Dr iur Flavio Romerio > Homburger > Zurich, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

Homburger
PRIME TOWER
HARDSTRASSE 201
8005 ZURICH
Switzerland

Work Department

Crisis Management, Compliance, Investigations, Corporate Governance, White Collar Crime.

Position

Partner. Flavio Romerio is the Managing Partner of Homburger and the head of Homburger’s White Collar & Investigations team. His work focuses on complex, often public and high-stakes matters at the crossroads of regulatory, civil and criminal proceedings. He represents clients in investigations by Swiss and foreign authorities, in particular in proceedings by Swiss regulator FINMA and in investigations by US authorities against Swiss corporates. He leads internal investigations and advises clients on their compliance framework, with a special focus on AML, sanctions and anti-bribery compliance. He regularly conducts compliance reviews at Swiss financial institutions and carries out factual investigations in the context of FINMA enforcement proceedings.

Career

Admitted to the Bar in 1992. Joined Homburger in 1995 and has been a Partner since 2002.

Languages

German, English.

Education

Received his law degree (lic iur, 1989) and his doctorate (Dr iur, 1995) from the University of Basel. In 1993, he graduated from the University of California at Berkeley (LLM).

Personal

Born 1964.

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Regulatory, compliance and investigations

(Hall of Fame)

Flavio Romerio  – Homburger

Utilising its cross-border expertise, Homburger’s ‘very skilled’ practice provides considerable know-how to clients seeking assistance with criminal investigations and proceedings, extracting knowledge from other strong practice areas at the firm, including its banking, corporate and IP departments. Vastly experienced co-lead Flavio Romerio is a strong choice for large-scale internal investigations mandates, and fellow co-lead Claudio Bazzani incorporates a diverse multitude of internal and regulatory investigations as well as compliance issues in his arsenal of skills. Bazzani is praised for his provision of ‘tactically smart advice’ to clients. Alongside them, Marcel Dietrich’s commercial, public and administrative law experience is regularly capitalised on by Swiss and foreign governmental agencies.