Martina Athanas

Martina Athanas is a member of the firm's internal investigations practice group and its litigation team. Her practice is focused on conducting and advising on all aspects of internal investigations into bribery, fraud and compliance. Martina also regularly advises on white collar crime and cross-border legal issues (including Swiss blocking statutes and data privacy laws), and is often involved in proceedings for international mutual legal assistance and administrative assistance. During a secondment at the Swiss financial regulator, FINMA, Martina was able to work on regulatory matters from the government enforcement perspective. She also gained valuable insight into legal matters from a client's perspective during her secondment at the Litigation & Investigations team at UBS. · Bär & Karrer Ltd.

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Martina Athanas is Counsel at Bär & Karrer and a member of the firm's internal investigations practice group and litigation team. She focuses on internal investigations into bribery, fraud and compliance, advises on white‑collar and cross‑border legal issues (including Swiss blocking statutes and data privacy), and has undertaken secondments at FINMA and UBS.

Domaines d’expertise

Internal InvestigationsLitigationWhite Collar CrimeComplianceData Protection & PrivacyBanking & FinanceHealthcareLife Sciences

Bureau

Switzerland

Bär & Karrer Ltd. · Martina Athanas is a member of the firm's internal investigations practice group and its litigation team. Her practice is focused on conducting and advising on all aspects of internal investigations into bribery, fraud and compliance. Martina also regularly advises on white collar crime and cross-border legal issues (including Swiss blocking statutes and data privacy laws), and is often involved in proceedings for international mutual legal assistance and administrative assistance. During a secondment at the Swiss financial regulator, FINMA, Martina was able to work on regulatory matters from the government enforcement perspective. She also gained valuable insight into legal matters from a client's perspective during her secondment at the Litigation & Investigations team at UBS.

Switzerland

Expertise

Bribery & Corruption InvestigationsFraud InvestigationsFinancial Regulatory EnforcementMutual Legal Assistance & International CooperationData Privacy & Swiss Blocking StatutesBanking & Financial Institutions

Formation

King's College London: LL.M. in International Business Law (2011)
University of Zurich: MLaw (2010)
University of Geneva: BLaw (2008)

Inscriptions au barreau

Admitted to the Aargau Bar (2015)

Langues

EnglishFrenchGerman