LIECHTENSTEIN Law and Practice Contributed by: Moritz Blasy, Nicolai Binkert, Simon Ott and Christian Scheffknecht, Schurti Partners Attorneys at Law Ltd
Schurti Partners Attorneys at Law Ltd represents pri - vate and corporate clients in a wide range of conten - tious and non-contentious matters before the Liech - tenstein courts as well as national and international arbitral tribunals. Many of the disputes handled by the firm involve multiple jurisdictions, and the firm’s civil litigation and arbitration team is often tasked with co-ordinating the steps to be taken in other ju - risdictions. Over several decades, the firm has de - veloped excellent working relationships with foreign law firms that also specialise in litigation/arbitration
and with barristers. Additionally, Schurti Partners’ civil litigation and arbitration team has members who are qualified in multiple jurisdictions, which is also an advantage in disputes involving multiple jurisdictions. The firm’s main areas of civil litigation and arbitration are trust and foundation disputes, asset tracing and recovery, asset protection, corporate disputes, direc - tors’ and trustees’ liabilities and insurance disputes, banking and finance disputes, and general commer - cial disputes.
Authors
Moritz Blasy is a partner at Schurti Partners Attorneys at Law who specialises in representing high net worth individuals and professional trust service providers in disputes relating to foundations, trusts and
Simon Ott is a partner at Schurti Partners Attorneys at Law. He is involved in numerous white-collar crime cases as well as in high-value civil cases. He has gained extensive experience representing individuals
other private asset structures. He also represents insurance companies, banks and other financial intermediaries in all types of legal disputes. During his career, he has been involved in some of the most sensitive cross-border asset protection and asset- tracing disputes. He is a member of the Liechtenstein Bar Association, the Law Society of England and Wales, the Liechtenstein Arbitration Association and the Austrian Arbitration Association.
and companies in sophisticated and sensitive matters over a number of years. He regularly represents clients in litigation relating to the financial industry as well as trusts and foundations due to his education and previous experience. He is a member of the Liechtenstein Bar Association.
Christian Scheffknecht is a partner at Schurti Partners Attorneys at Law. He frequently represents legal entities and individuals in complex, high- profile civil litigation and white-collar crime cases in the courts of
Nicolai Binkert is a partner at Schurti Partners Attorneys at Law who represents clients in a wide variety of high-profile civil cases, with a special focus on trust and foundation law matters. Due to his dual qualification
Liechtenstein. The majority of the cases handled by him involve Liechtenstein trusts, foundations and other private wealth structures. A particular focus of his practice is the defence of Liechtenstein-based entities and their stakeholders in asset tracing and recovery matters, in both civil and criminal proceedings. In recent years, Christian Scheffknecht has worked on some of the most prominent international disputes in this area involving Liechtenstein private wealth structures.
(Liechtenstein and Switzerland), he regularly advises and represents clients in disputes that have both a Liechtenstein and a Swiss component. He is a member of the Liechtenstein Bar Association.
525 CHAMBERS.COM
Powered by FlippingBook