Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Bergt und Partner AG
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Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Bergt und Partner AG
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"Sophisticated and sustainable legal solutions for everyone."
This is our vision. Your problems seek our solutions. We empower clients to thrive sustainably by melding legal regulations, behavioural-economic insight and technology, so that entrepreneurial resilience and responsible innovation becomes their competitive constant.
Law Firm Bergt & Partners Ltd. is an international law firm experienced in business law located in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Austria, which represents you comprehensively and is particularly specialized in the areas of:
- Banking and Financial Market Law
- Corporate Law,Compliance and Corporate Governance
- Contract Law & damages litigation
- IP Law
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Investor litigation and litigation in connection with white collar crime
We are pleased to advise you in all areas of law and at any point in time - be it advice and structuring in advance, litigation in court or the debriefing and handling of a matter afterwards. In doing so, we combine excellent legal expertise with profound economic understanding to offer solutions tailored to your needs. We represent you before authorities and courts and advise you in your matters on your way to justice.
Exceptional results can only be achieved as a team. That is why we rely on the expertise of experienced lawyers a strong network of strategic partners - in Liechtenstein as well as abroad.
Cooperation and communication at eye level are not only anchored in our team structures, but are also practiced in our dealings with our clients. Our goal is to develop and expand your competence so that you can implement solutions independently and consistently. Contact us and our team of experienced lawyers with your concerns - we will accompany and support you in all your legal matters.
We offer an extensive network of cooperation partners across the whole German-speaking region in Switzerland, Germany, and Austria, as well as internationally in Singapore and Dubai. Our diverse team of experts also comprises native German, English, French, Spanish and Chinese (Mandarin) speakers, enabling us to provide comprehensive and culturally sensitive services to our clients. With our strong international presence we are committed to delivering tailored solutions that cater to the unique needs of our clients, transcending borders and bridging cultural gaps.
Mission Statement:
- Commitment to excellence: Bergt Law is committed to providing high-quality legal services and achieving the best possible outcomes for its clients.
- Collaboration: We value teamwork and collaboration, both within our organization and with external partners and experts.
- Innovation: The firm is always looking for new and better ways to serve its clients and stay ahead of industry trends.
- Integrity: Our firm upholds the highest standards of integrity and professionalism in all its dealings.
- Social responsibility: We are committed to making a positive impact on society and the environment through our work.
- Diversity and inclusion: Our firm values diversity and works to create an inclusive environment where all individuals are treated with respect and fairness.
- Client-centricity: We are focused on meeting the needs and goals of our clients and providing exceptional customer service.
- Continuous improvement: Bergt Law is committed to ongoing learning and improvement in order to better serve its clients and achieve its vision.
Our fields of expertise
Our team of seasoned lawyers at Bergt Law has expertise in a wide range of areas. We are committed to providing custom tailored solutions to meet the unique needs of our clients. We leverage our international practice experience and industry expertise across disciplines within our law firm to develop and create efficient and client-focused solutions.
Bergt Law is a law firm headquartered in Liechtenstein with offices in Austria and Switzerland specialized in the legal requirements of both small and medium-sized enterprises as well as large corporations. In line with our corporate vision, we also advise and represent private clients with their individual consulting requirements. Contact us to learn more about how we may assist you in your your legal needs!
