On 1 December, Yves Klein and Claire Daams presented on "Asset recovery in international corruption cases" at the BijzonderStrafrecht.nl Academy's Anti-Bribery & Corruption Conference 2017 in Amsterdam.

After the sale of the Salvator Mundi David BITTON speaks to the Tribune de Genève on the Bouvier v Rybolovlev case.

(Le divorce du siècle hante l’affaire Bouvier)

David Bitton was interviewed on the impact of the Salvator Mundi sale on the dispute between the Russian oligarch Dmitri Rybolovlev and the Geneva art dealer Yves Bouvier.

«Salvator Mundi»: Dmitri Rybolovlev est invité à retirer sa plainte contre Yves Bouvier / Le Christ vendu, «il n'y a plus d'affaire Bouvier».

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.

David Bitton was inteviewed by La Tribune de Genève on the Bouvier v Rybolovlev art case (L’affaire Bouvier revient là où tout a commencé).

David Bitton was recognised in Who's Who Legal Business Crime Defence 2017. WWL says: 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 presented on "Fraud and Corruption: International Developments” and “The Recovery of Fraudulently Stolen Assets” at the Corporate Fraud & Forensics India Summit 2017, which took place in Mumbai from 10 to 11 August 2017.

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.