Mr Benjamin Borsodi, LL.M. > Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd > Geneva, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd Offices

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
5bis, rue des Alpes
P.O. Box 2088
1211 Geneva 1
Switzerland
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Mr Benjamin Borsodi, LL.M.

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Work Department

Geneva / White-Collar Crime and Compliance / Dispute Resolution / Internal Corporate Investigations / Competition and Antitrust

Position

Benjamin Borsodi is head of the White-Collar Crime and Internal Corporate Investigations group in Geneva. His areas of practice cover all of business crime, international legal assistance, corporate investigations, asset tracing and recovery, as well as compliance. Benjamin is also regularly handling commercial and banking litigation.

Experience:

  • Representing one of the leading commodities trading company in a substantial criminal investigation regarding corruption allegations
  • Defending one of the major Brazilian construction company for the Swiss aspects of the Petrobras matter
  • Assisting a defendant in Swiss federal criminal proceedings in connection with alleged corruption practices of public officials in China
  • Defending the former employee of an Indian group active in the shipping and energy business in a high-profile money laundering investigation

Career

2013-2019 – Member of the Management Committee of Schellenberg Wittmer (Managing Partner 2015-2019)
2009 – Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer
2002 – Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer

Languages

  • French
  • English
  • German

Memberships

  • Active in several professional associations such as the International Bar Association (IBA), and the European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA)
  • Author and co-author of several publications on business crime related issues

Education

(2001) Bar Admission in New York
– (2000) LL.M., Georgetown University Law Center
– (1999) Bar Admission in Switzerland
– (1996) lic. iur., University of Geneva
– (1994) lic. oec., University of Geneva

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Regulatory, compliance and investigations

Demonstrating ‘broad expertise, deep content knowledge, and exceptional flexibility’, Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd stands out for its extensive presence on white-collar crime mandates. Heading the team, Benjamin Borsodi is a key contact among major corporates, leading executives, and public entities and officials on complex cross-border business and financial crime mandates. Counting major multinational banks and corporates among his clients, team co-head Peter Burckhardt brings a wealth of experience in cross-border financial crime investigations and proceedings, regulatory compliance and enforcement, and asset recovery. Dispute resolution group co-head Clara Poglia regularly represents leading executives and UHNWIs in high-value and significant financial crime proceedings. Bolstering the team’s strength, white-collar crime investigations and proceedings specialists Matthias Gstoehl and Simone Nadelhofer joined in September 2024 from LALIVE.

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