“[…] a really fantastic firm with a lot of talented asset recovery people.” Chambers Litigation Support, Global-wide, Asset Tracing & Recovery, 2024
“Superb in every respect. They were knowledgeable, attentive, energetic, aggressive, responsive: in short, everything you would want a law firm to be” Chambers Litigation Support, Global-wide, 2023
“They are fantastic and give solid advice. They have been really stellar in how they have performed” Chambers Litigation Support, Global-wide, 2022

High stakes global asset recovery

We are renowned for successfully tracing and recovering assets and debts in Switzerland and across the world in high-profile, complex, and often multi-jurisdictional matters.

We advise corporations, governments, public entities and high-net-worth individuals. We act on all types of asset misappropriation, fraud, money laundering, and corruption, unpaid debts and mismanagement, across jurisdictions. Our team coordinates actions amongst aggrieved parties, in close collaboration with other actors such as law firms and forensic experts.

We have secured landmark wins in domestic and international cases, often setting new standards for asset recovery and enforcement proceedings. Our expertise is reflected in our Band 2 Chambers Global ranking for Asset Tracing & Recovery.

Insolvency specialists

We routinely act for clients bringing or defending insolvency-related claims and assist creditors to collect claims against insolvent debtors, also drawing on our expertise in banking & finance and white collar crime matters.

Our expertise in asset recovery includes:

  • Attachment and interim measures: freezing, seizure and realisation of assets located in Switzerland, including interim measures to prevent the disposal of assets
  • Enforcement of Swiss and foreign judgments and arbitral awards with tight collaboration between our arbitration and litigation teams
  • Recognition of foreign bankruptcy judgments in Switzerland
  • Financial and commercial fraud litigation: representing defrauded parties seeking to recover assets in civil or criminal proceedings, and defending clients accused of commercial fraud
  • Asset tracing and recovery through criminal proceedings: dealing with enforcement agencies in Switzerland and abroad to trace and recover misappropriated assets
  • Mutual legal assistance in criminal matters: supporting or resisting foreign mutual judicial assistance requests to obtain evidence of financial transactions and bank records or to confiscate assets located in Switzerland, including foreign public funds
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Experience

Acting for several major institutional and private UHNW investors over potential losses of more than USD 2.5 billion incurred in connection with the Greensill collapse

Acting for the liquidator of Lithuanian Bank Snoras against Bank Julius Bär in asset recovery proceedings in various jurisdictions, representing the client in criminal proceedings in Switzerland and coordinating civil proceedings involving complex money laundering schemes in cooperation with local and foreign co-counsel

Appointment by the government of Brazil to advise and represent it in a large-scale investigation, tracing and recovery of illicit assets and proceeds of crimes valued at over USD 1 billion and held in a large number of banks and fiduciary parties in Switzerland and other countries

Representing 50+ former clients and counterparts, including institutions and HNW individuals, in complex civil and criminal proceedings against former executives and auditors of an insolvent Swiss bank to potentially recover losses of approximately CHF 990 million

Representing a Middle Eastern non-government association that promotes tax ethics and compliance in the recovery of USD 300 million allegedly diverted by a high-profile PEP, with pending criminal proceedings in Switzerland

Acting for the liquidator of a major Latin American mining company in cross-border asset recovery proceedings, including the recognition in Switzerland of bankruptcy declared in a foreign jurisdiction and related litigation

Our team

André Brunschweiler

Partner
Zurich

Dominik Elmiger

Partner
Zurich

Sandrine Giroud

Partner
Geneva

Benoît A Mauron

Partner
Geneva

Nicolas Ollivier

Partner
Geneva

Alexander Troller

Partner
Geneva
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