Criminal Law and Criminal Defense

Criminal law and criminal defense are among our preferred areas of practice, and we also consider ourselves a boutique criminal law firm. We cover the entire field of criminal law and have many years of experience in criminal law, including felony and white collar criminal law. Firm founder Boris Etter is completing the course to become a Specialist Attorney SAV Criminal Law / Certified Specialist SBA Criminal Law (still in training, graduation end of 2022 or early 2023) and is co-author in "Stämpflis Handkommentar zum Waffengesetz (WG)" (Bern, 2017, ISBN 978-3-72-72-5156-6).

Through his legal blog strafrechtonline.ch, law firm owner Boris Etter keeps abreast of the latest developments in criminal law.

If people or companies find themselves in the crosshairs of the investigating authorities, you should consult an experienced criminal defense lawyer as early as possible, i.e. from the very beginning or, even better, as a preventive measure in anticipation of action by the criminal authorities. In view of the massive power that the authorities have in criminal proceedings, the criminal defense lawyer must provide the necessary balance.

We defend and advise in general criminal law, white collar criminal law, administrative criminal law and international mutual legal assistance in criminal matters. We are regularly engaged in the defense of accused persons in complex and not infrequently also media-involved cases.

We defend and advise people in criminal proceedings in the entire field of general criminal law (in particular homicide, bodily injury offenses, property offenses, state protection offenses, official offenses, etc.) as well as in secondary criminal law (narcotics offenses (BetmG,) road traffic offenses (SVG), etc.).

In the area of commercial criminal law, we defend and advise both individuals and companies. In addition to representation in criminal proceedings, this also includes sealing, editions, seizures, confiscations as well as the implementation of coercive measures. Here, our clients also benefit from our know-how and networks in commercial law.

We also comprehensively cover administrative criminal law. This includes administrative criminal proceedings before the FDF, FINMAG violations in the banking sector, proceedings before the Federal Gaming Commission, the Federal Customs Administration as well as Swissmedic.

Our other services in criminal law include extraditions, referrals, pre-trial detention, compliance support, internal investigations and juvenile criminal law.

We act as criminal defense attorneys for our clients in the following areas in particular:

• Property crimes and white collar criminal law (fraud, robbery, theft, embezzlement, unfaithful management of a business, etc.).
• administrative criminal law
• Cases with large media coverage (spectacular cases, celebrity clients, etc.)
• Internal investigations ("Investigations")
• Offenses against life and limb (murder, intentional homicide, bodily injury, etc.)
• Offenses against narcotics (drug trafficking, etc.)
• Offenses against sexual integrity (rape, defilement, etc.)
• Road traffic offenses (speeding, driving under the influence of alcohol, etc.)
• Criminal cases related to labor law (theft, embezzlement, etc.)
• Weapons law (WG)
• Juvenile criminal law
• Representation of injured parties and victims (economic crimes, victim assistance, etc.)