In Switzerland, acquisitions of a business mainly take two forms: the share deal, where shareholders sell (or simply transfer) their shares in a company to a buyer, and the asset deal...

Join OA Legal for their upcoming webinar where they will outline the Swiss legal framework on tokenisation and the great opportunity to list securities token in a regulated Swiss trading venue as a secondary market which is a world premiere. 

Im HighClass Magazine spricht Mirjam Vögeli über die wachsende Bedeutung von Philanthropie und gemeinnützigen Stiftungen für Unternehmerfamilien und vermögende Privatpersonen.

Learn more about the corporate law reform.

We are very happy to announce that a team led by Umberto Milano (Partner, VC/M&A) and further including Karim Maizar (Partner, VC/M&A), Simon Gluch (Associate, VC/M&A) and Lisa Schmid (Paralegal)...

Mit dem Urteil SK.2023.49 vom 31. Januar 2025 hat das Bundesstrafgericht erstmals ein Unternehmen gestützt auf Art. 102 Abs. 2 StGB wegen Bestechung fremder Amtsträger verurteilt.

On 3 June 2026, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA published Guidance 03/2026 on risks associated with the use of products in individual portfolio management following an increased number of escalation cases under article 17 of the Financial Institutions Act ("FinIA"; SR 954.1), with 68 cases opened in 2025 (2024: 34; 2023: 9).

The new Swiss Corporate Law entered into force on 1 January 2023. After the first season of shareholder meetings, many companies have amended their articles of association to comply...

In a press release dated 8 November 2023, the Legal Affairs Committee of the Council of States announced that it was in favour of writing off the motion to create a Swiss trust.

Permanent establishment risk - Even short-term assigments can create a PE within the foreign country...

The essentials of Swiss contract law - Episode 7: Liability for breach of contract.

"The essentials of Swiss contract law", Christian Oetiker, Selim Keller and Pascal Burgunder of our Litigation and Arbitration team give a short and compact overview on the essential elements of Swiss contract law.

ISIS Seminar 26/303, Renaissance Zürich Tower Hotel, Turbinenstrasse 20, 8005 Zürich...

Why comply with the Swiss Responsible Business Initiative? Isn't a company's goal just to maximize shareholder wealth.

LawCast is a series of podcast episodes that cover various legal topics. These episodes feature interviews with industry experts, discussions on relevant subjects like mergers and acquisitions.

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Kellerhals Carrard advises LAIQON AG in the acquisition of the Portfolio Management of several Mutual and Special Funds of the MainFirst Group...

The Swiss Financial Market Authority FINMA announced on 10 September 2021 that it has granted for the first time approval to a stock exchange and a central depository (Zentralverwahrer)...

In our blog and podcast series "The essentials of Swiss contract law", Christian Oetiker, Selim Keller and Pascal Burgunder of our Litigation and Arbitration team give a short and compact overview on the essential elements of Swiss contract law.

In our blog and podcast series "The essentials of Swiss contract law", Christian Oetiker, Selim Keller and Pascal Burgunder of our Litigation and Arbitration team give a short and compact overview on the essential elements of Swiss contract law.