Michael C. Lauber Consulting
Your expert for national and international white-collar crime with three decades of experience at top management level in regulatory organisations, law enforcement and criminal prosecution.
Litigation support
I categorise problems, provide assessments and draft legal opinions, at both the national and the international level and especially in complex and controversial situations.
Strategy
With my extensive experience I offer you support in managing legal and reputational risks. I can also assist you in reviewing and implementing changes in institutions and governmental bodies entrusted with law enforcement and criminal prosecution.
Consulting
As an independent expert with a vast global network, I am at your disposal for issues relating to combating national and international white-collar crime, money laundering and corruption.
It begins with a conversation
As a consultant, expert and mediator, I can assist you personally in a range of challenges, particularly in connection with white-collar crime. I coordinate complex criminal proceedings and advise national and international authorities, companies and organisations. My speciality is working with prosecutorial offices, the courts, intelligence agencies and the police. As a board advisor, I help you make difficult decisions.
Personal
I always handle mandates personally. You profit from my 30 years of professional experience in dealing with exceptional situations at the national and international level.
Independent
I manage each mandate in complete independence. My services are financed exclusively through the mandates I accept.
Effective
My focus is always on problem-solving. An open channel of communication makes it possible to react flexibly to changing conditions.
Personal
I always handle mandates personally. You profit from my 30 years of professional experience in dealing with exceptional situations at the national and international level.
Independent
I manage each mandate in complete independence. My services are financed exclusively through the mandates I accept.
Effective
My focus is always on problem-solving. An open channel of communication makes it possible to react flexibly to changing conditions.
Career
Michael Christoph Lauber
Lawyer
2020 – Today
2012 – 2020
2000 – 2004
Career
Michael Christoph Lauber
Lawyer
Attorney General of Switzerland
I was the first Attorney General of Switzerland to be elected by the Federal Parliament. At the Attorney General’s office, I introduced self-administration and strengthened the combat against white-collar crime with a focus on money laundering, corruption, organised crime and asset recovery. I also emphasised national and international cooperation.
Presidency of the Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority (FMA)
The Liechtenstein Parliament elected me Chairman of the Board of Directors of the country’s Financial Market Authority in 2010. I went on to reorganise the authority’s governance and to manage regulatory implementation of EU Directives in financial market law.
Director of the Liechtenstein Bankers Association (LBA)
As Chairman of the Liechtenstein Bankers Association, I played a key role in opening the Principality as a financial centre.
Financial Intelligence Unit of Liechtenstein
On behalf of the Liechtenstein government, I set up the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), the Principality’s first money laundering reporting office.
Director of PolyReg and legal practice
As part of the implementation of the Swiss Anti-Money Laundering Act, I established PolyReg, a self-regulatory organisation (SRO), and managed it alongside my activities as an independent lawyer.
Swiss Federal Office of Police fedpol
I set up the Central Office for Organised Crime at what is today the Swiss Federal Office of Police fedpol in 1995. In this role, I was responsible for planning and setting up the Money Laundering Reporting Office Switzerland (MROS).
Police force of the Canton of Bern (Switzerland), Criminal Investigation unit
In 1993, I took over as Head of the Special Investigations 1 section at the newly restructured Bernese cantonal police department.
Examining magistrate in the Bernese Oberland (Switzerland)
After studying law at the University of Bern (Switzerland) and being admitted to the bar, I joined the Bernese judiciary in 1992 as one of the canton’s newly created examining magistrates.