Yves Klein

Practice Areas

Admitted to the bars of Geneva and Switzerland since 1995, Yves Klein is an international asset recovery lawyer, and a partner at Monfrini Bitton Klein. His main activity is litigating and coordinating transnational asset recovery proceedings before civil, criminal and bankruptcy courts on behalf of victims of economic crimes. He is also active in business crime and anti-corruption proceedings. He is representative for Switzerland of ICC FraudNet, the world’s leading asset recovery network. He is fluent in French, English, Portuguese and Spanish, and speaks some Italian and German.

Publications

International Fraud & Asset Tracing – Switzerland, Chambers & Partners' Global Practice Guide (2025)

Enforcement of Judgments - Switzerland, Chambers and Partners' Global Practice Guide (2021-2025)

Enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards in Switzerland: overview, Enforcement of Judgments and Arbitral Awards in Commercial Matters Global Guide, Practical Law, Thomson Reuters (2020-2025)

Asset Tracing and Recovery - Switzerland, Lexology In-Depth (2019-2025)

Expert opinions as admissible evidence in Swiss civil proceedings – Is Switzerland a new land of opportunity for international experts? Thought Leaders 4 FIRE Magazine (2025)

To Waive But Not Falter: When Should Foreign Bankruptcy Liquidators Apply for a Waiver of the Swiss Ancillary Bankruptcy? Thought Leaders 4 FIRE Magazine (2025)

Do you know about the Swiss worldwide freezing order? Thought Leaders 4 FIRE Magazine (2023)

A new Swiss §1782? Article 185a PILA and the assistance of Swiss courts in support of foreign arbitral evidentiary proceedings, ThoughtLeaders 4 FIRE Magazine (2022)

Trust your standing! Standing of beneficiaries of trusts and foundations in Swiss criminal or mutual assistance proceedings, Mondaq (2021)

Hand over the keys to the safe! Obligation of Swiss banks to provide information in bankruptcy proceedings, including evidence against themselves, Mondaq (2021)

Switzerland: Post-Brexit Enforcement Of UK Judgments In Switzerland: All Is Not Lost, Mondaq (2021)

Switzerland: Privileged Or Not Privileged? Privilege Of Communications With Non-Swiss Lawyers In Criminal Investigations, Mondaq (2021)

Better than damages: actions for performance against Swiss banks regarding fraudulent transfers, Mondaq (2021)

A journey between distant places: how Saad Group’s Cayman liquidators are seeking compensation from foreign banks, Insol World (2020)

The Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Review - Switzerland, Law Business Research (2016-2019)

Suíça: como as novas regras de homologação de falências estrangeiras beneficiarão os credores Brasileiros (Switzerland: how new cross-border insolvency rules will benefit Brazilian creditors), A Insolvência, IBAJUD - Instituto Brasileiro de Administração Judicial (2018)

Switzerland: Improving Cooperation To Recover Assets In Cross-Border Insolvency Cases, Legal Era (2018)

Switzerland - A new hope? The Swiss Government adopts its Dispatch to the Parliament on an amendment to the provisions governing recognition of foreign insolvencies, Lexology (2017)

A Civil Perspective on Asset Recovery (with a Focus on Swiss Law), The International Who’s Who of Asset Recovery Lawyers (2014)

Emergence of the Mareva by Letter: banks' liability to noncustomer victims of fraud, Business Law International (2011)

L’État requérant lésé par l’organisation criminelle : L’exemple des cas Abacha et Duvalier, in Etat de droit et confiscation internationale (2010)

Asset Tracing & Recovery - Switzerland, in The FraudNet World Compendium (2009)

The Abacha Case, in Recovering Stolen Assets, Peter Lang (2008)

International Tracing of Assets - Switzerland, Sweet & Maxwell (1996)

Professional Memberships

ICC FraudNet

International Bar Association

Swiss Bar Association

Geneva Bar Association

ASA - Swiss Arbitration Association

INSOL Europe

Languages Spoken

French

English

Portuguese

Spanish

Italian

German

Education

Awards