Hikmat Maleh Partner, Co-Leiter Investigations
Rechtsanwalt, LL.M.

Hikmat Maleh

Partner, Co-Leiter Investigations
Rechtsanwalt, LL.M.
+41 58 450 70 00
hikmat.maleh@lenzstaehelin.com
Genf
Route de Chêne 30
CH-1211 Genf
www.lenzstaehelin.com
  • Expertise

    Hikmat Maleh ist Partner und Co-Leiter der Praxis Investigations in Genf mitleitet. Er berät und vertritt seine Mandanten in komplexen Rechtsstreitigkeiten vor Schweizer Straf- und Zivilgerichten, häufig in einem multijurisdiktionnellen Kontext.

    Seine Tätigkeit umfasst das Wirtschaftsstrafrecht, Bankstreitigkeiten, sowie Handels- und arbeitsrechtliche Streitigkeiten.

    Hikmat ist Hiring Partner für unsere Büros in Genf und Lausanne. 

  • Fachgebiete

  • Spezialgebiete

    Investigations, Prozessführung, Wirtschaftsstrafrecht, Sanktionsrecht, Arbeitsstreitigkeiten, Völkerrecht, Völkerstrafrecht
  • Beruflicher Werdegang und Ausbildung

    und Ausbildung

    2021Partner, Lenz & Staehelin
    2014Associate, Lenz & Staehelin
    2013Anwaltspatent in der Schweiz
    2011Universität Genf (MLaw)
    2010Universität Cambridge (LL.M. in International Law)
    2009Universitäten Genf und Humbolt zu Berlin (BLaw and Certificate of Transnational Law)
  • Sprachen

    Französisch, Englisch, Deutsch, Arabisch
  • Mitgliedschaften

    Genfer Anwaltsverband (OdA), Schweizerischer Anwaltsverband (SAV), International Bar Association (IBA)
  • Ausgewählte Publikationen

    • et al. , Introduction aux Art. 264 à 264n, Introduction spécifique aux Art. 264b à 264j, Art. 264b, 264c, 264d, 264i, 264j, 264m et 264n CP, in : Macaluso/Moreillon/Quéloz (éd.), Commentaire romand du Code pénal II - Partie spéciale, Bâle 2017
    • Jakob ., Prohibere possunt & debeant : réflexions sur les responsabilités pénales de l'entreprise et du supérieur hiérarchique militaire, in : Garibian/Jeanneret (éd.), Dodécaphonie pénale - Liber discipulorum en l'honneur du Professeur Robert Roth, Genève/Zurich 2017
    • Les crimes de guerre, in : Meylan (éd.), La lutte contre l’impunité en droit suisse, Genève 2015
  • Kontakt

  • Assistenz

  • Referenzen

    Hikmat Maleh is very professional, efficient, available and humble at the same time.

    Chambers and Partners, 2026

    Hikmat Maleh is excellent. He gives calm and clear advice.

    The Legal 500, 2026

    He has excellent mastery of the cases and a strategic approach to issues. His advice is timely, and he is always available and responsive to changing priorities and questions.

    Chambers and Partners, 2025

    He understands extremely quickly what you need and what needs to be done. He does not waste time. He is very pragmatic, straight to the point and a strategic thinker.

    Chambers and Partners, 2025

    He has extensive expertise and can deal with complex issues. He is very reactive and able to provide answers very quickly. He has a brilliant analytical mind and great attention to detail.

    Chambers and Partners, 2025

    Highly talented. He is a very calm, quick, thoughtful and precise lawyer.

    Chambers and Partners, 2025

    Fiercely intelligent, highly responsive and also extremely pleasant to work with. Clients love him.

    Legal 500, 2023

    One of the best minds in the space

    Who's Who Legal, 2022

Hikmat Maleh is very professional, efficient, available and humble at the same time.

Chambers and Partners, 2026

Hikmat Maleh is excellent. He gives calm and clear advice.

The Legal 500, 2026

He has excellent mastery of the cases and a strategic approach to issues. His advice is timely, and he is always available and responsive to changing priorities and questions.

Chambers and Partners, 2025

He understands extremely quickly what you need and what needs to be done. He does not waste time. He is very pragmatic, straight to the point and a strategic thinker.

Chambers and Partners, 2025

He has extensive expertise and can deal with complex issues. He is very reactive and able to provide answers very quickly. He has a brilliant analytical mind and great attention to detail.

Chambers and Partners, 2025

Highly talented. He is a very calm, quick, thoughtful and precise lawyer.

Chambers and Partners, 2025

Fiercely intelligent, highly responsive and also extremely pleasant to work with. Clients love him.

Legal 500, 2023

One of the best minds in the space

Who's Who Legal, 2022

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  • 01 Oct 2017

    Introduction aux Art. 264 à 264n, Introduction spécifique aux Art. 264b à 264j, Art. 264b, 264c, 264d, 264i, 264j, 264m et 264n CP

    in : Macaluso/Moreillon/Quéloz (éd.), Commentaire romand du Code pénal II - Partie spéciale, Bâle 2017

  • 03 Sep 2017

    Prohibere possunt & debeant : réflexions sur les responsabilités pénales de l'entreprise et du supérieur hiérarchique militaire

    in : Garibian/Jeanneret (éd.), Dodécaphonie pénale - Liber discipulorum en l'honneur du Professeur Robert Roth, Genève/Zurich 2017

Insights

Insights 06.03.2026

Swiss sanctions against Russia – Further alignment with the EU – Implementation of the 19th Sanctions Package

Swiss sanctions against Russia – Further alignment with the EU –…

<p>In a continued effort to align with European Union ("<strong>EU</strong>") sanctions, on 25 February 2026, the Swiss Federal Council adopted additional measures transposing core elements of the EU's 19th sanctions package (adopted at EU level on 23 October 2025). The Swiss amendments entered into force on 26 February 2026, with certain measures phased in later in spring 2026.</p> <p>The revision notably (i) introduces a new crypto-asset transaction prohibition tied to a dedicated annex, (ii) adds a new sanctions pillar targeting Russian special economic, innovation and preferential zones, and (iii) expands the catalogue of prohibited services and enabling technologies (including AI-model access, high-performance computing and quantum computing).</p>

Insights 04.03.2026

MBaer Merchant Bank AG: FinCEN Section 311 action and FINMA liquidation – Important compliance lessons for Swiss financial institutions

MBaer Merchant Bank AG: FinCEN Section 311 action and FINMA liquidation –…

<p>In February 2026, U.S. and Swiss authorities took consecutive measures affecting MBaer Merchant Bank AG, a Zurich-based bank. The U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued a notice under Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act proposing special measure five, which, if adopted, would have effectively severed MBaer's access to the U.S. financial system via correspondent and payable-through restrictions.</p> <p>In parallel, FINMA announced supervisory measures culminating in the license withdrawal and liquidation of that bank, including procedural developments before the Swiss Federal Administrative Court.</p> <p>Taken together, these developments provide a highly practical case study for Swiss institutions on how AML control and sanctions compliance weaknesses, high-risk client exposure and cross-border market-access dependencies may converge and escalate quickly. The case also illustrates the interplay between foreign regulatory action and Swiss supervisory proceedings.</p>

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