Jean-Marc Carnicé

Practice Areas

White collar crime, criminal law, international assistance in criminal matters, commercial and banking litigation.

Career

Jean-Marc Carnicé is specialized in dispute resolution and white-collar crime.

He is widely recognised for his outstanding expertise in white-collar crime, international assistance in criminal matters and commercial and banking litigation.

Recent examples of Jean-Marc Carnicé expertise include representation of high profile individuals whose assets have been frozen in Switzerland in the context of money laundering and corruption investigations; obtaining very significant release of assets for foreign individuals; defending different Middle Eastern clients accused within the context of the Arab Spring; defending plaintiffs, tracing assets and seeking their restitution to victims of frauds; in addition, Jean-Marc has strong links with Spain and Latin America and has on a regular basis represented clients from this part of the world to their entire satisfaction.

He was the chairman of the Geneva Bar Association from 2014 to 2016. His appointment was a true reward for the work he achieved over the years.

He has been a lecturer at the Ecole d’Avocature of the Law Faculty at Geneva University and a member of the High Council of Geneva’s judiciary from 2017 to 2023. He provides highly specialised criminal law courses within the Swiss Bar Association’s exclusive training programme.

Jean-Marc Carnicé holds a law degree from the University of Geneva and an LLM from New York University. He was admitted to the Geneva Bar in 1994 and the New York Bar in 1996.

Jean-Marc Carnicé is ranked in the top tier of Chambers Europe since 2020 for white collar crime. Since 2022 WWL recommends Jean-Marc Carnicé among the Thought Leaders – GIR and Thought Leaders – Switzerland as well as for Business crime defense. He is listed among the world’s leading practitioners for Business Crime Defense since 2013 and is a contributor to the WWL report on Investigations 2024. He is also listed in the Legal 500 for the Dispute resolution – Litigation, among the leading individuals in Switzerland.

Languages Spoken

He practices in French, English, Spanish and Italian.