The Swiss law firm operates in areas such as tax, dispute resolution, white collar crime, international arbitration, among others.

Schellenberg Wittmer, the Switzerland-based law firm, has named Charles Goumaz as a partner in its dispute resolution and white-collar crime practices, Roland Wild as partner in its taxation practice, and Sebastian Coulon Bauer as counsel in its international arbitration and dispute resolution practices.

Goumaz (pictured below) specialises in white-collar and cybercrime defence as well as commercial litigation. He provides legal and strategic representation to high-profile individuals, corporate clients, and financial institutions. His work also includes crisis and reputation management, international mutual legal assistance, enforcement proceedings, asset tracing and recovery, as well as internal investigations. He is a Certified Specialist SBA (Swiss Bar Association) in criminal law.

Wild (pictured below) has for 12 years experience of advising clients in the financial industry, particularly banks, asset managers, and insurance companies, on financing and tax planning issues. Wild also provides tax advice during the due diligence, structuring, and integration phases of M&A transactions. He is also a Certified Tax Expert and a member of the Swiss Bar. Prior to joining Schellenberg Wittmer, he worked on the financial services desk of one of the Big Four accounting firms in Zurich. 

Coulon Bauer (pictured below) is a Chilean-qualified international arbitration lawyer with 10 years of experience in dispute resolution and international arbitration. He represents clients in complex commercial and investor-state arbitrations with a strong focus on disputes arising from construction and engineering projects.

He is a co-founder of the Latin American Arbitration Practitioners in Europe (LATAP EU), a member of the Executive Committee of the Swiss Chapter of the Spanish Club of Arbitration (CEIA), European Representative of the Asia Pacific Forum for International Arbitration (AFIA), and Co-Chair of the MIDS Alumni Association. 

David Wallace Wilson, who heads the firm’s private wealth team in Geneva, is a member of this news service’s editorial advisory board.