lic. iur. Daniel Werder
Daniel Werder is a lawyer, partner and head of the "Internal Investigations" division. He has long-term experience as a legal consultant, corporate lawyer and manager in the financial industry. He counsels individuals and legal entities as well as public institutions in matters concerning employment, corporate and banking law. Daniel Werder represents clients in regulatory investigations and proceedings, i.e. cases in which there are challenges regarding regulations, criminal or civil law. Furthermore, he conducts internal investigations and inquiries in corporations and collaborates in the areas of (economic) criminal law and international legal assistance in criminal matters. He lectures on topics such as corporate criminal law and labour law, administrative and judicial assistance (incl. group queries), regulatory information, anti-trust legislation, debt enforcement and bankruptcy law (seizures, attachments, insolvency) as well as numerous other banking topics.
Experience
- since 2024 Partner at Streiff von Kaenel
- since 2023 Head of Internal Investigations and Attorney at Law at Streiff von Kaenel Ltd.
- since 2019 Attorney with Streiff von Kaenel Ltd.
- 1998-2019 Head of Department / Head of Information and Internal Investigations at a renowned universal bank
- 1996-1998 Law clerk, District Court of Zurich
- 1995-1996 Legal trainee, District Court of Zurich
- 1994-1995 Legal trainee, Public Prosecutor’s Office Zurich
- 1991-1997 Legal counsel for IT & product management at a major Swiss bank
Education
- 1997 Admission to the Bar of the canton of Zurich
- 1990-1994 Master’s Degree, University of Zurich
Languages
German, English, French
Other
- Lecturer at the Academy of Public Prosecutors in the CAS Commercial Criminal Law (WiSTRA) at the University of Luzern (with Prof Jürg-Beat Ackermann)
- Lecturer at the Swiss Bar Association's (SAV) continuing education days
- Lecturer at the University of Zurich, supervision of Master's theses / acceptance of seminar papers
- Representative in various working groups of the Swiss Bankers Association (SBA)
- (Electronic) file editing for authorities
- Legal and administrative assistance, international tax administrative assistance, group enquiries
- Organised crime / white-collar crime
- Lecturer for the Association of Swiss Cantonal Banks (administrative and legal assistance, Code of Criminal Procedure, monitoring of banking relationships, interchange fee, etc.
- Training events for the Zurich debt enforcement inspectorate, courses on the subject of "Attachments and seizures at banks"
- Participation in various projects and internal banking committees
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Expert for banking examinations, legal module
Areas of expertise
Employment law, corporate law, banking law, (economic) criminal law and internal investigations, anti-trust law as well as general contract and civil law
Memberships
- Zurich and Swiss Bar Association
Presentations
- Diverse Themen rund um "Interne Untersuchungen"
- Grenzen der Mitarbeiter-Überwachung
- Verhalten bei Hausdurchsuchungen und Vorsprachen von Behörden
- Verhaltenskodex bei Banken
- Elektronische Aktenedition an Strafuntersuchungsbehörden
- Grenzen der Überwachung von Bankbeziehungen
- Auswirkungen der schweizerischen Strafprozessordnung auf Banken
- Whistleblowing
- Cyberkriminalität – Aspekte des Cloud Computing
- Übereinkommen des Europarates über die Cyberkriminalität
- Einführung ins Kartellrecht
- Kartellrecht und Karten
- Kartellrecht und moderne Zahlungsmittel
- Der steinige Weg zur multilateralen Interchange Fee bei Debitkarten
- Pfändungen und Arreste bei Banken
- Amtshilfe: Praktische Auswirkungen der Abgeltungssteuer und Gruppenanfragen