Peter Burckhardt

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 · Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

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Leads Schellenberg Wittmer's White-Collar Crime & Compliance and Internal Corporate Investigations teams in Zurich, with a practice focused on complex criminal, regulatory and civil litigation matters often involving multi-jurisdictional components. Frequently retained to conduct internal investigations across a broad range of topics.

Practice areas

White-Collar CrimeComplianceInternal InvestigationsFinancial ServicesSanctionsCybercrimeEmploymentInternational Arbitration

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Switzerland

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd · 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

Switzerland

Expertise

Anti-corruption / Foreign corruption investigationsMoney laundering investigationsCross-border / Multi-jurisdictional investigationsRegulatory and criminal defenceFinancial institutions / BankingInternal corporate investigationsCommodities & miningAutomotive and consumer mass claims

Education

LL.M., University of Edinburgh (1999)
University of Bern (1995)

Admissions

Admitted to the Swiss bar (1995)

Languages

GermanEnglishFrenchItalian