Ms Clara Poglia > Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd > Geneva, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile
Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd Offices

15bis, rue des Alpes
P.O. Box 2088
1211 Geneva 1
Switzerland
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Ms Clara Poglia

Work Department
Dispute Resolution / Internal Corporate Investigations / White-Collar Crime and Compliance
Position
Clara Poglia is a Partner in our Dispute Resolution Group in Geneva. She is Co-Head of the firm’s litigation practice.
Experience:
- Representation of a company in a major Swiss investigation involving potential wrongdoing (allegations of corruption);
- Representation of a corporation in criminal proceedings targeting a large Ponzi scheme and in related bankruptcy proceedings and assets recovery;
- Representation of multiple individuals and corporations in large scale requests for mutual legal assistance in tax matters addressed to Switzerland by France, Spain and Netherland notably;
- Representation of Brazilian individuals and companies in Swiss criminal proceedings related to the lava jato Brazilian scandal;
- Representation and assistance to a former high ranking executive in proceedings conducted by a sports authority and authorities in Switzerland;
- Representation of European corporations targeted by a request of mutual legal assistance in criminal matters addressed by the U.S. Department of Justice to Switzerland and representation of the same entities in the related Swiss domestic criminal proceedings
Career
Languages
- French
- Italian
- English
- German
Memberships
- Chapter Leader of the Women in White Collar Defense Association’s Swiss Chapter
- Member of the AIJA’s Executive Committee
- Work coordinator for the AIJA’s 2020 annual conference in Rio
Education
Lawyer Rankings
Switzerland > Dispute resolution: litigation
Fielding a team that is ‘commercial, clever, responsive and a pleasure to deal with’, Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd handles high-profile, complex commercial litigation, often with a cross-border element. The team particularly stands out for its commercial and banking expertise and counts Credit Suisse, Volkswagen, EFG International and UBS as clients. Peter Burckhardt heads up the group in Zurich, while Louis Burrus and Clara Poglia were recently appointed as co-heads of the Geneva team. Other key practitioners include Christian Girod and Urs Hoffmann-Nowotny, who focus on banking litigation; ‘top-notch litigator’ Stefan Leimgruber, Benjamin Borsodi, who leads the internal corporate investigations group, and of counsel Vincent Jeanneret
. Katherine Bell was promoted to the partnership and Daniela Dardel was promoted to counsel in early 2022.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance: Geneva
- Competition
- Dispute resolution: arbitration
- Dispute resolution: litigation
- Employment
- Fintech
- Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Leading firms: French-speaking Switzerland
- Private client
- Real estate and construction
- Regulatory, compliance and investigations
- TMT
- Transport