Switzerland: White Collar Crime, Anti-Corruption & Fraud

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Perjury And False Evidence In International Arbitration
Witness evidence plays a critical role in international arbitration, but what happens when a witness deliberately lies? This comprehensive analysis examines how different jurisdictions handle perjury and false testimony in arbitration proceedings, exploring the criminal liability, procedural consequences, and potential impact on arbitral awards across Switzerland, England, France, UAE, India, and Singapore.
Switzerland Litigation
Aceris Law
Video
Lawyers Under The AMLA: More Duties, Not More Security (Video)
On 1 October 2026, Switzerland's revised Anti-Money Laundering Act brings lawyers, trustees and notaries under its regulatory scope for the first time, requiring them to align their organizations with sanctions risks. The reform adds a second layer of control to transactions already monitored by banks and financial intermediaries, raising questions about whether this duplication enhances security or merely increases compliance costs and encroaches on professional secrecy.
Switzerland Criminal
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LINDEMANNLAW
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When AI Agents Pay: The Legal Challenges Of Agentic Payments In Switzerland
AI agents no longer merely recommend purchases — they are beginning to select merchants, conclude transactions and pay, within mandates their users define in advance. For Swiss banks and fintechs, this shifts the legal question from whether an institution may deploy an autonomous agent to whether a customer can validly authorise today a payment whose amount, counterparty and timing will only be determined tomorrow. The payment mandate, not the individual payment instruction, becomes the decisive legal control point.
Switzerland Technology
RUGGLE Partner
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