Biography: Business Crime Defence

Paul Gully-Hart is a partner in Schellenberg Wittmer's dispute resolution group in Geneva. His main areas of practice are general and international commercial litigation as well as white-collar crime with an emphasis on international legal assistance, seizure of assets and financial compliance. He is familiar with common law and is often instructed to advise in multi-jurisdictional disputes. He has published extensively in his areas of practice.

Born in England on 22 March 1956, Mr Gully-Hart graduated from the Law School of the University of Geneva in 1977. He was admitted to the Geneva Bar in 1980. He is fluent in English, French, Italian and German. Mr Gully-Hart is a former chairman of the business crime committee of the International Bar Association and continues to be active in that organisation. He speaks regularly at international conferences and seminars on topics of international criminal law.

His most recent publications include, among others: "International Asset Recovery of Corruption-Related Assets: Switzerland" in Recovering Stolen Assets, Basel Institute on Governance (Mark Pieth), 2008; "Cooperation between Central Authorities and Police Officials: the Changing Face of International Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters" in Revue Internationale de Droit Pénal, 2005; "Protection du domaine secret (sphere privée) dans le droit de l'entraide judiciaire international en matière pénale et administrative" published in Transparence et Secret dans l'ordre juridique: Liber Amicorum pour Me Vincent Jeanneret (Editions Slatkine, Genève 2010); "Extradition, The European Model", International Criminal Law volume II, 1986 (second edition in 1998; third edition published in 2008 by Transnational Publishers Inc, US); "The Risk of Being Sued by Those Damaged by Regulatory or Enforcement Action: Overregulation of Financial Services?" in Journal of Financial Crime, March 2005; "Le Principe de la Spécialité en matière d'extradition" in Revue Internationale de Droit Pénal, 1991.

Schellenberg Wittmer is one of the leading business law firms in Switzerland. Over 130 lawyers in Zurich and Geneva advise domestic and international clients on all aspects of business law. The firm's areas of expertise include: banking and finance, competition and antitrust, dispute resolution and international arbitration, intellectual property/information technology, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, private clients, trusts and estates, foundations, real estate and construction, restructuring and insolvency, taxation, white-collar crime and compliance.