Offering clients a ‘proactive approach’ and ’strong, strategic thinking’, the white-collar crime and investigations team at Pestalozzi is highly sought-after for white-collar criminal matters in the financial sector. Heading the team, Christophe Emonet represents foreign states, corporates, and HNWIs in landmark cross-border criminal investigations and proceedings concerning financial crime, fraud, and corruption. Elsewhere in the team, disputes expert Michael Kramer specialises in cross-border financial crime proceedings and asset recovery, while Thomas Rohner brings further expertise to fraud and corruption investigations and proceedings.
Testimonials
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‘Proactive approach, strong, strategic thinking, excellent quality of work.’
‘Thomas Rohner is focused on getting the best solutions and offers strong strategic thinking and high-quality legal advice.’
Key clients
- Advance Magazine Publishers Inc. and Conde Nast Publications SA (editors of Vogue magazine)
- Bank of America
- Banque Cantonale de Genève
- City of Almaty
- Coop
- Credit Suisse
- Fahad Al Rajaan
- The Estate of Fahad Al Rajaan
- Glencore
- Johnson & Johnson
- National Oil Corporation of Libya
- Olivier Maus (stakeholder of Maus Frères SA, Lacoste)
- Republic of Kazakhstan
- Swiss Life AG
- The Estate of Fahad Al Rajaan (and number of companies he was the BO of)
- Turkmengas
Work highlights
- Representing Fahad Al Rajaan and his Estate in an ongoing cross-border investigation related to more than USD 80 billion banking transactions related to his work as CEO of the Public Institution of Social Security of Kuwait.
- Representing the City of Almaty in another large cross-border investigation and recovery claims against the Khrapunov clan.
- Representing National Oil Corporation of Libya in a major corruption trial, now pending before the Swiss Supreme Court after a victory before the Court of Appeal of the Federal Criminal Court.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Christophe Emonet