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Treatment of mergers under the revised Italian Civil Code (Article 2504-bis)
With Judgement n. 19509 dated 14 September 2010, the Italian Supreme Court handed down its decision on the long-debated issue of how to treat mergers completed prior to the 2003 revision of the Italian Civil Code.- Studio Legale Associato con Withers LLP
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The Enforceable Public Instrument
1. Introduction On the 1st of January 2011 the new Swiss Code of Civil Procedure entered into force. Among other things, it introduces a new remedy, referred to as an «enforceable public instrument» -
Trends 2012 in media and technology law
Michel Jaccard (TMT|IP, Corporate) lists in the Bilan magazine the 10 challenges in 2012 for the media and technology industries. -
MIFID II and “European passport” for Swiss financial service providers: from dream to reality?
The European Commission adopted on October 20 its draft proposal for a Directive on markets in financial instruments (MIFID II) repealing Directive 2004/39/EC, which surprisingly remained almost uncommented in Switzerland so far. -
The Revision of the Unfair Competition Act
The Revision of the Unfair Competition Act increases the requirements for general terms and conditions for contracts with consumers as of July 2012 and introduces specific disclosure obligations in e-commerce as of April 2012. -
GOING PUBLIC ON SIX SWISS EXCHANGE
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Trusts in the context of Swiss divorce proceedings
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A Safe Haven
Though the Swiss economy appeared to come out of the economic crisis relatively unscathed, it’s not all plain sailing, says Baer & Karrer’s Eric Stupp. -
New tax regulation to stimulate the Swiss bond market
The Swiss domestic bond market virtually died after the Swiss federal stamp tax act came into force back in 1973. Swiss insurance stamp tax must be paid on the insurance bonds by, among others, a Swiss-resident company or the Swiss-registered branch of a foreign resident company. -
Switzerland’s new information exchange policy and new Protocol to DTAA India-Switzerland
1. Reasons to revise Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) 2. Status of new Protocol to DTAA 3. Application of new Protocol to DTAA 4. Development of Swiss policy of tax information exchange