Monfrini Crettol & Partners provides
legal services in all areas of Swiss and international law.
Its principal areas of practice are the following:
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We negotiate and draft international contracts
for our clients in all areas of business so that they
meet each clientâs exact needs. We also assist our
clients in finding the necessary financing for the transaction
in the Geneva banking community. Thanks to our network
of corresponding law firms abroad, we are able to address,
upon request, foreign law issues.
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We represent plaintiffs and defendants in white collar crime proceedings. Monfrini Crettol & Partners has gained a great renoun in assisting and representing foreign governments in criminal and mutual assistance proceedings to recover the proceeds of crimes committed by former heads of state or other civil servants, such as embezzlement of public funds, corruption, etc. In this context, we are at present conducting the largest international recovery proceedings ever and one of the largest litigation cases in history on behalf of a government, which involves frozen assets and claims totalling over USD 3 billion in twelve jurisdictions.
We also represent individuals and companies, who are victims of criminal acts, in criminal and civil proceedings to trace, freeze and forfeit crime proceeds, or obtain compensation. To that end, Monfrini Crettol & Partners has internally developed an ultimate capability in forensic analysis of financial transfers in international money laundering structures. Over the time, this activity has enabled us to establish relations of trust with many law enforcement authorities around the world. We also have extensive experience in tracing assets on behalf of heirs or spouses
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Tax law has always been one of the firm's
most important areas of practice. We advise our corporate clients on
how best to structure their domestic and international
transactions in order to minimize tax costs, we negotiate
rulings with tax authorities and set up international
structures that take advantage of the choice of the
best jurisdiction and double taxation treaties, when
necessary in cooperation with our network of foreign
attorneys. In particular, we negotiate with Swiss tax authorities preferential tax regimes
such as those of holding companies, service companies,
etc.
We provide tax planning advice to individuals in
order to minimize tax costs in all aspects of their
life, such as marriage, inheritance, change of domicile,
etc. We also negotiate for our foreign individual
clients tax domiciliation in all cantons, especially Geneva, Valais and Vaud
under the lump-sum regime.
We also represent our clients in tax audits, appeals,
and negotiate transactional deals with tax authorities.
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We assist our clients in selecting the
corporate entities that best match their present and
future needs, set up their company or corporation, negotiate
and draft shareholder agreements and assist and represent
them in all aspects of corporate life, including contract
law, tax law, labour law, immigration law, etc. We also
advise, negotiate and draft domestic and cross-border
agreements on joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions,
purchase or sale of businesses, and provide due diligence
investigations.
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Banking and finance is one of the most
important economic activities in Geneva and Monfrini
Crettol & Partners is very active in that field.
We assist banks and financial companies in complying
with the Swiss regulatory environment, draft and negotiate
contracts for them, and represent them in litigation.
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Monfrini Crettol & Partners is one
of the few law firms in Geneva that is specialized in
media and television law, movie production and distribution.
We advise our clients in all matters in those fields,
including the drafting and negotiation of domestic and
international contracts. We also represent clients in
personality protection, libel and copyright infringement
law suits.
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We negotiate and draft licence, know-how,
franchise, agency and distributorship contracts at the
domestic and international levels.
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We represent individual and corporate
clients before the United Nations agencies seated in
Geneva.
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Debt Collection and Bankruptcy Law |
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Immigration Law |
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Real Estate Law |
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Estate Law and Estate Planning |
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Family Law |
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Labour Law |
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Litigation, Arbitration and Complex Litigation |
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