On 1 January 2026, the partial revision of the Swiss Code of Obligations provisions governing warranty rights under sales contracts and contracts for works entered into force.

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Switzerland and the UK signed on 21 December 2023 a bilateral treaty on the mutual recognition in financial and insurance services (the Treaty).

As regards the cross-border market access to Switzerland, Swiss regulation takes a liberal approach and allows the provision of banking and investment services, asset management services...

On 9 December 2024, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) announced the official release of the 7th edition of the Arbitration Rules of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre...

Distressed transactions increasingly mark the Swiss M&A landscape. An important piece in the Swiss restructuring toolbox is the sale of parts or all of the business under court supervision during a composition moratorium.

On June 10, 2025, FINMA announced that an agreement had been reached with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC): With immediate effect, the SEC will resume processing new and pending...

In its ruling of 16 December 2024 (BGer 5A_89/2024), the Swiss Federal Supreme Court ("the Supreme Court") made a significant contribution to the limited Swiss case law...

Today, the Swiss Parliament passed the revision of the Private International Law Act ("PILA"), which has been under discussion for several years.

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Following the first decisions by the Competition Commission (COMCO) on the new legal provisions regarding the abuse of relative market power (see our newsletter of March 2022), the COMCO Secretariat (Secretariat).

After a four-month enforcement pause, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has resumed its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigations and prosecutions.

On 1 February 2024, a revision of SIX Exchange Regulation ("SER") regulations on ad hoc publicity and management transactions will enter into force. The amendments relate mainly...

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The leading decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court on restitution of retrocessions are well known (cf. notably 137 III 393 and 4A_355/2019).

Rising costs in the Swiss healthcare system are a concern not only for politicians and the public, but also for hospitals as businesses. For years, they have been faced with rising expenditure...

The Federal Council approved a completely revised Patents Ordinance on 20 May 2026. The Patents Ordinance will come into force with the amended Swiss Patents Act on 1 January 2027.

In a long-awaited decision, the Cantonal Court of Zug ("Court") on 17 December 2025 declared the climate lawsuit brought by four Indonesian islanders ("Plaintiffs")...

Switzerland was an early adopter of blockchain technology and continues to have an active community of blockchain and crypto-asset ventures.