In recent years, governments have increased their efforts and adapted their laws and regulations in order to fight fraud, corruption, money laundering, financing of criminal activities and terrorism. As a result, criminal law has made an entry into the fields of international business and finance.

Over the years, Kellerhals has developed a substantial practice in the area of national and transnational Commercial Criminal Law. Attorneys of the firm have also been closely involved in developments in this field by lecturing in and outside academia and through publishing of articles.

The specific areas in which Kellerhals provides services include:

• Domestic and cross-border white collar crime, such as fraud and embezzlement, corruption, insider dealing, money laundering, violations of economic sanctions and anti-boycott controls
• Civil, criminal and regulatory aspects of fraud investigations, for which Kellerhals can provide a co-ordinated approach across all disciplines
• Tracing and recovery of misappropriated assets, located in other jurisdictions, including court orders for the provision of financial information and bank records, the search of premises for the recovery of evidence and the freezing of bank accounts
• Strategic advice to and representation of companies or officers confronted with corporate criminal liability
• Assisting financial intermediaries and account holders of Swiss banks confronted with freeze orders and/or disclosure orders issued in national or transnational criminal or administrative investigations