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Technology Consulting & Services in Switzerland
FTI Consulting’s Switzerland Technology Team solves data-related business challenges, with expertise in legal and regulatory matters.
We deliver proven expertise in computer forensics to help collect, process and make sense of essential data to present the strongest possible case. Outside our experts, we often rely on the application of technology assisted review, one of the industry-leading solutions.
Our reputation is rooted in us helping our clients navigate and solve data-related business challenges. They rely on us to root out fraud, maintain regulatory compliance, reduce spend, protect sensitive materials, quickly find facts and create business value. As data grows and becomes more complex, we can support your organisation better govern, secure, find, analyse and rapidly make sense of information. In highly regulated jurisdictions, we can deploy technology and host data on site. Innovative technology, expert services and tenacious problem solving methodology provides our global clients with defensible and repeatable solutions.
Corporations and their law firms choose FTI Consulting to effectively deliver a wide range of solutions, including:
Digital Forensics & Investigations
FTI Technology provides a strategic, systematic, and economic approach to analyzing, collecting and investigating the full spectrum of modern data sources. Leveraging state-of-the-art forensic technology and methodologies, our experts have years of experience finding and collecting evidence in a defensible manner, with chain of custody intact and minimal disruption to daily business operations.
Data & Analytics
The independent, trusted professionals at FTI Consulting are experts at using data to reveal underlying truths of business operations, and to support companies during regulatory inquiries, competition law, sanctions and with disputes.
E-discovery
New discovery challenges, from collecting off emerging data sources to evolving data privacy laws, ongoing discovery challenges such as large data volumes, multilingual reviews, and the need for rapid understanding of critical documents. FTI Consulting acts as your trusted partner to provide innovative solutions with defensible results.
Managed Review
Our managed review experts deliver efficiency at every step of a comprehensive legal review ensuring the provision of key information early in your case and frequently throughout the review, until completion. Our collaborative approach allows us to help you manage your matter, deliver quality results, and provide transparent pricing.
Blockchain & Digital Assets
Our team of blockchain and digital assets experts specializes in Web3, NFTs, stablecoins, and cryptocurrencies. With backgrounds in regulation, law enforcement, cybersecurity and finance, we offer comprehensive support for risk, compliance, transactions, disputes and investigations. We have hands-on experience in high-profile cases involving theft and misappropriation of digital assets.
Information Governance, Privacy & Security
As data volumes increase, challenges range broadly, from securely storing data in compliance with data privacy regulations to implementing data governance and preservation policies for legal obligations. We develop, implement and document information governance programs that reduce corporate risk, secure data, improve the e-discovery process and enable faster and deeper insight into data.
Cybersecurity
Our clients rely on FTI Consulting’s intelligence-led, expert-driven, strategic approach to global cybersecurity challenges affecting your organisation – your people, your operations, and your reputation. We are a global leading provider of independent cyber and risk management advisory services with a core offering focused on cyber readiness, incident response, and complex investigation and litigation.
Risk & Compliance
Our clients rely on FTI Consulting to help them overcome risk and compliance challenges. Our professionals deliver enterprise-wide risk and compliance solutions that promote business transformation, growth and support ethical business behavior. We offer end-to- end industry-specific and expertise-led advisory services to support risk management and compliance programs.
Location:
Zurich
Regus Centre Stauffacher
Badenerstrasse 47
CH-8004 Zurich
Switzerland
+41 44 561 5300
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Featured Experts:
Jerry Lay
Senior Managing Director
jerry.lay@fticonsulting.com
+41 78 668 6868
Jerry Lay leads FTI Technology’s Switzerland office. He is an investigations and technology expert with more than 15 years of experience leading significant matters and advising clients on enhancing compliance frameworks and functions.
Jerry helps clients navigate complex data challenges and provides expertise in applying technology solutions to deliver insights and effectively manage risk. Mr. Lay’s experience includes overseeing numerous high-profile investigations related to allegations of fraud and corruption, misappropriation of assets, conflict of interest, market manipulation and data theft.
Mr. Lay’s work spans a range of global clients across the Pharmaceuticals, Life Sciences, Financial Services and Industrial Products industries. He has led the creation of innovative, technology-enabled investigation methodologies that have been implemented across numerous matters, teams and geographies. Additionally he has developed proactive compliance programs for clients including the design and implementation of integrated culture and compliance frameworks. In doing so, Jerry has helped clients evolve from a rigid, rules-based environment to a principle-based approach that enables compliance functions to add business value visibly and effectively. Mr. Lay also has extensive experience working in emerging markets, with a strong focus on Asia.
Iliana Jaeger
Managing Director
+41 78 781 7709
Iliana Jaeger is a specialist in forensic investigations and financial crime. Ms. Jaeger brings more than 11 years of experience in managing high-profile matters covering both regulatory and internal investigations and litigations, mainly relating to fraud and corruption, including in relation to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”). She also has experience with investigations involving asset misappropriation, conflicts of interest, sanctions, market manipulation, data theft, confidentiality breach and money laundering.
Ms. Jaeger works with clients across various industries, including the life sciences, industrial products, financial services, retail and manufacturing industries. She leads domestic and international investigations and litigations in major locations around the world, such as Switzerland, Germany, India, Indonesia and the U.S., as well as the creation of innovative, technology-enabled investigation methodologies that leverage analytics and other technologies throughout the investigation lifecycle. Ms. Jaeger also advises international clients on compliance framework improvements and has led various FCPA compliance audits for several multinational pharmaceutical companies.
Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Ms. Jaeger was Director, Disputes and Investigations, at Alvarez & Marsal in Switzerland. She has also held digital forensics and investigations roles at multiple Big Four consulting firms.
Relevant Experience:
- Led various national and international large-scale investigations for multinational companies leveraging technology throughout investigation
- Served as leader in a conflicts of interest and fraud investigation of the Indian subsidiary of a global Swiss-based industrial products company, as well as of the U.S. subsidiary of a global Swiss-based pharmaceutical company
- Oversaw a fraud and corruption investigation of a global manufacturing company headquartered in Switzerland, including additional allegations of bribery of government officials and price collusion
- Led FCPA-focused compliance audits for multinational pharmaceutical companies with a subsidiary in Switzerland
Related Services
FTI Investigate: Mobile Software and Services Solution
Investigations can range widely—from whistle blower allegations, government inquiries and subpoenas, to corporate due diligence, potential Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations, and financial fraud. Often, the only consistent requirements across investigations are short time frames and an urgent need to keep sensitive data secure. Add in any number of common variables, such as foreign and local data privacy laws to high data volumes, and corporations face significant challenges executing internal investigations in a defensible manner.
With speed, efficiency and defensibility, FTI Consulting applies a systematic approach to collecting electronic data across the globe without the need for physical deployment. Using custom and industry-standard tools, our experienced data collection specialists maintain the forensic integrity, defensibility and security of data throughout supported by full chain of custody tracking.
Solving Complex Investigations Using Advanced Technology
Our multi-disciplinary team of specialist investigators, forensic accountants, data analysts, and computer forensic experts undertake investigations involving corporate fraud, whistle blowing, employee negligence, white-collar crime, bribery, and corruption allegations. We offer the right platform to dramatically improve the speed and accuracy of review, while providing a predictable process and reduced costs across e-discovery projects.
Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures
Merging companies can reduce the cost and risk of consolidating organisational data by utilising FTI Technology’s Information Governance, Privacy & Security (IGP&S) and Contract Intelligence services. Companies know that legacy computer systems, archives and contracts often contain historic and confidential data which is critical to ongoing operations, pending litigations, and regulatory requirements. This data often contains personally identifiable information (PII) for both employees and customers.
Digital Insights and Risk Management
Growing the business, protecting sensitive information and managing liability in a complex and dynamic environment – these are just a few of today’s organizational priorities in which enterprise data plays a critical role. How organizations, teams and stakeholders approach this data poses challenges and opportunities across the entire digital risk spectrum, including privacy, security, technology, legal, governance, risk and compliance.
Cryptocurrency and digital assets have created new challenges for corporations and law firms globally. Fraud, theft and misuse of cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) make headlines almost daily, and recent market volatility has significantly impacted crypto-native organizations and institutions that relied on their services. Legal teams are facing a new, rapidly evolving subject matter that requires significant technical know-how to explain complex subjects to various audiences.
FTI Investigate: Mobile Software und Dienstleistungslösungen
Der Anlass für investigative Untersuchungen kann heute vielfältig sein. Ob anonyme Anschuldigungen durch einen internen Whistleblower oder staatsanwaltschaftliche Ermittlungen. Egal ob Due Diligence Prüfungen, die Überprüfung von Korruptionsverdachtsfällen auf Basis des Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) oder schlicht der Verdacht eines Finanzbetruges. In all diesen Fällen ist die Reaktionszeit für Unternehmen extrem kurz. Wenn dann -wie in vielen Fällen- auch komplexe nationale und internationale Datenschutz-Themen eine Rolle spielen, oder immense Datenmengen aus verschiedensten Quellen zu Untersuchungen herangezogen werden müssen, brauchen Unternehmen Unterstützung, um den Aufwand für notwendige Ermittlungen in Grenzen zu halten.
Durchführung komplexer Untersuchungen mit modernster Technologie
Mit unseren fachübergreifenden Teams aus spezialisierten Ermittlern, erfahrenen Reviewern, Datenanalysten und Computerforensikern übernehmen wir Ermittlungen in komplexen Fällen von Betrug, Wirtschaftskriminalität, Whistleblowing, bei fahrlässigen Verhalten von Mitarbeitern, Verdacht der Bestechlichkeit bzw. bei Korruptionsfällen.
Confronting Data Risk with Expertise and Innovation
Amid an exponentially expanding universe of data, organisations are grappling with how to root out fraud, maintain regulatory compliance, protect sensitive information and mitigate an ever-expanding landscape of risk.
Information Governance Services for Smarsh
Smarsh clients are taking proactive steps in the management of corporate communications to reduce their compliance risk and mitigate the rising cost of data management. With the Smarsh archive in place, further enhancements can help address broader challenges with corporate data across a diverse set of enterprise end-users that strengthen the ROI on this investment. FTI Technology provides a comprehensive suite of services to provide comfort that regulatory obligations are satisfied and business objectives are met.
Risk & Compliance Services for Smarsh
Smarsh clients are investing in Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered solutions to uncover risk, comply with regulations and safeguard corporate reputations. With growing concerns over the volume and variety of corporate communications and the increased potential for non-compliant behaviors to go undetected, it is necessary to leverage data and analytics to mitigate a wide range of risks. FTI Technology provides additional services in Risk & Compliance to address growing challenges and maintain a healthy compliance program while keeping control over the overall cost of compliance.
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At FTI Technology we drive innovative client solutions to solve data-related business challenges. Innovative technology, expert services and tenacious problem-solving provide our global clients with defensible and repeatable solutions. Technology plays a key role in turning large and complex volumes of data into information that enables businesses to make informed decisions.
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