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The Bouvier hearing
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
Yves Klein presents at Basel University Conference on Arbitation and Crime
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’
Enrico Monfrini interviewed by Le Temps on Switzerland returning US$321 Million of Abacha assets to Nigeria
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.
Yves Klein and Claire Daams attend BijzonderStrafrecht.nl Academy's Anti-Bribery & Corruption Conference 2017
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.
David Bitton Interviewed by the Tribune de Genève on the Bouvier Art Case
After the sale of the Salvator Mundi David BITTON speaks to the Tribune de Genève on the Bouvier v Rybolovlev case.
« Salvator Mundi »: David Bitton speaks to Le Temps and Tribune de Genève
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 named Asset Recovery Thought Leader by Who's Who Legal
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 and Claire Daams attended the IBA Latin American Anti-Corruption Enforcement and Compliance Conference in São Paulo
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.
Yves Klein and Claire Daams attended the IBA Annual Conference in Sydney
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.
