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Due to the current situation, many countries in the European Union have introduced border controls and extended these temporary measures:

The two most common types of corporate entities are the stock corporation or company limited by shares (Aktiengesellschaft, hereinafter referred to as stock corporation or company...

Switzerland is launching a central register of beneficial ownership under the Federal Act on the Transparency of Legal Entities (LETA), expected to take effect in the second half of 2026. With compliance deadlines measured in months rather than years, boards, shareholders and trustees face significant personal liability, fines up to CHF 500,000, and even company dissolution for non-compliance. The new regime replaces internal record-keeping with a federal register maintained by the Swiss Federal Office of J

This article presents three examples of how criminal proceedings and international assistance in criminal proceedings offered a possibility to attach assets which could then be claimed in civil proceedings.

Switzerland's new transparency regime for legal entities and beneficial owners enters into force on 1 October 2026, requiring companies to identify, verify, document and report their beneficial owners to a federal Transparency Register. With short transition periods and practical implications for banks, financial intermediaries and advisers, organizations need to understand who is affected, what must be reported, how the register will operate, and what steps to take now to prepare for compliance.

There are several reasons for launching a public takeover bid in order to acquire another company and the different parties involved may have different interests and objectives.

The demand from Swiss companies for consulting services from abroad is high and has continued to increase in recent times.

À côté des adaptations à la Loi fédérale sur la poursuite pour dettes et faillite et au Code pénal, la Loi fédérale sur la lutte contre l'usage abusif de la faillite entraîne d'importantes modifications du Code des obligations et de l'Ordonnance sur le registre du commerce.

With the growing interest of institutional investors in Swiss listed companies the influence of proxy advisors has also risen.

On the 16th December 2005, the Swiss Parliament adopted the new law of the limited liability company (LLC), which came into force during the second half of the year 2007.

The main source of law for Swiss governance rules is the company law contained in Articles 620ss of the Swiss Code of Obligations (CO).

There is no shortage of ideas for applications, especially with generative AI. But are the legal requirements and risks adequately taken into account? In this article...

La présente Newsletter de Monfrini Bitton Klein vise à offrir, de manière hebdomadaire, un tour d'horizon de la jurisprudence rendue par le Tribunal fédéral dans les principaux domaines d'activité de l'Etude, soit le droit pénal économique ...

Successful M&A transactions need to deliver the value expected by the buyer when doing the acquisition. Poor performance in dealing with post-merger integration...

The Swiss parliament introduced last December extensive reporting obligations for shareholders of non-listed Swiss companies limited by shares...