Yves Klein has been named Asset Recovery Thought Leader by Who's Who Legal 2018.

For more information, read his Q&A here.

Yves Klein co-chaired the IBA Latin American Anti-Corruption Enforcement and Compliance Conference in São Paulo. He also moderated the session titled "Civil and insolvency asset recovery tools: a complement to criminal proceedings".

Claire Daams moderated the session titled « The anti-corruption revolution – is it actually taking place in Latin America? A view from the enforcement agencies ».

Yves Klein and Claire Daam also animated an asset recovery workshop for Latin American prosecutors on the interaction between criminal proceedings and civil & insolvency asset recovery tools, which enjoyed the support of the IBA and the OECD.

On Tuesday 10 October, Yves Klein co-chaired the session titled Offshore structures as a barrier to recovery of assets from criminals - Beneficial ownership issues and chaired the Asset Recovery Subcommittee open business meeting.

On the same day, Johnson Winter & Slattery, Peters & Peters and Monfrini Bitton Klein hosted a lunch at the O Bar for representatives of law enforcement and regulatory authorities attending the conference.

On Wednesday 11 October, Claire Daams co-chaired the Global anti-corruption update.

In the evening, Monfrini Bitton Klein sponsored the joint dinner of the Anti-Corruption, Business Crime and Criminal Law Committees.

Monfrini Bitton Klein is proud to sponsor the IBA Latin American Anti-Corruption Enforcement and Compliance Conference that will take place in São Paulo from 6 to 7 November 2017. Yves Klein, who as chair of the IBA Asset Recovery Subcommittee is one of the conference co-chairs, will moderate the session titled "Civil and insolvency asset recovery tools: a complement to criminal proceedings". Claire Daams will moderate the session titled "The anti-corruption revolution – is it actually taking place in Latin America? A view from the enforcement agencies". For more information, see the conference website.

Monfrini Bitton Klein was once again prominently featured in Who's Who Legal Asset Recovery 2017.

Yves Klein was notably recognised as the No. 1 Asset Recovery Thought Leader in the EMEA Region.

Monfrini Bitton Klein is proud to sponsor the Corporate Fraud & Forensics India Summit 2017, which will take place in Mumbai from 10 to 11 August 2017

Yves Klein will present on "Fraud and Corruption: International Developments” and “The Recovery of Fraudulently Stolen Assets”.

Monfrini Bitton Klein hosted a luncheon on "Opportunities and obstacles in offshore investigations" for 20 participants at the London C5 Anti-Corruption Conference. Yves Klein, Claire Daams, Antonia Mottironi, and Stephen Baker and Simon Thomas, from Baker and Partners, Jersey, discussed with the attendants the issues of privilege in internal investigations and of the use of asset recovery by companies which managers or employees have committed acts of active bribery.

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.