Adam El-Hakim

Adam is ranked as a key lawyer for regulatory, compliance and investigations in Legal 500 EMEA, 2022

Terralex, Global Crisis Management Regulatory Guide for Switzerland
ANDRÉ BRUNSCHWEILER, ADAM EL-HAKIM, ALEXANDRE SCHWAB, HELOISA ZIMMERMANN, CORNELIA MATTIG AND MARTIN K. WEBER
In: Terralex, October 2025

Increase in corporate and senior management criminal liability enforcement in Switzerland
DANIEL BÜHR, BENOÎT A. MAURON, ADAM EL-HAKIM, ALEXANDRE SCHWAB
In: Lexology (online), LALIVE Insights, March 2025

No absolute veto right for private claimants in accelerated criminal proceedings
BENOÎT A. MAURON, ADAM EL-HAKIM,  VIVIEN ALTWEGG
In: Lexology online, LALIVE Insights, 14 March 2025

Netzwerks Privatklägerschaft NPK - Jahrestagung 2024
ADAM EL-HAKIM, Role: Speaker and Chair, Einvernahmen aus Sicht der Privatklägerschaft
Karl der Grosse, Zurich,, 23 August 2024

ThoughtLeaders4 - Fire & Ice Circle Europe
ADAM EL-HAKIM, Role: Speaker and Co-Chair, Obtaining evidence in aid of foreign proceedings
Le Mirador, Vevey, Switzerland, 12 March 2024

investigativ.ch - Inspirations-Input
ADAM EL-HAKIM, Role: Speaker, Interviews führen - Die Kunst der Recherche und des Interviews aus Sicht von Anwältinnen und Anwälten
Zurich, 29 February 2024

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• Founding member and Chairman of the Private Claimants Network (PCN)
• Member of the Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
• Member of the Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
• Member of the Criminalistic Society of Switzerland (CSS)
• Member of the European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA)
• Member of the European Fraud and Compliance Lawyers (EFCL)

• Counsel, LALIVE, Zurich, 2023 – present
• Associate, LALIVE, Zurich 2019 – 2022
• Federal Assistant Prosecutor, Office of the Attorney General (section for white collar crime), Zurich, 2017 – 2019
• Attorney, Bär & Karrer, Zurich, 2017

• PhD, University of Basel (Dr Gadient Engi Scholar), 2017
• Admitted to the Swiss Bar, 2014
• LLM, University College London (Dr Gadient Engi Scholar), 2011
• Master of Laws, University of Basel, 2010
• Bachelors of Laws, University of Basel, 2008