At Bergt Law, we provide a wide range of legal services to clients in Liechtenstein on a global scale. Our experienced team of attorneys is dedicated to providing personalized and effective legal solutions to meet the unique needs of each of our clients. We specialize in several key areas of law, including:
- Banking and Financial Market Law
- Commercial & Corporate Law
- White-collar Criminal Law
- Legal Advice & Expert Opinions
- Contract and Compensation Law
- Intellectual Property & IT-Law
- Governance, Compliance, and Risk Management
- Dispute Resolution, Investor Litigation & Regulatory Proceedings
We support you in particular in your following legal concerns:
- Incorporation & structuring of companies
- Legal set-up for start-ups
- Legal advice in the fields of compliance and risk management
- Litigation and conflict resolution
- Criminal defense specialized in white-collar crime cases
- Private clients - wealth and estate planning
- Advice in the area of blockchain and fintech
- Intellectual property law, IT law and data protection
- Contract law, inheritance law & business succession
- Labour law & tenancy law
- Warranty and damages & investor litigation
- Foundation and trust law
- Preparation of securities prospectuses and approval procedures with the Financial Market Authority incl. notification ("passporting") in the European Economic Area and the EU
- Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) and other transactions as well as legal support with investment rounds
- Asset Protection & Asset Recovery
- Representation in regulatory proceedings, in particular in front of the Financial Market Authority
- Licensing, registrations and other clarifications with the Financial Market Authority
Ranked Offices
Provided by Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Bergt und Partner AG
- VaduzBuchenweg 6 P.O. Box 743 , Vaduz, Vaduz, Liechtenstein, FL-9490
- Web: www.bergt.law
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Why Liechtenstein’s CARF MCAA & CRS-Addendum Will Redefine Cross-Border Tax Compliance From 2026...
Hardly any other micro-jurisdiction has displayed a comparable legislative velocity in the field of international tax cooperation as the Principality of Liechtenstein...
For more than two hundred years the Allgemeines Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (ABGB; Civil Code) allowed creditors an expansive 30-year window to sue, a horizon so generous that evidence, witnesses and even corporate records often evaporated long before the clock stopped.
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In the ever-evolving landscape of European Union financial regulation, the publication on the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive and amending Directives 2003/41/EC and 2009/65/EC and Regulations (EC) No 1060/2009 and (EU) No 1095/2010 (AIFMD II) marks a pivotal moment...
The Role of Notarial Services in Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein's legal landscape is distinguished by its robust notarial system, which ensures the meticulous drafting, validation, and safekeeping of critical legal documents.
The Legal Minefield of Investment Recommendations on Social Media for Influencers
In the digital age, the proliferation of financial discourse on social media platforms has significantly altered the dynamics of investment advice and market behavior. The advent of digital communication has revolutionized the way financial advice is disseminated...
Stop The Clock, Start The Strategy
When Liechtenstein transposed the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (“CSRD”) on 1 July 2024, it locked thousands of undertakings into a frenetic implementation sprint...
Reverse Solicitation Meets Stablecoin Scrutiny
When the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) released, in close succession, (i) its Guidelines on situations in which a third country firm is deemed to solicit clients established or situated in the European Union and the supervision practices to detect and prevent circumvention...
New MiCA Suitability Guidelines
When the European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published their Joint Guidelines on the assessment of the suitability of the members of the management body of issuers of asset-referenced tokens (ARTs)...
As MiCAR’s full authorisation regime for crypto-asset service providers (“CASPs”) settles across the EU/EEA, the single date that defines strategy for every TVTG-registered firm in Liechtenstein is the end of the transitional (“grandfathering”) window...
Liechtenstein’s MiFIDMiFIR Overhaul Payment-for-Order-Flow Ban...
In a move that is both evolutionary in its policy intent and revolutionary in its operational consequences, the European Union’s reform of MiFIR and MiFID II—adopted at EU level and already in force there—now cascades into Liechtenstein...
Liechtenstein’s Imminent “Blacklist” For Tax Purposes
In the densely interconnected architecture of European financial regulation, the recent Government Bill (No. 47/2025 of 8 July 2025) stands out..
Liechtenstein’s 2026 GloBE-Amendment
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Liechtenstein’s 2025 FIU-Reform In A Nutshell
In a jurisdiction that traditionally prides itself on the finely tuned equilibrium between investor confidentiality and regulatory integrity, the Liechtenstein Parliament’s (Landtag’s) near-unanimous first-reading approval...
