Profile
Marcel Steinegger has over 20 years of litigation and trial experience in a variety of mainly international but also domestic commercial and corporate cases including representing individuals and companies in regulatory enforcement proceedings.
His practice also includes representing clients in criminal matters, mainly white-collar crime cases. He has in-depth experiences in cross-border litigation and international judicial assistance issues in civil and criminal matters, particularly in asset recovery, repatriation of assets and being expert in foreign proceedings.
Many of Marcel Steinegger’s clients have required his assistance regarding compliance, particularly anti-corruption and anti-money laundering issues, and other corporate, commercial, M&A or regulatory concerns. Long-term mandates as a board member including one of a bank provide him with the practical experiences on strategical and entrepreneurial topics.
As a former law clerk at the District Court of Zurich and as a trial lawyer Marcel Steinegger gained a thorough knowledge in any kind of employment law matters, an additional area of expertise and specialisation. He further assists HR managers and HR departments and gives lectures in employment law and HR matters.
Marcel Steinegger has been a partner since 2001.
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Rankings & Awards
- Marcel Steinegger is ranked by Leaders League in Banking & Finance Litigation and Commercial Litigation, Switzerland 2022
Deals & Cases
- Currently representing one of the biggest US banks, being damaged in a fraud scheme by one of its employees
- Successfully represented one of the biggest Swiss scaffolding company in various criminal and civil litigations due to accidents caused by craftsmen on the scaffolds
- Currently advising a Swiss based technology company that leverages big data in multimillion claims of former employees
- Assisted US monitors appointed by the US department of justice regarding the group audit and the audit of the Swiss subsidiaries;
- Currently representing a former asset manager against civil and criminal claims of former customers and his former employer, a Geneva based Swiss bank.
Education & Admission
- Admitted to the Bar (1992)
- University of San Diego, LL.M.
- University of Zurich, lic.iur.
Memberships and public offices
- Swiss Bar Association
- Zurich Bar Association
- International Bar Association (IBA)
Languages
- German
- English
Publications
- Switzerland sharpens historic Russia sanctions | 21.03.2022
- Switzerland adopts historic sanctions against Russian individuals and entities | 04.03.2022
- Whistleblowing: Wie müssen Arbeitgeber mit diesem Phänomen umgehen? | 14.12.2021
- Die Lohnträgerschaft – ein Zukunftsmodell für selbständiges Arbeiten, SKO Ratgeber, February 2021 | 01.03.2021
Find all publications by Marcel C. Steinegger on our website mll-legal.com.
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Marcel Steinegger is ranked by Leaders League in Banking & Finance Litigation and Commercial Litigation, Switzerland 2022