Me Ludovic Tirelli
Specialist lawyer FSA criminal law
Languages:
French, Italian, English, German
Doctor of Law
Specialist lawyer FSA in criminal law
MAS in Economic Crime Control
DEA in law, crime and security of new information and communication technologies
Main activities
- General criminal law
- Economic and business criminal law
- Cybercrime
- Criminal Procedure
- Enforcement of sentences and ECHR
- Extradition
- International judicial assistance in criminal and administrative matters
- Intellectual property (copyright, trademark law)
- Data protection, computer and media law
Training
- Specialist lawyer FSA criminal law, Swiss Federation of Lawyers, Bern – Fribourg, 2018
- MAS in Fighting Economic Crime, Institute for the Fight against Economic Crime (ILCE) Neuchâtel, 2015
- Certificate in Sharia Law and Military Operations – Specialization Course, International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences / NATO School, Syracuse, 2013
- Certificate in International Criminal Law – Specialization Course, International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences, Syracuse, 2012
- Law degree, Lausanne, 2008
- Doctorate in Law, magna cum laude, University of Lausanne, 2005 (Faculty Prize and Journal des Tribunaux Prize)
- Diploma from the Academy of the World Intellectual Property Organization(WIPO), 2004
- DEA in law, crime and security of new information and communication technologies, University of Lausanne, 2003
- Law degree, University of Lausanne, 2001
Professional experience
- Founding partner, Penalex Avocats SA, since 2020
- Founder, www.penalex.ch, since 2018
- Partner in the law firm Freymond, Tschumy & since 2008
- Trainee lawyer at Maire, Freymond & Associés, 2005-2007
- Trademark attorney, e-droit.ch, 2004-2005
- Clerk-writer at the Office of Criminal Investigation of the East of Vaud, 2002-2005
Academic activities
- Lecturer for the teaching of the module Approfondissement en droit pénal, Droit pénal des mineurs at UniDistance Switzerland (Sierre – Fribourg), since 2022
- Lecturer for the teaching of the module Approfondissement en droit pénal, LStup et LCR at UniDistance Switzerland (Sierre – Fribourg), since 2021
- Lecturer for the special criminal law course at UniDistance Switzerland (Sierre – Fribourg), 2017-2018
- Lecturer for the teaching of Criminal Law and Economic Criminal Law atthe University of Applied Sciences of Neuchâtel (HE-ARC), Business Law and Institute for Combating Economic Crime (ILCE), since 2014
- Lecturer for the teaching of copyright and information law atthe Geneva School of Management (HEG-SO), 2009 – 2013
Publications
- Prosecuting transnational cybercrimes: from territorial sovereignty to new jurisdictions. The Swiss experiencewith Sara Casimiro, in Cyber-Laundering: International Policies and Practices, Nathalie Rebe Ed, forthcoming (Spring 2022).
- Nemo tenetur se ipsum accusare: what effectiveness in the age of new information and communication technologies? The example of facial recognitionwith Emmeline Bonnard, in Criminalité économique et cybercriminalité : Mélanges en l’honneur de la professeure Isabelle Augsburger-Bucheli, Helbing Lichtenhahn, Basel 2021.
- De l’utilité d’une définition de la criminalité économique, de son usage et du besoin de s’affranchir en français, with Isabelle Augburger-Bucheli, in Droit pénal et criminologie – Mélanges en l’honneur de Nicolas Queloz, Helbing Lichtenhahn, Bâle 2020.
- Second class defense ? in Revue de l’Avocat 08/19, p. 323 – 329
- Short Commentary on Juvenile Criminal Law (DPMimn), Federal Law Regulating the Criminal Status of Minors, with Ludovic Tirelli, Michael Geiger, and Eduardo Redondo (eds.), Helbing Lichtenhahn, 2018.
- Commentary on Articles 350 CP to 355g CP (Mutual assistance in police matters), inCommentaireRomand du Code pénal, partie spéciale, 2017.
- Commentary on articles 365 CP to 371a CP (Criminal record), in Commentaire Romand du Code pénal, partie spéciale, 2017.
- Criminal liability of legal persons: clarification of the TF, in Expert Focus, 1-2/2017.
- A Checklist of Current and Future Modes of Covert, Preventive and Judicial Surveillance,” in Jusletter December 5, 2016.
