Adam El-Hakim

Adam is ranked as a key lawyer for regulatory, compliance and investigations in Legal 500 EMEA, 2022

Increase in corporate and senior management criminal liability enforcement in Switzerland
Daniel L. Bühr, Benoît A Mauron, Adam El-Hakim, Alexandre Schwab
In: Lexology online, LALIVE Insights, 26 March 2025

No absolute veto right for private claimants in accelerated criminal proceedings
Benoît A Mauron, Adam El-Hakim, Vivien Altwegg
In: Lexology online, LALIVE Insights, 14 March 2025

Entscheidbesprechung BGer 4A_368/2023 (applicability of criminal procedure law in internal investigations)
Adam El-Hakim,  Veena Manikulam
In: ForumPoenale 1/2025, 12 February 2025

NPK - Netzwerks Privatklägerschaft NPK - Jahrestagung 2024
ADAM EL-HAKIM, Role: Speaker and Chair
Karl der Grosse, Zurich,, 23 August 2024

ThoughtLeaders4 - Fire & Ice Circle Europe
ADAM EL-HAKIM, Role: Speaker and Co-Chair
Le Mirador, Vevey, Switzerland, 12 March 2024

investigativ.ch - Inspirations-Input: Interviews führen - Die Kunst der Recherche und des Interviews aus Sicht von Anwältinnen und Anwälten
ADAM EL-HAKIM, Role: Speaker
Zurich, 29 February 2024

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• Founding member and Chairman of the Private Claimants Network (PCN)
• Member of the Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
• Member of the Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
• Member of the Criminalistic Society of Switzerland (CSS)
• Member of the European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA)
• Member of the European Fraud and Compliance Lawyers (EFCL)

• Counsel, LALIVE, Zurich, 2023 – present
• Associate, LALIVE, Zurich 2019 – 2022
• Federal Assistant Prosecutor, Office of the Attorney General (section for white collar crime), Zurich, 2017 – 2019
• Attorney, Bär & Karrer, Zurich, 2017

• PhD, University of Basel (Dr Gadient Engi Scholar), 2017
• Admitted to the Swiss Bar, 2014
• LLM, University College London (Dr Gadient Engi Scholar), 2011
• Master of Laws, University of Basel, 2010
• Bachelors of Laws, University of Basel, 2008