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Are the incentives aligned correctly? The choice of employee participation is crucial for the success of your company - Part 2

2021 has been driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and a statebacked credit support programme for Swiss companies implemented by a Swiss bank-driven initiative. M&A activities remained a...

Are the incentives aligned correctly? The choice of employee participation is crucial for the success of your company - Part 1...

The Swiss Competition Commission (the ComCo) is the competition authority that oversees merger control procedures. The ComCo receives support from its investigative body, the Secretariat...

Die Vorgeschichte des hier besprochenen Urteils ist breit bekannt und war auch bereits Gegenstand einer Publikation in dieser Zeitschrift.

Persons travelling to Ecuador who are nationals or residents of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia or Peru or who have stayed in one of these countries for more than 10 days before entering Ecuador...

Ein konzerninterner Transfer in die Schweiz kann zum einen als Entsendung und zum anderen als Transfer mit einer lokalen Anstellung vorgenommen werden. Hier spielen die arbeits...

The Swiss parliament abolishes Swiss withholding tax on bond interest payments and includes certain other changes to the Swiss withholding tax act and the Swiss stamp tax act.

M&A activity in Switzerland was relatively muted during the first half of 2024 but rebounded strongly in the latter half of the year.

Visa-free entry and visa-on-arrival are now categorized into A1 and B1 indices (previously they were A2 and B2 indices). These new classifications apply to tourists and allow for a wide range of non-work activities...

On 8 December 2023, the EU trilogues ended with a provisional agreement on the Artificial Intelligence Act, in short: the AI Act. The AI Act is the first law regulating AI systems comprehensively...

Under international law, the primary obligation to protect human rights is on states. However, in recent years, civil society has increasingly called for companies to be held to human rights standards.

Shareholder arbitration is a mechanism that permits parties to resolve shareholder-related disputes.

For acquisitions of enterprises and M&A transactions (e.g. share or asset deals), the key source of law is the Swiss Code of Obligations (CO). Since the provisions of the CO (e.g. in the sales law)...

Switzerland introduces a targeted foreign investment screening regime focused on state-controlled investors acquiring businesses in sensitive sectors. The Investment Screening Act (IPG) and Investment Screening Ordinance (IPV) establish approval requirements for foreign state investors targeting critical infrastructure, defense technologies, and strategic industries, while maintaining Switzerland's traditionally open investment environment for private investors.

This article explains why the purchase of a shell company should be avoided today and even more so in the future under the new law, and that the formation of a new company...