Who's Who Legal Special Report on Switzerland has just been published.

The Asset Recovery section prominently features our partners Enrico Monfrini and Yves Klein: Yves Klein at MONFRINI BITTON KLEIN is the foremost asset recovery specialist in the Swiss market, who is “very well known” among peers as “an excellent strategist”. According to one source, “He is in the top echelon of practitioners in the field.” Enrico Monfrini is internationally recognised for his excellence when it comes to asset recovery matters, and garners praise for his work tracing the proceeds of corruption.

David Bitton is recognized in the Business Crime Defense section: David Bitton is a well-known figure when it comes to individual defence work, and is commended by sources for his “unwavering commitment and dedication to the client”.

Antonia Mottironi joined the Insolvency Commission of the International Association of Young Lawyers AIJA.

"AIJA is the only global association devoted to lawyers and in-house counsel aged 45 and under. Since 1962 AIJA provides outstanding international opportunities for young lawyers to network, learn and develop".

Monfrini Bitton Klein welcomes new associate Edouard Kaiflin, who practices civil and criminal litigation, notably international asset recovery, enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards and business crime. He speaks French,  English, Spanish and German.

On Thursday 12 April, Claire Daams and Yves Klein presented on La conformité à l’ordre public et l’exécution des sentences arbitrales en Europe, in a session chaired by Florence Richard, with Emilie Gonin, Hakim Boularbah and Guy Lepage at the breakfast organized by the ICC International Court of Arbitration and La Française International Claims Collection during the Paris Arbitration Week.

Yves Klein and Claire Daams chaired a panel on Arbitration and Corruption during the Zurich C5 Anti-Corruption Conference, 19-21 March 2018. They were joined by Balz Gross, of Homburger, Zurich, and Ravinder Thukral, of Brown Rudnick LLP, London and Paris to discuss about applicable legal and procedural principles, the gathering and use of evidence and public v. private interest.

Monfrini Bitton Klein was once again recognized by Chambers and Partners as a leading firm for its business crime and asset recovery practices. According to Chambers, sources "appreciate and respect their high professional skills and qualities."

A judicial iron arm beetween Dmitry Rybolovlev and Yves Bouvier that started in 2015 continues. On 8 February 2018, the art dealer Yves Bouvier, assisted by David Bitton, was examined by Geneva Public Prosecutor Yves Bertossa. Affaire Rybolovlev : le marchand d'art Yves Bouvier auditionné à Genève

On Friday 12 January, our partner Yves Klein presented on ‘How to prove criminal conduct? Evidence issues’ at Basel University conference on ‘Arbitration and Crime - Dealing with Allegations of Economic Crime in Arbitration’ 

On Monday, Bern signed with Nigeria and the World Bank an agreement on the monitoring of the return of US$321 million of Abacha funds to Nigeria. Enrico Monfrini was interviewed by Le Temps on the asset recovery efforts led by him and our firm on behalf of Nigeria to achieve the forfeiture of those assets by the Attorney General of Geneva in December 2014. Affaire Abacha: la Suisse rend 321 millions de dollars au Nigeria.