When observers of continental private-wealth structures spoke, until recently, of the alpine principality as an unassailable redoubt of legal certainty, they rarely anticipated a scenario in which hundreds of trusts and foundations [...] would become simultaneously leaderless...
From Mandate to Market Advantage: Navigating ESMA’s MiCA Knowledge-&-Competence Guidelines..
The text reveals a set of obligations that will, by the force of their practical consequences, reshape how crypto-asset service providers (“CASPs”) recruit, train and continuously monitor their client-facing personnel – and, crucially, how those CASPs signal trustworthiness to investors...
From Forked Mandates to Regulatory Harmony
When the European Banking Authority (“EBA”) released its 34 page No Action Letter on 10 June 2025, it did rather more than grant a temporary supervisory reprieve to crypto asset service providers (“CASPs”) transacting electronic money tokens (“EMTs”)...
In the wake of the European Economic Area Joint Committee’s Decision No. 70/2025, whose approval by the Liechtenstein Parliament (Landtag) concludes Liechtenstein’s legislative journey towards the full transposition of Regulation ...
ESMA’s June 2025 MiCA Q&As Three Silent Game-Changers Every Crypto Platform Must Internalise
Compliance officers who skim regulatory updates only for headline-worthy acronyms may have overlooked three slim yet densely reasoned answers that the European Securities and Markets Authority published in mid-June 2025...
Crypto-Asset Transparency 2.0 – How Liechtenstein’s Forthcoming CARF Act And CRS Revision Will Resh
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AMLA’s New Bar for Crypto: What EU-Facing CASPs Must Build Now (and How Liechtenstein Can Lead)
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AIFMD II & ELTIF 2.0 Liechtenstein’s 2025 Fund Law Overhaul—What Managers, Depositaries, and Investo
Liechtenstein is moving to transpose Directive (EU) 2024/927 (“AIFMD II”) and to operationalize the revamped ELTIF (European Long Term Investment Fund) regime (Regulation (EU) 2023/606 together with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2759), by comprehensively amending the AIFM Act (AIFMG)...
2025 MiCA Suitability & Periodic-Statement Playbook: How Crypto-Asset Managers Can Transform ESMA’s
Readers familiar with the accelerated regulatory tempo that has characterised the European crypto-asset landscape since the adoption of the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation...
Ensuring the resolvability of banking groups
The following manuscript analyses the normative parameters, requirements and limits, namely the intervention determinants (the »supervisors’ room to manoeuvre«) for ensuring the resolvability of cross-border banking groups, taking into account different (singular or multiple) resolution approaches.
Audit rights of the internal bank audit in cross-border situations
The following manuscript discusses the relationship between banking supervisory law and data protection law.
Regulating Liquidity Risks within “Institutional Protection Schemes”
During an early phase of the financial crisis (2007), many financial institutions—in spite of adequate capital levels—faced heavy difficulties because they didn’t manage their liquidity profile in a prudent manner.
Top Talent Acquisition - Dr. Thomas Stern Joins Bergt Law as New Legal Counsel
Bergt Law announces the appointment of Dr. Thomas Stern MBA as Legal Counsel. A leading expert in banking supervision and MiCAR, he brings nearly 20 years of regulatory and academic experience, enhancing the firm’s advisory strength in financial regulation, fintech, compliance and restructuring.
Join Bergt Law at the World Economic Forum 2024 in Davos, Switzerland!
Bergt Law will attend the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 16, 2024, offering a chance to discuss global economic and legal issues. Join them at Steigenberger Icon Grandhotel Belvédère for in-depth talks on law and policy, or meet informally around Davos. More at bergt.law/en/.
The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) - A Comprehensive Guide for the Financial Sector
In this article, an overview on the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), Regulation (EU) 2022/2554, aimed at fortifying cybersecurity within the financial sector, is provided.
Revolutionizing AI Governance - New Horizon of the European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act
The dawn of artificial intelligence (AI) has brought forth a paradigm shift in technological advancements and their intersection with legal frameworks.