- Panama papers and money laundering: what else is in store for 2016, in Expert Focus, 6-7/2016.
- Bank data theft: what are the penal consequences for the thief, the banker and his client?, in Expert Focus, 12/2015.
- The criminalization in Switzerland of Islamist terrorist groups, in Advocacy – 4/2015.
- There is a lack of judicial review of secret research, Ludovic Tirelli /Jean Treccani, in Advocacy – 5/2014.
- Printemps arabes, organisations criminelles et blanchiment : développements récents, in Blanchiment d’argent : actualité et perspectives suisses et internationales, Augsburger-Bucheli éd. l’Harmattan / L.G.D.J. 2014.
- La répression pénale des consommateurs de pédopornographie à l’heure de l’Internet : étude de droit comparé et de droit suisse, thesis, Schulthess 2008.
Conferences
- Interventions during the Specialization Training Seminar on “Artificial Intelligence, Criminal Justice and Human RightsSiracusa Institute, Siracusa, Italy, February 5-9, 2023; Session 4 ” Applying AI in Criminal Investigations and Proceedings “; Session 5 ” Applying AI in Financial Investigations “; Session 7 ” Agency, Responsibility & Criminal Liability “.
- Le point sur les grands principes de la procédure pénale, presentation at the seminar “Questions choisies en droit pénal et administratif”, continuing education seminar of the Ordre des avocats vaudois (OAV), University of Lausanne, February 3, 2023.
- Presentations at the Specialization Training Seminar on “Artificial Intelligence, Criminal Justice and Human Rights”, Siracusa Institute, Siracusa, Italy, September 18-22, 2022; Session 5 ” Applying AI in Financial Investigations “; Session 6 ” Agency, Responsibility & Criminal Liability “.
- Prosecuting transnational cybercrimes: the cyber-laundering example, Interventions at the 39th Cambridge International Symposium on Economic crime, Jesus College, Cambridge, 4-11 September 2022.
- Interventions during the Specialization Training Seminar on “Artificial Intelligence, Criminal Justice and Human RightsSiracusa Institute, Siracusa, Italy, July 4-6, 2022; Session 3 ” Applying AI in Criminal Investigations and Proceedings “; Session 4 ” Applying AI in Financial Investigations “; Session 5 ” Agency, Responsibility & Criminal Liability “.
- From error to fraud in the medical field: nuances and
consequences pénales, intervention at the colloquium ” Erreur ou fraude : Exploration de la zone grise dans les prestations de soins “, Institut de lutte contre la criminalité économique ILCE (HEG Arc), Neuchâtel, 6 May 2022. - Flashback 2020-2022 in the field of evidence management, intervention in the continuing education day of the Association Romande des Spécialistes en Droit pénal, April 8, 2022.
- Tips and tricks of the criminal lawyer, with Me Emmeline Bonnard, intervention within the framework of the FSA Specialist Lawyer Training in Criminal Law 2021/2022, April 1, 2022.
- Le point sur l’exploitabilité des moyens de preuve, intervention lors du séminaire ” La procédure pénale en continu “, séminaire de formation continue de l’Ordre des avocats vaudois (OAV), Université de Lausanne, 1er février 2022.
- Le point sur les grands principes de procédure pénale, presentation at the seminar “La procédure pénale en continu”, continuing education seminar of the Ordre des avocats vaudois (OAV), University of Lausanne, February 2, 2021.
- The LBA’s construction sites: between grooming the law and pre-washing terrorIntervention at the “Journée du droit pénal économique 2019”, Institut de lutte contre la criminalité économique ILCE (HEG Arc) and Département de droit pénal de l’Université de Fribourg with the support of EXPERTsuisse, Neuchâtel, 7 June 2019.
- General principles and fundamental procedural guarantees, intervention during the seminar “La procédure pénale et administrative en continu”, OAV continuing education seminar, University of Lausanne, February 6, 2019.
- Guest lectures at the Hochschule Fulda: 1) Mutual legal assistance with Switzerland in business crime matters; 2) The money laundering of the proceeds of tax crimes and major Swiss bankruptcy offences; 3) Identity theft and business crimes , visiting professor at the University of Applied Sciences, Fulda, Germany, June 18-20, 2018.
