Member
Biography
Saverio Lembo heads Bär & Karrer's White Collar Crime practice group.
He has extensive experience in white collar crime, commercial and financial litigation, international judicial assistance (civil and criminal), arbitration and insolvency. During recent years, he has been involved in a number of complex commercial litigation proceedings, has served as a party representative or arbitrator in various domestic and international commercial arbitrations and has assisted clients in Swiss and foreign criminal proceedings. He regularly represents clients before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
Saverio Lembo's practice also extends to pharmaceutical litigation, inheritance law, employment matters and enforcement of foreign judgments and awards.
Saverio Lembo is ranked in tier 1 of the leading lawyers in White-Collar Crime Switzerland by Chambers & Partners. He was awarded "Lawyer of the Year 2016" in the categories Criminal Defense and Litigation in the Geneva area by Best Lawyers. Since 2012, the International Who's Who lists him among the world's leading practitioners in the areas of Business Crime Defense, Asset Recovery Lawyers and Commercial Litigation. In The Legal 500, Saverio Lembo has been listed among the leading individuals in Switzerland in Dispute Resolution since 2010.
Fellow content
Bär & Karrer Recovers Over CHF 36 Million on Behalf of CONMENBOL Fellow: Saverio Lembo
Saverio Lembo and his colleagues successfully represented the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) during Swiss criminal proceedings.
UEFA Successfully Represented before Federal Supreme Court
The Swiss Federal Supreme Court rules in favor of Saverio Lembo’s client in litigation involving match fixing.
Blogs of Interest
The Academy
Blogs, short articles and series by Fellows of the International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators.
Compliance and Enforcement
A blog sponsored by NYU Law's Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement, edited by Jennifer Arlen.
IELR Blog
The official blog of the "International Enforcement Law Reporter," edited by Bruce Zagaris.
Impact of COVID-19 on Swiss Criminal Proceedings
Despite Switzerland's Criminal Procedure Code, there is no court recess in criminal proceedings, but Saverio Lembo takes a look at how COVID-19 has still changed the course in many instances, reacting to the global health threat.