Digital Frontier: Understanding DORA's Impact on European Financial Resilience
In an era where digitalization is rapidly transforming the financial landscape, the European Union has made a significant stride with the introduction of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), Regulation (EU) 2022/2554.
Why Liechtenstein’s CARF MCAA & CRS-Addendum Will Redefine Cross-Border Tax Compliance From 2026...
Hardly any other micro-jurisdiction has displayed a comparable legislative velocity in the field of international tax cooperation as the Principality of Liechtenstein...
For more than two hundred years the Allgemeines Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (ABGB; Civil Code) allowed creditors an expansive 30-year window to sue, a horizon so generous that evidence, witnesses and even corporate records often evaporated long before the clock stopped.
Unveiling new Terrain - AIFMD II's Impact on Alternative Investment Fund Managers...
In the ever-evolving landscape of European Union financial regulation, the publication on the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive and amending Directives 2003/41/EC and 2009/65/EC and Regulations (EC) No 1060/2009 and (EU) No 1095/2010 (AIFMD II) marks a pivotal moment...
The Role of Notarial Services in Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein's legal landscape is distinguished by its robust notarial system, which ensures the meticulous drafting, validation, and safekeeping of critical legal documents.
The Legal Minefield of Investment Recommendations on Social Media for Influencers
In the digital age, the proliferation of financial discourse on social media platforms has significantly altered the dynamics of investment advice and market behavior. The advent of digital communication has revolutionized the way financial advice is disseminated...
Stop The Clock, Start The Strategy
When Liechtenstein transposed the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (“CSRD”) on 1 July 2024, it locked thousands of undertakings into a frenetic implementation sprint...
Reverse Solicitation Meets Stablecoin Scrutiny
When the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) released, in close succession, (i) its Guidelines on situations in which a third country firm is deemed to solicit clients established or situated in the European Union and the supervision practices to detect and prevent circumvention...
New MiCA Suitability Guidelines
When the European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published their Joint Guidelines on the assessment of the suitability of the members of the management body of issuers of asset-referenced tokens (ARTs)...
As MiCAR’s full authorisation regime for crypto-asset service providers (“CASPs”) settles across the EU/EEA, the single date that defines strategy for every TVTG-registered firm in Liechtenstein is the end of the transitional (“grandfathering”) window...
Liechtenstein’s MiFIDMiFIR Overhaul Payment-for-Order-Flow Ban...
In a move that is both evolutionary in its policy intent and revolutionary in its operational consequences, the European Union’s reform of MiFIR and MiFID II—adopted at EU level and already in force there—now cascades into Liechtenstein...
Liechtenstein’s Imminent “Blacklist” For Tax Purposes
In the densely interconnected architecture of European financial regulation, the recent Government Bill (No. 47/2025 of 8 July 2025) stands out..
Liechtenstein’s 2026 GloBE-Amendment
When the Principality of Liechtenstein transposed the OECD/G20 “Pillar Two” framework into domestic law in late 2023...
Liechtenstein’s 2025 FIU-Reform In A Nutshell
In a jurisdiction that traditionally prides itself on the finely tuned equilibrium between investor confidentiality and regulatory integrity, the Liechtenstein Parliament’s (Landtag’s) near-unanimous first-reading approval...
When observers of continental private-wealth structures spoke, until recently, of the alpine principality as an unassailable redoubt of legal certainty, they rarely anticipated a scenario in which hundreds of trusts and foundations [...] would become simultaneously leaderless...
From Mandate to Market Advantage: Navigating ESMA’s MiCA Knowledge-&-Competence Guidelines..
The text reveals a set of obligations that will, by the force of their practical consequences, reshape how crypto-asset service providers (“CASPs”) recruit, train and continuously monitor their client-facing personnel – and, crucially, how those CASPs signal trustworthiness to investors...
