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On September 23, 2022, the draft revised Collective Investment Scheme Ordinance ("CISO") has been published for consultation.

Advestra's legal team, including Prof. Dr. Rashid Bahar, Dr. Sandro Fehlmann, and Dr. Fabian Loretan, provides insights on critical regulatory developments affecting Swiss financial markets. Recent publications examine FINMA's consultation on revised direct transmission rules and the implications of disclosing internal investigation reports under the Federal Act on Data Protection.

According to the Swiss Federal Council, based on the results of the Switzerland report by the Financial Action Task Force ("FATF"), a revision of the current FINMA Anti-Money Laundering Ordinance ...

There is currently no dedicated legislative framework for structured finance in Switzerland. Contractual and collateral aspects are governed by the relevant provisions of the Swiss Code of Obligations or ...

In an insolvency of a multinational group the debtor's assets are located in different jurisdictions.

Insurance products of the Swiss Export Risk Insurance SERV («SERV»), the Export Credit Agency («ECA») of Switzerland, have become increasingly popular as a component of large project finance

On 10 March 2017, the Federal Council of Switzerland has opened a hearing procedure for an amendment of the Lex Koller, the law restricting the acquisition of real estate by persons abroad.

Dâ -das BVerwG die Beschwerden der dänischen Banken teilweise gutgeheißen hatte (Urteile des BVerwG A-6537/2010 ùnd A-1246/2011), musste das Bundesgericht als höchste Instanz dazu Stellung nehmen.

Switzerland, known for its robust financial sector and banking secrecy laws, has also established a stringent framework for tax compliance.

On 1 February 2017, the Federal Council launched a public consultation on proposed amendments to the BA and the BO, which seek to ease the Swiss regulatory framework for providers...

The measures adopted by the federal Swiss authorities to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) have an impact on ongoing legal proceedings

In connection with the overhaul of Swiss financial market regulations, the rules on the disclosure of substantial shareholdings were recast into the Federal Act on Financial Markets Infrastructures...

The financial crisis of 2008/2009 triggered a wave of new regulations in Switzerland in recent years.

On 14 January 2015, the Swiss Federal Council opened consultations on two draft laws on the international exchange of information in tax matters.

On September 25, 2020, the Swiss Parliament adopted certain amendments to Swiss legislation pursuant to which the Swiss legal framework will specifically recognize...

Advestra advised UBS Switzer­land AG as man­dated lead arranger, under­writer, agent, secur­ity agent and lender on the bridge loan cred­it facil­ity provided to R&S Inter­na­tion­al Hold­ing AG.

Against the backdrop of the growing number of projects for so-called "stable coins" since mid-2018, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority ("FINMA") published new guidelines ...