IFLR - Switzerland: updated legislation for internal investigations at banks and financial services providers
Urs Feller and Marcel Frey analyse the implications of a revision to the Swiss Civil Procedure Code with relation to the legal privilege for in-house counsel during internal investigations from a civil and criminal procedure point of view.
IFLR - Switzerland: updated legislation for internal investigations at banks and financial services providers
Urs Feller and Marcel Frey analyse the possible implications of the inclusion of inhouse counsel under the scope of client-attorney privilege and what the Civil Procedure Code amendment could mean for future internal investigations at banks and financial service providers. They discuss under which circumstances internal investigations can be undertaken by the inhouse legal team and the advantages and disadvantages in this regard. The authors address the distinction between typical legal advice and statutory compliance obligations requires by law.
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