On 21 August 2024, the Swiss Federal Council decided to adopt further measures from the EU's 14th package of restrictive measures against Russia.

Swiss goods and services are valued by consumers who are ready to pay a premium for goods that are Swiss made.

Jean Russotto authored an article titled "When Switzerland Goes down the Wrong Path" for the Swiss French-language newspaper Le Temps. The September 12 ...

The Swiss Federal Council continues aligning the Swiss sanctions regime to the EU sanctions against Russia. Switzerland has adopted the 4th wave...

Switzerland is on the brink of an important development in international trade law that will significantly enhance its position as a global hub for legal services.

This was part of an investigation into suspected breaches of Switzerland's sanctions against gold trading from 2022...

In response to the civil war raging in Liberia, the United Nations imposed an arms embargo on the country in 1992.

The Annual Report of the Swiss Attorney General's Office (OAG) contains details on two ongoing criminal sanctions cases which it has taken over from SECO.

The Swiss financial services regulator has put out a press release announcing its decision, taken several weeks ago, to revoke the licence of MBaer Merchant Bank AG for AML and sanctions compliance failings.

As reported by GIR (behind a paywall) a decision by the Swiss Supreme Court has revealed an ongoing investigation by the Swiss Office of the Attorney General into alleged...

Switzerland's Federal Police Agency has revealed details of a major investigation into assets held by a sanctioned Russian oligarch, involving suspicious activity reports from Swiss private banks and international cooperation. The operation mobilized over 50 investigators and prosecutors across multiple cantons to search premises and seize bank accounts and real estate in what remains one of the largest money laundering cases aimed at evading sanctions.

International Personal Data Transfers from the European Region: Practical Approaches for Compliant Transfers from EU, Switzerland and UK

Following the conclusion of the nuclear agreement, the Federal Council decided on 11 November 2015 to conduct a total revision of the Ordinance on Measures regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The European Union's withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty has fundamentally altered the landscape for investor-state arbitration within the EU.

Various European countries have created in the last 24 months special state courts for international commercial court disputes which can handle cases in English.

As covered by Swiss media, the State secretary of economic affairs (SECO) has denied an export of surveillance technology to Turkey.

Even if such complaints have not much of chance to succeed, international legal assistance procedures are sometimes delayed for months.

The Federal Council of Switzerland decided to impose considerably tighter sanctions on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, thereby implementing Resolution 2270 (2016) of the UN Security Council.

In a ruling the Federal Supreme Court has held in 4A_454/2025 of 3rd March 2026 that PostFinance cannot refuse basic payment services to a client solely on the basis of US and UK sanctions designations where the client does not appear on any Swiss sanctions list.

Contracts should be checked to determine whether they include clauses addressing the impact of (threatened) significant trade tariffs on the contractual relationship.