From Forked Mandates to Regulatory Harmony
When the European Banking Authority (“EBA”) released its 34 page No Action Letter on 10 June 2025, it did rather more than grant a temporary supervisory reprieve to crypto asset service providers (“CASPs”) transacting electronic money tokens (“EMTs”)...
In the wake of the European Economic Area Joint Committee’s Decision No. 70/2025, whose approval by the Liechtenstein Parliament (Landtag) concludes Liechtenstein’s legislative journey towards the full transposition of Regulation ...
ESMA’s June 2025 MiCA Q&As Three Silent Game-Changers Every Crypto Platform Must Internalise
Compliance officers who skim regulatory updates only for headline-worthy acronyms may have overlooked three slim yet densely reasoned answers that the European Securities and Markets Authority published in mid-June 2025...
Crypto-Asset Transparency 2.0 – How Liechtenstein’s Forthcoming CARF Act And CRS Revision Will Resh
Hardly any other European financial centre has managed, within such a compact geographic perimeter, to translate the ever-accelerating OECD agenda on tax transparency into binding domestic law as swiftly and thoroughly as the Principality of Liechtenstein...
AMLA’s New Bar for Crypto: What EU-Facing CASPs Must Build Now (and How Liechtenstein Can Lead)
The European Union’s new Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) is not simply another acronym in the alphabet soup of financial regulation...
AIFMD II & ELTIF 2.0 Liechtenstein’s 2025 Fund Law Overhaul—What Managers, Depositaries, and Investo
Liechtenstein is moving to transpose Directive (EU) 2024/927 (“AIFMD II”) and to operationalize the revamped ELTIF (European Long Term Investment Fund) regime (Regulation (EU) 2023/606 together with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2759), by comprehensively amending the AIFM Act (AIFMG)...
2025 MiCA Suitability & Periodic-Statement Playbook: How Crypto-Asset Managers Can Transform ESMA’s
Readers familiar with the accelerated regulatory tempo that has characterised the European crypto-asset landscape since the adoption of the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation...
Ensuring the resolvability of banking groups
The following manuscript analyses the normative parameters, requirements and limits, namely the intervention determinants (the »supervisors’ room to manoeuvre«) for ensuring the resolvability of cross-border banking groups, taking into account different (singular or multiple) resolution approaches.
Audit rights of the internal bank audit in cross-border situations
The following manuscript discusses the relationship between banking supervisory law and data protection law.
Regulating Liquidity Risks within “Institutional Protection Schemes”
During an early phase of the financial crisis (2007), many financial institutions—in spite of adequate capital levels—faced heavy difficulties because they didn’t manage their liquidity profile in a prudent manner.
Top Talent Acquisition - Dr. Thomas Stern Joins Bergt Law as New Legal Counsel
Bergt Law announces the appointment of Dr. Thomas Stern MBA as Legal Counsel. A leading expert in banking supervision and MiCAR, he brings nearly 20 years of regulatory and academic experience, enhancing the firm’s advisory strength in financial regulation, fintech, compliance and restructuring.
Join Bergt Law at the World Economic Forum 2024 in Davos, Switzerland!
Bergt Law will attend the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 16, 2024, offering a chance to discuss global economic and legal issues. Join them at Steigenberger Icon Grandhotel Belvédère for in-depth talks on law and policy, or meet informally around Davos. More at bergt.law/en/.
The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) - A Comprehensive Guide for the Financial Sector
In this article, an overview on the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), Regulation (EU) 2022/2554, aimed at fortifying cybersecurity within the financial sector, is provided.
Revolutionizing AI Governance - New Horizon of the European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act
The dawn of artificial intelligence (AI) has brought forth a paradigm shift in technological advancements and their intersection with legal frameworks.
Digital Frontier: Understanding DORA's Impact on European Financial Resilience
In an era where digitalization is rapidly transforming the financial landscape, the European Union has made a significant stride with the introduction of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), Regulation (EU) 2022/2554.