Mr Paul Gully-Hart > Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd > Geneva, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
5bis, rue des Alpes
P.O. Box 2088
1211 Geneva 1
Switzerland

Work Department

Geneva / Litigation / White-Collar Crime and Compliance / Internal Corporate Investigations

Position

Paul Gully-Hart is Of Counsel in Schellenberg Wittmer’s Dispute Resolution Group in Geneva, where he heads the White-Collar Crime and Compliance Group. He has developed a strong practice in complex litigation that frequently involves an international component and multi-jurisdictional aspects. He has specialized in regulatory and compliance issues, asset-tracing, business crime defense work, and international mutual assistance in criminal and regulatory matters. Paul Gully-Hart is active in banking and commercial disputes and involved in major litigation. He is familiar with common law and often requested to advise on multi-jurisdictional disputes.

Career

2000 – Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer

1980 – Associate & Partner at Poncet Turrettini Amaudruz Neyroud & Partners

Languages

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish

Memberships

  • Former chairman of the Business Crime Committee of the International Bar Association, where he continues to be active, AIDP. ECBA

Education

1978 – Bar Admission in Switzerland

1977 – lic. iur., University of Geneva

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Regulatory, compliance and investigations

Counting corporations, financial institutions and boards of directors in a diverse and impressive client roster, Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd advises on the full gamut of regulatory, compliance and investigations mandates. Notable work for the group includes criminal liability in insolvency situations, white-collar crime work and a variety of regulatory proceedings. Peter Burckhardt and Benjamin Borsodi co-helm the practice, with the former being noted for his business crime expertise and the latter bolstering the team with expansive experience in international legal assistance, corporate investigations and asset tracing. Clara Poglia, George Ayoub, Louis Burrus and Paul Gully-Hart are other key names in the team.