Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

White-Collar Crime and Compliance / Internal Corporate Investigations / Financial Services / Sanctions Group / IT Security and Cybercrime / Employment / International Arbitration / Dispute Resolution

Peter Burckhardt leads Schellenberg Wittmer's White-Collar Crime & Compliance and the Internal Corporate Investigations teams in Zurich. Peter has developed a strong practice in complex criminal, regulatory and civil litigation matters, often involving multi-jurisdictional components. He is also frequently retained to conduct internal investigations for a broad range of topics.

Experience:

• Swiss lead counsel in several high-profile criminal investigations relating to foreign corruption which settled in multi-jurisdictional resolutions, including for a listed commodity trading and mining group headquartered in Switzerland and for a major Brazilian construction group in the Petrobras matter
• Defending a global Swiss bank in a money laundering investigation related to foreign corruption
• Representing a German car manufacturer against consumer mass claims in the context of the Diesel affair
• Swiss lead counsel to a global bank headquartered in Switzerland in the U.S. tax dispute
• Defending a major bank in a Ponzi scheme fraud investigation and related civil and regulatory action
• Defending a member of top management of a global bank in criminal and regulatory proceedings by Swiss and U.S. law enforcement
• Defending an ousted head of state in a corruption and money laundering investigation

2006 - Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer

1999 - Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer

1996-1998 - Served in various functions in the judiciary of the Canton of Bern, notably as criminal prosecutor and deputy judge in civil and criminal matters

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• Member of various professional associations including the Zurich and Swiss Bar  Associations, the International Bar Association (IBA), the European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA), and the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
• Regular publications in fields of specialization and speaker at international conferences
• Board Member of FlexLaw

1999 - LL.M., University of Edinburgh

1995 - Bar Admission in Switzerland

1995 - University of Bern