Dispute Resolution
Europe Guide 2024 : Liechtenstein
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Schurti Partners
Schurti Partners Attorneys at Law Ltd is a Liechtenstein-based full-service law firm with a strong focus on international matters. The firm's lawyers were trained and are qualified in several jurisdictions (Liechtenstein, New York, California, England and Wales, Ireland, Switzerland, Germany and Austria) and gained work experience abroad in some of the most prestigious international law firms. The firm is built on the aspiration to provide legal services which meet the highest international standards. The firm was founded in 1991 as a partnership and incorporated in 2015. Over the years, the firm has grown to become one of the largest and most renowned law firms in Liechtenstein. Schurti Partners has established a solid track record of supporting clients with businesses and/or assets across the world, drawing on the support of the firm’s well established networks of other leading independent law firms based in other jurisdictions.
Key contacts:
Andreas Schurti (Partner, E: [email protected])
Moritz Blasy (Partner, E: [email protected])
Andreas Vogel (Partner, E: [email protected])
Chambers Review
Schurti Partners is a leading dispute resolution firm with the capacity to represent clients in high-value cross-border litigation. The team typically advises trusts and high net worth individuals or other beneficiaries, as well as banks, corporations and insurance companies. Its lawyers appear as counsel in a variety of sophisticated cases, including shareholder, wealth management and estate disputes, as well as the enforcement of arbitral awards. The law firm demonstrates additional strength in asset tracing as well as defence in international white-collar crime and fraud cases, benefiting from a strong bench that allows for specialised individuals in these areas.
Strengths
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"The matters in which I have used the firm had an international angle and were complex. The collaboration was impeccable."
"Schurti Partners has depth both on the corporate and dispute side and its teams work seamlessly together. They are excellent and responsive and leave no stone unturned."
"They are hugely impressive lawyers that provide practical and commercial advice."
"It is always a pleasure to work with them. They have excellent analytical skills, impressive legal knowledge and are always available."
"They did an excellent job on a very tricky case."
"The matters in which I have used the firm had an international angle and were complex. The collaboration was impeccable."
"Schurti Partners has depth both on the corporate and dispute side and its teams work seamlessly together. They are excellent and responsive and leave no stone unturned."
"They are hugely impressive lawyers that provide practical and commercial advice."
"It is always a pleasure to work with them. They have excellent analytical skills, impressive legal knowledge and are always available."
"They did an excellent job on a very tricky case."
Notable Practitioners
Andreas Schurti is one of the most renowned practitioners in Liechtenstein. He has a particular focus on complex multi-jurisdictional disputes. He has earned an outstanding reputation for his experience in wealth management disputes where he represents Liechtenstein trusts or their domestic and international beneficiaries. Andreas Schurti's experience covers high-profile civil litigation and arbitration cases.
Simon Ott rises to the top of the rankings for his excellent work on white-collar crime matters, including criminal investigations connected to investment fraud, money laundering and embezzlement as well as mutual legal assistance proceedings and asset tracing. He regularly represents defendants and is frequently active on complex cross-border mandates.
"Simon is tenacious and very knowledgeable. He is hard-working and really into the facts of the dispute. He is brilliant and I would happily work with him again."
"He is extremely committed, very fast thinking and highly solution-oriented."
"Simon offers excellent client service. He is always on top of the details. He is clearly a leading expert in his field."
"Simon is absolutely brilliant to work with. He is responsive and very commercial. His instincts are always spot-on."
"He is clever, solution-oriented and creative."
Andreas Vogel is especially versed in international white-collar crime cases and mutual legal assistance proceedings. Experienced in mandates connected with fraud, money laundering and tax crimes, he represents companies and banks as well as trustees and former directors. He also advises on matters connected to sanctions and asset freezing.
"Andreas is my principle contact at the firm and I have always been satisfied with the service in all respects."
Moritz Blasy is respected for his comprehensive disputes practice. He has ample experience representing high net worth individuals, trusts and companies in complex international cases.
"He oozes experience and is very clear in his advice and in his assessment of the merits of a case."
Ranked Lawyers at
Schurti Partners Attorneys at Law Ltd
Liechtenstein
Members
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Alexander Gassner
Christian Schefknecht
Georg Mühlbauer
Kathrin Binder
Nicolai Binkert
Industries
Provided by Schurti Partners Attorneys at Law Ltd
asset management companies
banks
high-net-worth individuals
industrial companies
insurance companies
trust service provider