COMMON LAW MARKETS · UNITED STATES · BRITISH COMMONWEALTH

A European gateway for the English-speaking world.

Liechtenstein legal counsel for American and British Commonwealth entrepreneurs, families, investors and businesses.

From Vaduz, Bergt Law advises American and British Commonwealth entrepreneurs, families, investors and businesses on Liechtenstein law in matters with a European or international dimension. The firm combines corporate and regulatory advice with private client and dispute capabilities. Bergt Law maintains a broad network of leading English-speaking lawyers on both sides of the Atlantic.

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ONE EUROPEAN ENTRY POINT

European market access with a global perspective from Liechtenstein.

Clients from common law markets often need one clear legal lead in Europe and reliable coordination across jurisdictions. Bergt Law has experience acting for substantial American and British Commonwealth entrepreneurs, families and businesses with international and often complex arrangements.

Bergt Law undertakes both contentious and non-contentious private client work. Matters include corporate and foundation law, succession and residence, trustee disputes, dynastic litigation, enforcement and asset recovery.

Bergt Law maintains a broad network of leading English-speaking lawyers on both sides of the Atlantic. Under Parts 3 and 6 of the Bar Standards Board Handbook, self-employed barristers may accept instructions from professional clients, and foreign lawyers fall within that definition. Bergt Law may therefore, where appropriate, instruct English counsel directly without an English solicitor. This can reduce duplication of work and cost in certain circumstances.

UNITED STATES · BRITISH COMMONWEALTH

Practical European access for American and British Commonwealth clients.

UNITED STATES

A European base with strong US connections.

For American entrepreneurs, investors and families, Liechtenstein provides EEA single-market access and close Swiss integration through shared EFTA membership and, more directly, the customs union and Swiss-franc currency area. This is combined with long-established trust and foundation law and close bilateral relations with the United States.

Corporate and EEA market entry
Regulated business and financial services
Foundations, trusts and succession
Coordination with US counsel
Cross border disputes and asset recovery

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH

A continental base with EEA access and close Swiss integration.

For British Commonwealth entrepreneurs, families and businesses, Liechtenstein offers the same EEA single-market access and close Swiss integration through shared EFTA membership and, more directly, the customs union and Swiss-franc currency area, together with a practical base for European and cross-border work.

Liechtenstein companies and holdings
EEA market access and regulated business
Private client, succession and residence
Direct instruction of English barristers where appropriate
Trustee, estate and dynastic disputes

WHAT WE DO

One desk. A deliberately broad cross border remit.

The mandate is built around the client, not around internal practice boundaries. Around that core, mandates can extend to European market entry, regulated business, transactions, private wealth and dispute management.

Corporate & market entry

Formation, governance, shareholder arrangements, holding and operating structures, European and EEA establishment, and ongoing Liechtenstein corporate work.

Financial services & regulation

Licensing, financial market regulation, fintech, crypto assets, payments and regulated business in Liechtenstein, including EEA market access and, where the applicable regime permits, passporting based on a Liechtenstein authorisation.

M&A & investments

Acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, reorganisations, financing and transaction execution with international counsel where required.

Private wealth, foundations & trusts

Legal analysis and representation under Liechtenstein law in relation to foundations and trusts, succession, governance, asset protection and contentious or non contentious private wealth matters.

International private client coordination

Cross border coordination for personal, family and business legal matters, including succession, residence, international property interfaces and specialist foreign counsel. Bergt Law can lead the Liechtenstein legal work while aligning the wider legal team around the client.

Disputes & asset recovery

Bergt Law handles Liechtenstein litigation, enforcement and asset recovery and coordinates with foreign counsel where disputes cross borders. Matters include commercial, foundation, trust, estate, succession, trustee and dynastic disputes, as well as asset tracing and settlement strategy.

WHY LIECHTENSTEIN

A gateway to the European market, closely connected to Switzerland.

Liechtenstein combines access to the EEA single market with exceptionally close Swiss integration. Through the EEA, it participates in the European single market alongside the EU Member States. In financial services, Liechtenstein firms may, where the relevant EEA regime permits, passport into other EEA markets. Liechtenstein and Switzerland are both EFTA members. Their relationship goes considerably further through a customs union, a shared Swiss-franc currency area and a dense network of bilateral agreements.

EEA & European single market

Liechtenstein has participated in the EEA since 1995. The EEA extends the European single market to Liechtenstein and applies the four freedoms in the areas covered by the Agreement. In regulated financial services, a Liechtenstein authorisation may, where the applicable sectoral regime provides, be passported into other EEA states by notification.

Switzerland, EFTA & economic integration

Liechtenstein and Switzerland are both EFTA members. Their bilateral relationship goes much further through the customs union, the shared Swiss-franc currency area and a dense network of agreements. Together they form a closely integrated economic area while Liechtenstein retains its own legal and regulatory system.

Trusts, foundations & asset protection

Liechtenstein is one of continental Europe’s long-established statutory trust jurisdictions and combines trust law with a distinctive foundation regime. Foreign civil judgments are not automatically enforceable in Liechtenstein; enforcement depends on treaty or reciprocity and the applicable domestic requirements. This framework is relevant to lawful asset-protection analysis in cross-border private wealth matters. Bergt Law advises on the applicable Liechtenstein legal framework, governance, rights and obligations.

US relations & international execution

Liechtenstein maintains close bilateral relations with the United States, supported by direct diplomatic ties and established legal and financial cooperation frameworks. Its compact professional ecosystem allows Liechtenstein legal, regulatory and court work to be coordinated efficiently with US, Commonwealth and other foreign counsel and independent licensed providers.

INTERNATIONAL NETWORK

Legal precision meets transatlantic reach.

Bender Brothers & Co
Gateway to Europe

Bergt Law works with leading English-speaking lawyers across the United States, the British Commonwealth and other common law jurisdictions. This network allows matter-specific teams to be assembled without unnecessary institutional layers, while Bergt Law remains responsible for the Liechtenstein legal work.

Dr. Josef Bergt also acts as in-house legal counsel to Bender Brothers & Co, an Anglo-Canadian private client and family office with a presence in London, Vaduz and Vancouver and a historical connection to a FTSE 100 company. Bender Brothers independently and separately supports international private clients with family office coordination, residence and relocation, property matters, trustee oversight and contentious project management.

Bergt LawLiechtenstein law · private client · regulation · transactions · disputes · international legal coordination

Bender Brothers & CoIndependent Anglo-Canadian private client & family office

A compact jurisdiction with unusual strategic reach. One clear legal lead. Wider international coordination.

For American and British Commonwealth clients, our US & Commonwealth Desk provides a coordinated route into Europe through Liechtenstein. As part of Common Law Markets, it combines Bergt Law’s Liechtenstein legal analysis, representation and execution with coordinated foreign legal interfaces through trusted external counsel where required.

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Law Firm Bergt & Partners Ltd.
Buchenweg 6
9490 Vaduz
Liechtenstein

Phone

+423 235 40 15

E-Mail

office@bergt.law