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Bär & Karrer Ltd. Offices

Bär & Karrer Ltd.
BRANDSCHENKESTRASSE 90
8027 ZÜRICH
Switzerland
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Mr Saverio Lembo

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Work Department

Litigation | White Collar Crime | Arbitration | Reorganization & Insolvency | Media, Entertainment & Sports | Internal Investigation | Employment

Position

Saverio Lembo heads Bär & Karrer’s White Collar Crime practice group.

He has extensive experience in white collar crime, commercial and financial litigation, international judicial assistance (civil and criminal), arbitration and insolvency. During recent years, he has been involved in a number of complex commercial litigation proceedings, has served as a party representative or arbitrator in various domestic and international commercial arbitrations and has assisted clients in Swiss and foreign criminal proceedings. He regularly represents clients before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Saverio Lembo’s practice also extends to pharmaceutical litigation, inheritance law, employment matters and enforcement of foreign judgments and awards.

Saverio Lembo is ranked in tier 1 of the leading lawyers in White-Collar Crime Switzerland by Chambers & Partners. He was awarded “Lawyer of the Year for Switzerland” in the categories “Business Crime Defence” and “Investigations” at the Who’s Who Legal Awards in 2020 as well as “Lawyer of the Year 2016” in the categories Criminal Defence and Litigation in the Geneva area by Best Lawyers. Since 2012, the International Who’s Who lists him among the world’s leading practitioners in the areas of Business Crime Defence, Asset Recovery Lawyers and Commercial Litigation. In The Legal 500, Saverio Lembo has been listed among the leading individuals in Switzerland in Dispute Resolution since 2010.

Career

  • Partner of Bär & Karrer (since 2003)
  • Associate at Bär & Karrer (2000)
  • Secondment at Slaughter and May, London (1997)
  • Associate at a Swiss law firm (1995)

Languages

French, Italian, English, German

Memberships

  • Member of The International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators (since 2019)
  • Regional Representative Europe of the IBA Criminal Law Committee (since 2019)
  • Co-Chair of the International Anti-Money Laundering Committee, American Bar Association SIL (since 2017)
  • Vice-Chair of the International Arbitration Committee, American Bar Association SIL (2014-2016)
  • Co-Chair of the International Criminal Law Committee, American Bar Association SIL (2012-2014)
  • Co-Chair of AIJA Human Rights Committee (2011)
  • Lecturer at the “Ecole d’Avocature”, University of Geneva, Criminal Law Proceedings (since 2011)
  • President of the Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA) (2009-2010)
  • President of the Commercial Fraud Commission of AIJA (2006-2008)
  • Member of the Executive Committee of the Associazione Internazionale dei Giuristi di Lingua Italiana (AIGLI) (1998-2008)
  • International Bar Association (IBA)
  • Member of (ASA) Association Suisse de l’Arbitrage
  • Geneva Bar Association (OdA)
  • Association Genevoise du Droit des Affaires (AGDA)
  • Société Suisse de droit pénal
  • Member of the Committee of the Geneva Young Lawyers Bar (1994-1995)

Education

  • Admitted to the Geneva Bar (Ranked 1st, 1995)
  • University of Geneva: lic. iur. (1992)
  • University of Geneva: lic. oec. (1989)

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Sports law

Bär & Karrer Ltd. ‘provides excellent advice’ in all sports matters from litigation, arbitration, and mediation to drafting and implementation of regulations and negotiating international contracts. Practice head Michele Bernasconi is considered a ‘leading global experts in sports law’ with extensive expertise in CAS as well as broadcasting and sponsorship agreements, international transfers of football players, and doping matters. White-collar crime specialists Saverio Lembo and Abdul Carrupt, and media experts Emanuel Cortada and Basil Kupferschmied regularly represents clients before CAS as well as the Swiss courts. Lukas Stocker left the firm in March 2023 to join as Senior Legal Counsel at Energie 360°.

Switzerland > Dispute resolution: litigation

(Hall of Fame)

Saverio Lembo – Bär & Karrer Ltd.

Regarded as a team of ‘highly responsive strategic thinkers’, Bär & Karrer Ltd. represents clients across a broad scope of litigation, ranging from insurance and employment law litigation, to disputes involving trusts and estates and bankruptcy-related proceedings. Alongside this, the practice demonstrates considerable proficiency across financial services, healthcare, energy and sports sectors, among others. The practice is jointly led by Matthew Reiter, Aurélie Conrad Hari and Cesare Jermini. Reiter’s particular expertise lies in the remit of complex domestic and international commercial disputes, while Conrad Hari bolsters the practice with her capabilities across financial, banking and commercial disputes. Jermini’s wide-ranging experience encompasses commercial law, private international law and real estate, to name a few. Nadja Jaisli Kull is especially active in the banking and finance, pharma and transport fields, with Andreas Länzlinger possessing a wealth of experience in handling large scale internal investigations at global enterprises. Andrew Garbarski and Saverio Lembo are also key members of the practice. Claudia Götz Staehelin and Oliver M. Brupbacher both joined from Kellerhals Carrard in April 2023, adding significant life sciences capabilities to the team.

Switzerland > Regulatory, compliance and investigations

Operating in Bär & Karrer Ltd.‘s Geneva office, Saverio Lembo and Andrew Garbarski lead the white-collar crime group, which advises across the full spectrum of alleged business crimes. Zurich-based Eric Stupp, Joel Fischer and Andreas Länzlinger head the crisis management and internal investigations team, which demonstrates significant prowess in managing cross-border mandates. Basel-based Claudia Götz Staehelin and Oliver M. Brupbacher round out the team’s leadership, contributing their vast expertise in the life sciences and healthcare sector to the practice, having joined from Kellerhals Carrard in April 2023. Other key undertakings for the team, regarded as a ‘leader in Switzerland’, include corporate governance, compliance processes and regulatory issues, alongside a host of others.

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