1 Wer dem Versicherungsunternehmen den Antrag zum Abschlusse eines Versicherungsvertrages gestellt und für die Annahme keine kürzere Frist gesetzt hat, bleibt 14 Tage gebunden.

Changing consumer trends have influenced some aspects of commercial disputes.

A proposed new class action procedure should allow companies to make a ‘clean break' while facilitating a more efficient dispute resolution process overall.

A recent court decision saw potential sellers miss out on the sale and lose their garden into the bargain, all as a consequence of Swiss rules on co-ownership.

Am 4. Dezember 2019 hat die Eidgenössische Steuerverwaltung ("ESTV") ihre bestehende Praxis betreffend die...

Festschriften bieten dem Beitragenden eine Plattform, um sich mit einer gewissen Narrenfreiheit einem neuen Thema zu widmen.

Sein Betrieb lief über die Jahre hervorragend und so hat der umsichtige Patron für das Unternehmen – im vorliegenden Beispiel eine Garage – eine Aktiengesellschaft gegründet.

With the outbreak of the coronavirus in Switzerland, various legal questions arise for companies, in particular with regard to the validity and amendment of contracts.

Frau Baumgartner, Sie sind Siegerin des Top Master Preises, den Prager Dreifuss AG aus-gesetzt hat und gewinnen damit CHF 4'000.

Die Überbrückungshilfen für die Wirtschaft sind willkommen. Doch sie sind keine Geschenke. Wie aber sollen Kredite zurückbezahlt werden, wenn zu wenig Liquidität vorhanden ist? Eine gute...

1 Anyone who has applied to the insurance company to conclude an insurance contract and has not set a shorter time limit for acceptance, remains bound for 14 days.

Commercial tenants in Switzerland can defer a lease termination on the grounds of hardship, but a recent case extends previous interpretations of the law.

Switzerland is on its way towards the Automatic Exchange of Information. The AEOI will lead to the transmission of sets of data from a reporting financial institution (e.g. a bank) to the domestic tax authority.

On 26 August 2019, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA ("FINMA") published its Guidance 02/2019.

Der durch die Veräusserung von Vermögenswerten erzielte Kapitalgewinn ...

Various federal legal laws encourage saving in the form of occupational pension plans. In this context, not only the paying-in professionals benefit from tax advantages...

It can happen that written stipulations in a contract are not what they seem: a clear obligation cut in stone. This may hold especially true if contracts are governed by Swiss substantive law.

Dispute Resolution analysis: How will a no-deal Brexit affect the enforcement of judgments between the UK and Switzerland?

There are different forms and treatments of subordination agreements in Swiss insolvency. This article is inspired by the authors' experience representing the security agent of $1.75 billion bond ...

Since 1 January 2020, many cantons have allowed an additional deduction for research and development expenditure.