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Elisabeth Roscher

Elisabeth is head of the firm's ESG, Compliance and Crisis Management team. She was previously partner and head of the Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services team at EY Norway (2011-2016). Elisabeth was also senior public prosecutor with Økokrim, responsible for investigation and prosecution of various large and complex economic crime cases. She has extensive experience in both pleading and prosecuting cases before Norwegian courts, including several Økokrim cases before the Norwegian Supreme Court. Her main areas of practice include: - Corporate compliance in particular anti-corruption, anti-money-laundering, responsible business conduct and human rights and international sanctions and trade control - Private investigations and crisis management for both national and international companies - Criminal law, in particular economic crime and corporate criminal liability · Wikborg Rein

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About

Head of Wikborg Rein's ESG, Compliance and Crisis Management team and partner since 2019, Elisabeth Roscher is a former partner and head of Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services at EY Norway and a former senior public prosecutor at Økokrim. She has extensive experience in investigating and prosecuting large and complex economic crime cases (including before the Norwegian Supreme Court) and advises on corporate compliance, private investigations and crisis management.

Practice areas

ComplianceInvestigationsCrisis ManagementCriminal LawSanctions & Trade ControlAnti-Money LaunderingAnti-Corruption

Office

Expertise

Anti-corruptionAnti-money-launderingResponsible business conductHuman rightsSanctions and trade controlPrivate investigationsCrisis managementEconomic crimeCorporate criminal liabilityProsecution before Norwegian courts (including the Supreme Court)

Education

  • Cand. Jur., University of Oslo (1988)
  • Diploma in EU Law, College of Europe, Bruges (1987)