Bär & Karrer and ACC Europe Event, Lugano Conference before an audience of in-house counsel on Swiss corporate criminal liability and, more particularly, Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) as a key tool for corporate criminal justice. Switzerland introduced corporate criminal liability under Article 102 of the Swiss Criminal Code (SCC) in 2003. Since then, only twelve proceedings have led to the definitive conviction of companies for bribery of foreign public officials.
