Investigations, Regulatory & Compliance
Protecting clients in crisis situations
LALIVE’s investigations and compliance specialists protect clients from corporate criminal and regulatory risks. Our team, one of the largest in Switzerland, is ranked among the Top 100 practices worldwide by Global Investigations Review.
We represent corporate clients, international organisations, States and State agencies, and executives in investigations initiated by enforcement agencies and in international mutual legal assistance proceedings. We also advise senior corporate management on conducting internal investigations effectively.
Our cases involve suspected bribery, human rights and ESG violations, money laundering, fraud, harassment, abuse of power, regulatory failures, tax offences, sanctions and anti-trust violations.
We have extensive know-how in managing investigations initiated by enforcement agencies at local and international levels, coordinating specialist teams, including forensic experts, IT specialists and media advisors.
Our expertise extends to:
- Corporate monitoring on behalf of boards and enforcement agencies.
- Complex compliance and risk assessments.
- Advice on best practice risk management, self-reporting, settlement strategies.
- Implementation of state-of-the-art corporate governance and risk and compliance management systems, as well as ISO management standards, international conventions and guidelines.
We are also trusted advisers on Swiss sanctions regulations, and routinely collaborate with EU and US sanctions specialists on some of the most complex international matters.
Expert teams, shaping and setting standards
Our multi-lingual, multi-disciplinary team includes former Swiss prosecutors and members of the judiciary, former senior in-house counsel and former government experts. This allows us to adopt a unique global perspective on the challenges our clients face.
Our experts include active members of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the International Association of Independent Corporate Monitors (IAICM), and the Ethics and Compliance Switzerland (ECS). The firm is also a founding member of the Business and Human Rights Lawyers Association and takes part in initiatives such as the UN Guiding Principles of Business & Human Rights.
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