SWITZERLAND Law and Practice Contributed by: Yves Klein and Antonia Mottironi, Monfrini Bitton Klein and Ardenter Law
Monfrini Bitton Klein (MBK) was founded in Ge - neva by Enrico Monfrini in 1978, and focused on international business law and complex liti - gation. The firm’s asset recovery practice start - ed in the 1990s, representing foreign govern - ments, companies, individuals and liquidators of bankruptcies, and victims of fraud and Ponzi schemes. In 2017, the firm changed its name to Monfrini Bitton Klein and became a litigation- only practice to offer conflict-free services to its clients, focusing on asset recovery, white-collar crime, and cross-border litigation, in particular the enforcement of foreign judgments, bank - ruptcy decisions or arbitral awards, and the obtaining of evidence and interim measures in support of foreign proceedings. MBK is the representative for Switzerland of ICC FraudNet, the leading global network of fraud and asset recovery lawyers, and has access around the world to hundreds of specialised correspond - ent lawyers, private investigators, forensic ac -
countants, insolvency practitioners and litiga - tion funders. Ardenter Law advises on the implementation of global strategies aimed at the efficient reso - lution of complex disputes, in particular in the fields of asset tracing and recovery and interna - tional crime. Its asset recovery activity stands on the three pillars of (i) economic and finan - cial crime; (ii) cross-border insolvency; and (iii) enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards. Its expertise on ESG norms and stand - ards also makes it an active stakeholder in the fight against the most heinous international crimes. With an international network of lawyers and experts, as well as a deep understanding of international organisations and NGOs, Ar - denter implements, co-ordinates and monitors the legal teams involved in multi-jurisdictional proceedings. As a law firm based in Geneva, Ardenter represents the interests of its clients before Swiss courts and authorities. Antonia Mottironi is the founding partner of Ardenter Law and is admitted to the Geneva and Swiss Bars. She advises on the implementation of global strategies aiming at the resolution of complex disputes, in particular in fraud and cross-border insolvency. She represents creditors, foreign insolvency office holders and persons affected by economic crime. She focuses on civil and criminal litigation, especially in the area of business crime, international judicial assistance and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards and judgments. In recent years, she has handled a great number of international asset recovery cases. She has also assisted clients in preparing and co-ordinating multi-jurisdictional
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Yves Klein is a partner at Monfrini Bitton Klein and a world-leading asset recovery lawyer. His main activities are litigating and co-ordinating transnational asset recovery
proceedings before civil, criminal and bankruptcy courts, business crime and cross- border litigation. He is also active in white- collar crime and anti-corruption proceedings. Yves has published and presented at international conferences on those topics since the 1990s. He is fluent in French, English, Portuguese and Spanish, and speaks some Italian and German. He has been top-ranked in Chambers and Partners’ Litigation Support Global Guide in Asset Tracing & Recovery since 2019, when the category was created.
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