About Dornfeld & Partner

Who we are

Dornfeld & Partner Rechtsanwälte advises individuals, families, and institutions who face losses stemming from investment fraud, abusive trading practices, and opaque financial-distribution chains. The firm is headquartered in Zurich, with workflows designed for cross-border litigation and enforcement across Switzerland, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and selected offshore centres.

We do not promise outcomes no lawyer may guarantee. We do commit to intellectual honesty about procedural routes, realistic timelines, and cost exposure, so clients can make informed decisions at every stage of a mandate.

Our mission

To restore agency for clients who feel overwhelmed by technical markets and fragmented legal systems. We translate complexity into a sequenced plan: secure evidence, stabilise the factual record, identify viable defendants and assets, and pursue recovery through negotiated or contested channels, coordinating civil, regulatory, criminal, and chargeback tracks where each adds value.

How we work

• Partner accountability. A founding partner owns the strategy on every file; associates and counsel execute under close supervision.
• Multi-track intelligence. Civil recovery may intersect with regulatory complaints, insolvency, or criminal proceedings abroad. We map interfaces early to avoid procedural blind spots.
• Forensic discipline. We integrate structured document review, financial tracing, blockchain analytics, and expert input where proportionate.
• Confidentiality. Many mandates are sensitive. Information is shared on a need-to-know basis within the team and only with vetted third parties.
• Honest economics. If a matter is unlikely to recover its cost, we say so at the consultation stage.

Jurisdictions we engage

• Switzerland. Civil claims, SchKG-based attachments, FINMA-facing strategy, criminal complaints under the StGB.
• Germany. Civil litigation under the BGB/HGB, BaFin complaints, Strafanzeige under § 263 StGB.
• European Union. Coordination with local counsel; European Account Preservation Order (EAPO); Brussels-Ibis enforcement.
• United Kingdom. FCA complaints, Norwich Pharmacal orders, freezing-injunction practice with London counsel.
• Cyprus. CySEC complaints; civil claims against CySEC-licensed CFD brokers; coordination with Nicosia counsel.
• Offshore centres. Vanuatu, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Belize, Marshall Islands, Seychelles, typically via tracing, criminal-track pressure, and chargebacks rather than direct enforcement.

International recovery context

Forex and retail-derivative disputes frequently involve remote platforms, nominee structures, and payment chains crossing several countries. Large-scale investment fraud may trigger insolvency, asset forfeiture, or victim-remission programmes in other jurisdictions. Our role is to align your civil claims with the realistic opportunities those parallel processes may create without duplicating effort or undermining privilege.

Professional standards

We maintain rigorous conflicts screening before accepting instructions. Where we cannot act, we aim to signpost alternatives. Fees and engagement terms are discussed transparently at the outset and documented in writing. We adhere to the standesregeln of the Schweizerischer Anwaltsverband (SAV / FSA) and the registration rules of the cantonal Anwaltsregister.

Responsible communication

This website provides general information. It does not constitute legal advice, and reading it does not establish an attorney–client relationship. Every case depends on its facts and the applicable law.

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