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Our partner Yves Klein will be contributing to the sessions on the Identification of Assets as part of INSOL International’s new Short Course in Asset Tracing and Recovery
Running from 1 October 2025 to 31 March 2026, this six-month online course is designed to equip professionals with 5+ years’ experience in Restructuring, Insolvency, or AssetRecovery with advanced strategies for identifying, tracing, preserving, and recovering assets — including digital and crypto assets — in today’s complex Cross-border environment.
Yves will contribute to Sessions 2 & 3: Identification of Assets, where he will cover key topics such as:
- Tracing and profiling assets before bringing legal applications, including scenarios with no obvious assets to enforce;
- Practical considerations and legal remedies across different jurisdictions;
- Using insolvency tools and preventive measures to secure assets;
- Mandatory and ad hoc disclosures, preservation applications, and the effects of commencing insolvency proceedings;
- Comparative insights from the UK (common law) and the Netherlands (civil law), as well as perspectives on offshore jurisdictions.
He will be joined by fellow instructors Angela Barkhouse (Kroll, Cayman Islands), Ros Prince (Stephenson Harwood, UK), Antonia Mottironi (Ardenter Law, Switzerland), and Chris Parker (DLA Piper, UK).
Together, they will explore practical strategies and legal tools for identifying and preserving assets in cross-border insolvency and fraud cases. Topics will include asset tracing methodologies, disclosure mechanisms, jurisdictional considerations, and comparative insights from common and civil law systems.
Our partner Yves Klein has contributed to the Asset Tracing & Recovery Overview for Chambers and Partners Litigation Support Guide 2025
Our partner Yves Klein has contributed to the Asset Tracing & Recovery Overview for Chambers and Partners Litigation Support Guide 2025 with an article titled International Asset Tracing and Recovery at 25: Where Do We Stand?, where he reflects on the evolution of the practice over the past 25 years—from its beginning as a nascent concept at the turn of the century to its emergence as a globalised and structured discipline, blending public and private law, civil and criminal enforcement. The article explores the pivotal roles played by UNCAC, ICC FraudNet, StAR, UNCITRAL, FATF, and the IBA Asset Recovery Committee in shaping the modern framework of international asset recovery.
Our associates recognized as Thought Leading Authors in Mondaq’s Spring and Thought Leadership Awards Switzerland
Our firm has been recognized in the Mondaq Spring 2025 Thought Leadership Awards — achieving top positions for Thought Leadership Awards Switzerland in several categories.
Under the leadership of Elisa Branca, our weekly Newsletter on Asset Recovery, Business Crime and Cross-border Litigation has been awarded in:
Finance and Banking:
Newsletter n°84, authored by Elisa Branca, Frieda Bouma and Serena Colasanto
Government, Public Sector:
Newsletter n°93, authored by Elisa Branca, Frieda Bouma and Serena Colasanto
Our Newsletter provides (in French) a regular summary of key decisions from the Federal Supreme Court on business crime, criminal procedure, debt enforcement and bankruptcy, private international law, and mutual assistance.
In addition, we are delighted to announce that, in the category:
Compliance and Government, Public Sector,
the article Anti-Money Laundering Comparative Guide, authored by Edouard Kaiflin and Natalia Hidalgo, was also recognized with an award.
You can view our profile and the list of winners here.
Paola Bittar returns to Monfrini Bitton Klein as an associate
We are thrilled to welcome back Paola Bittar, who returned to our firm as an associate as of 1 May 2025, after completing her legal traineeship with us between 2022 and 2024 and successfully passing the Geneva Bar examination in November 2024.
Paola’s main areas of practice include civil, criminal and administrative litigation, banking and finance law, data privacy, business crime, private international law, and mutual assistance in civil and criminal matters. She is fluent in French, English and German.
Yves Klein published and article for Thought Leaders 4 FIRE Magazine
The article discusses the recent reform of the Swiss Code of Civil Procedure, which now formally recognises private expert reports as admissible evidence — a significant development that opens up new procedural and strategic avenues, particularly in summary proceedings such as the recognition of foreign judgments or interim measures.
MBK and our partners David Bitton and Yves Klein recognized in the "White-Collar Crime" category in the Chambers and Partners Europe Guide
Our firm and our partners David Bitton and Yves Klein have once again been recognized in the White-Collar Crime category in the Chambers and Partners Europe Guide.
Historic bankruptcy of Servette FC
20 years ago, Servette FC faced an historic bankruptcy.
During the ensuing trial, Me François Canonica and Me David BITTON defended the interests of the players and certain members of the staff, in a legal battle that had a decisive impact on Swiss soccer.
La Tribune de Genève looks back at this landmark event.
For the seventh consecutive year, our partner Yves Klein is top-ranked in Band 1.