In einem aktuellen Entscheid hat das Bundesgericht wichtige Leitlinien zur Offenlegung interner Untersuchungsberichte nach dem Datenschutzgesetz (DSG) festgelegt.

Advestra's legal team, including Dr. Roger Bischof, Prof. Dr. Rashid Bahar, Andreas Hinsen, and Dr. Thomas U. Reutter, provides insights on recent Swiss regulatory developments. The firm covers topics ranging from investment screening ordinances to FINMA guidance on discretionary asset management risks.

Wir haben hierzu eine breite Anzahl an SLI-Gesellschaften über mehrere Jahre hinweg analysiert und einige unseres Erachtens spannende Erkenntnisse zu Beginn resp.

Advestra provided legal counsel to UBS Switzerland AG and a banking syndicate in structuring a CHF 100 million credit facility for Gasverbund Mittelland AG, Switzerland's leading natural and biogas procurement and grid company. The transaction involved coordination between UBS as agent, fronting bank and lender alongside other syndicate banks to finance operations serving the Plateau and Northwestern regions.

Advestra's legal team, including Dr. Roger Bischof, Prof. Dr. Rashid Bahar, Andreas Hinsen, and Dr. Thomas U. Reutter, provides insights on recent Swiss financial regulatory developments.

In dieser Ausgabe von Advestra Insights besprechen wir einen kürzlich ergangenen Entscheid des Schweizerischen Bundesgerichts (4A_149/2025 vom 12. Januar 2026), der die Behandlung...

On 3 June 2026, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA published Guidance 03/2026 on risks associated with the use of products in individual portfolio management following an increased number of escalation cases under article 17 of the Financial Institutions Act ("FinIA"; SR 954.1), with 68 cases opened in 2025 (2024: 34; 2023: 9).

Switzerland's Federal Council has adopted a dispatch to revise the Federal Act on Banks and Saving Banks, requiring systemically important banks like UBS to fully back foreign subsidiary participations...

Adves­tra hat die UBS Switz­er­land AG als Man­da­ted Lead Arran­geur, Under­wri­ter, Agen­tin, Sicher­hei­ten­agen­tin und Kre­dit­ge­be­rin bei der Über­brü­ckungs­fi­nan­zie­rung zur Finan­zie­rung des Erwerbs der Kyte Power­tech durch die R&S Inter­na­tio­nal Hol­ding AG.

The Swiss Federal Supreme Court has issued a landmark ruling on shareholder approval requirements during composition moratorium proceedings, while the Federal Council has initiated consultation on a new Investment Screening Ordinance. These developments represent significant shifts in Swiss corporate restructuring procedures and foreign investment oversight mechanisms.

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

Switzerland's Federal Council has opened consultation on the Investment Screening Ordinance, which establishes the implementing provisions for the Swiss Federal Act on the Review of Foreign Investments adopted in December 2025. The ordinance details approval requirements, procedures, and exemptions for foreign state-controlled acquisitions of Swiss companies in critical sectors, while introducing anti-circumvention measures and a fee structure ranging from CHF 5,000 to CHF 60,000.

Switzerland's Federal Council has initiated a consultation process to amend the Banking Act and Liquidity Ordinance, focusing on reforms to the country's too big to fail regulatory framework. Concurrently, the Swiss Parliament has approved significant modernization of the debt enforcement system, introducing two new restructuring proceedings specifically designed for individuals facing financial distress.

SIX Exchange Regulation revised its Listing Rules to amend the rules on ad hoc publicity and reporting of management transactions alongside its Directive on the Disclosure of Management Transactions and Directive on Ad hoc Publicity.

SIX Exchange Regulation revised its Listing Rules to amend the rules on ad hoc publicity and reporting of management transactions alongside its Directive on the Disclosure...

After a lengthy process and as one of the last stock exchanges in Europe, SIX Exchange Regulation (together with SIX Swiss Exchange, "SIX")

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.

On 6 February 2023, economiesuisse published the revised Swiss Code of Best Practice for Corporate Governance. The revision is the first major overhaul since 2014 and follows...

On 31 January 2024, the Federal Council decided to enact on 1 March 2024 the amendments to the Collective Investment Schemes Act and the Ordinance on Collective Investment...

The International Chamber of Commerce has adopted revised arbitration rules effective June 1, 2026, building upon the 2021 framework with targeted enhancements focused on speed, efficiency, and transparency. While evolutionary rather than revolutionary, these changes introduce significant innovations in early case management, expedited decision-making, and accelerated procedures that are expected to substantially shape procedural practice and parties' strategic considerations.