutors in Switzerland and the United States.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Juerg Bloch, Philipp Candreia

Other key lawyers

Myriam Fehr-Alaoui, Nicolas Kuonen

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