FINMA published its Risk Monitor 2025 on 17 November 2025 (Risk Monitor), in which it identifies the following nine principal risks as "high": (i) risks in connection with real estate and mortgages...

Payment Instrument Institutions must hold any "client money" as deposits with a Swiss bank or another Payment Instrument Institution, or as HQLA with short term maturity in a bankruptcy-remote manner...

On 3 April 2024, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (the 'Swiss Supreme Court', 'Supreme Court' or 'Court') handed down a landmark decision confirming the jurisdiction of a Swiss-seated arbitral tribunal...

Given the stronger awareness of consumers regarding the potential impact of products on the environment, claims relating to the environment and sustainability are a frequently used marketing tool.

On September 2nd, 2024, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority ("FINMA") published a draft circular (the "Draft Circular")...

The Swiss government has opened consultation on draft amendments to the Code of Obligations that would require companies to disclose when they engage proxy advisory firms. This proposed transparency regime addresses conflicts of interest in a market dominated by ISS and Glass Lewis, where proxy advisors influence significant percentages of votes at Swiss annual general meetings while remaining largely unregulated under current Swiss law.

Is your jurisdiction primarily a common law, civil law, customary law or theocratic law jurisdiction? Are the laws substantially derived from the laws of another jurisdiction and, if so, which? What instruments...

Switzerland and the European Union are about to conclude a Cooperation Agreement in the field of competition law.

This comprehensive list presents countries and territories from around the world, organized alphabetically and spanning all continents. The compilation includes sovereign nations, dependent territories, and special administrative regions, providing a global reference of geographic entities.

In the two and a half years since the Swiss Code of Civil Procedure came into force, cantonal and federal case law have clarified a number of questions relevant for practice.

In diesem Beitrag sollen einige relevante Aspekte und Unterschiede zum Vorentwurf beleuchtet werden, ohne Anspruch auf Vollständigkeit zu erheben.

Recent incidents at global corporations and organisations (Nestlé, WEF) clearly show that compliance violations are no longer just an issue in operational units or in "isolated cases" in middle management.

On 1 June 2023, the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA) will enter into force, to which Switzerland is not a signatory.

Document production in international arbitration has long been criticized by companies and users as having become a burdensome, costly, and often ineffective exercise.

Data centers are the backbone of modern technology. By processing and storing ever-growing volumes of data, they form the core of today's digital infrastructure...

In a Swiss criminal investigation into bribery offences committed abroad, Alstom accepted heavy sanctions ordered by the federal prosecutor’s office.

Behörden raten von Lösegeldzahlungen bei Ransomware-Attacken ab.

Arbitration is a private form of dispute resolution in which parties agree to submit their dispute to an arbitral tribunal, whose decision is binding and internationally enforceable under the Convention...