Legal proceedings often involve significant financial risks for claimants. Particularly in high-stakes commercial disputes, large upfront costs, lengthy procedures, and complex legal issues may prevent legitimate claims...

Over the past year, many countries around the globe have implemented new privacy laws. On 1 November 2021, the Personal Information Protection Law of the People's Republic of China (PIPL") entered into force.

As cross-border remote work becomes standard practice, tax authorities are reconsidering how traditional rules apply to modern workplaces.

Um den Ausbruch des Coronavirus (COVID-19) einzudämmen, haben die Behörden in Europa verschiedene Massnahmen ergriffen. In der Schweiz hat der Bundesrat gestützt...

Private equity sponsors face a critical challenge at exit: compliance gaps that seemed manageable during the hold period can dramatically erode deal value through reduced leverage, expanded escrows, and weakened negotiating position. How can sponsors transform compliance readiness from a defensive necessity into a strategic value driver that preserves exit economics and financing certainty?

In today's globalised world, it is common for companies to sell their products abroad. If a company wants to pursue this, it has to decide how it wants to organise distribution.

The new Directive (EU) 2025/25 introduces new rules that affect European digital corporate law and will change how businesses are registered, managed, and administered across Europe.

LIBOR will be discontinued by the end of 2021. Despite this, the volume of LIBOR pegged financial products which will only expire after the end of 2021 is very high.

International families often hold assets through companies and investment structures spread across multiple jurisdictions. As tax authorities have sharpened their focus in recent years, one concept has become increasingly pivotal: where an entity is truly managed and controlled. In many cases, this now determines not only tax residence, but also treaty access and the robustness of a structure as a whole.

This article series examines how force majeure events are evaluated under US law.

According to a 2018 McKinsey article, poor supplier performance can result in significant (10-20%) indirect costs.

EasyGov.swiss is the Swiss Federal Administration's central e-government platform for businesses and service providers. It brings together numerous notification, authorisation and registration procedures, such as work and residence notifications, UID-registration requests and notification requirements for cross-border employment.

Warranties are the backbone of any software contract. Yet in many deals, they get buried in boilerplate or swapped away without proper thought.

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The European consumer protection landscape is undergoing significant change. Following the discontinuation of the European Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Platform and the updated...

Switzerland has spent the past decade building one of the world's most advanced legal environments for financial technology. The very features that attract fintech and blockchain ventures – early regulatory clarity, the DLT framework, a dense financial infrastructure and a strongly international client base – are now generating a steady stream of disputes of considerable legal and technical complexity. Such disputes arise from payment services, digital banking, lending platforms, crypto-assets and custody arrangements, outsourcing relationships, cybersecurity incidents and regulatory enforcement.

A shareholders agreement is a legally binding contract between the shareholders of a company and the company. It outlines the rights, responsibilities, and obligations of the shareholders...

The European Union has comprehensively reformed its design law, establishing a modern foundation for design protection that will significantly impact Swiss companies operating in the EU market. These changes, effective July 1, 2026, affect businesses offering products, spare parts, or digital products in the EU or seeking protection there.

The International Chamber of Commerce has adopted revised arbitration rules effective June 1, 2026, building upon the 2021 framework with targeted enhancements focused on speed, efficiency, and transparency. While evolutionary rather than revolutionary, these changes introduce significant innovations in early case management, expedited decision-making, and accelerated procedures that are expected to substantially shape procedural practice and parties' strategic considerations.

In software contracts, the intellectual property (IP) clause often determines whether a deal thrives or becomes a source of disputes.