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The latest release of our annual Swiss debt restructuring moratorium study shows a 40% increase in the number of cases in Switzerland during 2024 compared to 2023 – reaching the highest level in six years.

On 16 March 2018, Swiss Parliament approved a revision of the Swiss rules on international bankruptcy law in the Private International Law Act

A foreign bankruptcy or insolvency decree only has effect on the debtor's Swiss assets if it is formally recognised by a Swiss court.

Distributed ledger technology ("DLT") and blockchain technology as a subset of DLT are considered by many to offer a significant potential for innovation ...

Pre-packs, known as an effective restructuring measure from other jurisdictions, are also permissible in Switzerland.

Ein ausländischer Konkursverwalter kann in der Schweiz nicht uneingeschränkt tätig werden. Anerkennungsverfahren gemäss IPRG stehen im Raum.

The opening of insolvency or debt-restructuring proceedings can lead to considerable uncertainties for the parties involved.

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On November 1, 2023, the SIX Swiss Exchange published amendments to its rules on disclosure of management transactions and ad hoc publicity.

Switzerland's Federal Act on Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy (DEBA) offers financially distressed companies a court-supervised restructuring pathway through composition proceedings.

The worst economic disaster since the great depression of 1929 took American and European banks by storm in 2008.

Though Switzerland's GDP grew substantially in the first few months of 2023 and energy prices continue to fall, the Swiss federal government's expert group expects significantly below average growth...

On 12 January 2026, FINMA published Guidance 01/2026 on the custody of crypto-based assets, setting out supervisory expectations aimed at strengthening client and investor protection in Switzerland's growing crypto market.

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Switzerland's Parliament has approved significant reforms to modernize the debt enforcement system and introduce two new debt restructuring proceedings specifically designed for individuals.

A recent decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court clarified the question whether a Swiss ancillary bankruptcy estate has standing to contest a schedule of claims of a bankrupt Swiss third-party...

In its decision of November 23, 2023, (PS230150 ), the Court of Appeal of Zurich had to deal with the question of the localisation of cryptocurrencies...

On 1 January 2019, certain changes to Swiss debt enforcement and bankruptcy law will enter into force.