Yves Klein and Antonia Mottironi wrote an article "Switzerland - A new hope? The Swiss Government adopts its Dispatch to the Parliament on an amendment to the provisions governing recognition of foreign insolvencies" for Lexology, which may be downloaded here.
Yves Klein chaired an Asset Recovery Workshop for Law Enforcement Officials in parallel to the Annual IBA Anti-Corruption Conference and to the meeting of the Law Enforcement Officials of the OECD’s Working Group on Bribery.
Yves Klein chaired the session titled Asset recovery: Role and standing of victims of corruption in criminal proceedings, notably in the context of structured criminal settlements at the Annual IBA Anti-Corruption Conference in Paris.
Yves Klein chaired the IBA Asset Recovery Subcommittee (Anti-Corruption Committee) meeting at the Annual IBA Anti-Corruption Conference in Paris. Antonia Mottironi also attended.
The article on the Enforcement of Judgments and Arbitral Awards in Switzerland written by Yves Klein and Antonia Mottironi for Thomson Reuters' Practical Guide went to print today. Its online edition is available here.
Based in Geneva but borderless in its reach, the renamed Monfrini Bitton Klein is a conflict-free litigation boutique focusing on business crime and offshore litigation.
The business crime practice ranges from international asset recovery to business crime defense and to anti-corruption investigations.
The offshore civil litigation practice concentrates on enforcing foreign judgments, arbitral awards and insolvency orders, freezing concealed assets in commercial, matrimonial and probate disputes, and obtaining evidence in support of proceedings abroad.
Yves Klein and James Bouzaglo attended the Florida International University College of Law 2nd Annual Conference on the Fight against Corruption and Impunity, Miami, which saw the participation of several law enforcement officials from around the world. Yves Klein presented on Pluses and Minuses of Government-to-Government or Criminal-Based Asset Recovery and on Case Studies of Successful Civil Asset Recoveries.
Yves Klein and James Bouzaglo attended the 15th Miami OffshoreAlert Conference. Yves Klein presented on Strategies to Obtain Information in Offshore Jurisdictions.
Yves Klein and James Bouzaglo attended the ICC-FraudNet spring meeting in Miami, which saw the participation of more than 80 fraud and asset recovery professionals from around the world.
Our firm was once again ranked in Chambers Europe in the White-Collar crime category for its asset recovery practice: A niche asset recovery practice with a strong reputation in this field. Represents individuals and companies as plaintiffs in financial crime cases and acts on behalf of liquidators in international bankruptcy matters. Best known for representing numerous national governments in their asset-tracing and recovery actions. Clients particularly appreciate the firm's "extensive expertise in international asset recovery." One source adds that the team are "excellent strategists, tremendously responsive and collaborative." Yves Klein is an expert in anti-money laundering and asset tracing. One interviewee describes him as having "a huge amount of experience in the area. He looks for broader solutions and is easy to get along with." Enrico Monfrini has vast experience in asset recovery cases having assisted many national governments over the years.