- The company facing the criminal offence: how to act? Asserting your rights in the criminal trial , intervention at the “Journée du droit pénal économique 2018”, Institut de lutte contre la criminalité économique ILCE (HEG Arc) and Département de droit pénal de l’Université de Fribourg with the support of EXPERTsuisse, Neuchâtel, 15 June 2018.
- The notion of damage in economic offenses, intervention at the 24th Jeune Barreau Vaudois seminar “Selected aspects of economic criminal law”, Prilly, 19 April 2018.
- Criminal Investigations, Compulsory Measures and Evidence in a “Clouded” Era: The Swiss Approach to Jurisdiction Issues, presentation at the International Conference “Advanced Cyberlaw and Electronic Security”, University “Babeş-Bolyai”, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, June 16, 2017.
- Crypto-currencies and crime: State of the law and procedural issues, intervention with Luca Brunoni and Aurélien Vuileumier at the “Journée du droit pénal économique 2017”, Institut de lutte contre la criminalité économique ILCE (HEG Arc) and Département de droit pénal de l’Université de Fribourg with the support of EXPERTsuisse, Neuchâtel, 9 June 2017.
- Special procedures in the Swiss code of criminal procedure (CPP), presentation at the seminar “La procédure pénale et administrative en continu”, OAV continuing education seminar, University of Lausanne, February 8, 2017.
- Laundering of qualified tax offences: double standards? intervention at the “13th National Conference of the Swiss Association of Experts in the Fight against Economic Crime: Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing – Are we out of date?”, SEBWK – ASECE – SEECI, Bern, November 4, 2016.
- The legal regime of preventive and judicial surveillance tools: what balance between fundamental rights and security aspirations? speech at the “5th International ILCE Day”, Institute for the Fight against Economic Crime, Neuchâtel, September 2, 2016.
- The incrimination of identity theft: a full-fledged offence or a constituent element of an offence? The special case of economic crime, intervention at the “Journée du droit pénal économique 2016”, Department of Criminal Law of the University of Fribourg, ILCE – HEG Arc and Expert Suisse, Fribourg,10 June 2016.
- Identity theft in the cyberspace: crime per se or instrument of a crime, intervention at the international conference “Preventing and Combating Cybercrime”, University “Babeş-Bolyai”, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, May 20-21, 2016.
- Qualifications and penal consequences of the main offences that can have an impact in the accounting and auditing fields, intervention during the CPOrg seminars ” Fraud, accounting and corporate delinquency “, Yverdon 26 April 2016 / Geneva 24 May 2016.
- Procedure in matters of violation of honor, intervention during the seminar “La procédure pénale en continu”, OAV continuing education seminar, University of Lausanne, February 10, 2016.
- Validity of stolen data as evidence in a criminal trial, intervention at the “Journée du droit pénal économique 2015”, Institut de lutte contre la criminalité économique ILCE (HEG Arc) and Département de droit pénal de l’Université de Fribourg with the support of EXPERTsuisse, Neuchâtel, 12 June 2015.
- Criminal Investigations in the Cyberspace: Balancing Security Requirements and Core Human Rights Principles, intervention at the international conference “The Rule of Law in the Digital Era”, University “Babeş-Bolyai”, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, May 8-9, 2015.
- Foreign fighters & Cyber Jihad: the Swiss treatment of a global phenomenon, intervention at the colloquium “Human rights in danger”, Institute for the Fight against Economic Crime (ILCE), Neuchâtel, 3 December 2014.
- What are the consequences of the recent jurisprudence of the Federal Criminal Court that equates fallen regimes with criminal organizations? intervention at the seminar “The new PEP regime”, Academy & Finance, Geneva, October 29, 2014.
- Police and criminal investigations in the world of the internet, intervention at the colloquium “Nouvelles technologies: quels droits, quels dangers?”, Juristes progressistes vaudois, Lausanne, 5 June 2014.
- The New Code of Criminal Procedure – Effects on the Settlement of Cross-Border Motor Claims, presentation at the Claims Conference 2011, Swiss National Bureau of Insurance, Lucerne, 27/28 October 2011.
Affiliations
- Vaud Bar Association
- Swiss Federation of Lawyers
- Swiss Center for the Promotion of Human Rights
- Forum Strafverteidigung
- Swiss Society of Criminal Law
- International Association of Criminal Law
- French-speaking Association of Specialists in Criminal Law (ARPEN)
- European Criminal Bar Association
- Swiss Association for Legal and Social Philosophy