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Swiss M&A transactions related to public companies are mainly governed by the Swiss Financial Market Infrastructure Act ("FMIA"; including its implementing ordinances) and the Swiss Federal Merger Act ("MA").

Switzerland offers a friendly environment for companies in the fintech sector. According to a market study, a total of 483 fintech companies were active in Switzerland by the end of 2023 in comparison to 437 by the end of 2022 (an increase of...

Swiss M&A transactions related to public companies are mainly governed by the Swiss Federal Act on Stock Exchanges and Securities Trading; including its implementing ordinances and the Swiss Federal Merger Act.

Les faits qui sous-tendent cet arrêt sont, en bref, les suivants : par mandat de répression du 24 mars 2016 (art. 64 ss DPA), l'OFDF a infligé à A. une amende de 4'000'000...

: The information below is given solely on the presumption that the Swiss lex arbitri is applicable, notwithstanding any Arbitration Rules which may also apply and provide further requirements.

All of the standard transaction strategies to acquire portfolio companies are commonly used in Switzerland. We assume that regular leveraged buyouts have accounted for the majority of the transactions in recent years. In 2025, the total deal volume in the private equity sector remained stable...

After the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market faced uncertainty at the beginning of 2020, previously suspended transactions were driven forward, resulting in 2021 M&A activity in Switzerland...

Le Département fédéral des finances (DFF) a ouvert, le 30 novembre 2020, une procédure pénale administrative notamment contre A. pour soupçons de violation intentionnelle de l'obligation de communiquer au...

Distributed ledger technology is seeing an ever increasing – experimental and practical – application in various industry sectors in Switzerland.

The board of directors must ensure that the share­holders are able to instruct the proxy on any motion relating to tabled agenda items and provide them with general instructions on unannounced motions

The identification of the debtor's assets is key in the enforce¬ment of judgments or awards. Under Swiss law, the resources available to a party to identify another party's assets are quite limited, save for the information which is publicly available.

After a stable growth of 2 per cent in GDP in 2014, the economic outlook for Switzerland has deteriorated following the decision of the Swiss National Bank on 15 January 2015 to abolish the minimum exchange rate of 1.20 Swiss francs per euro.

Individuals are residents for tax purposes in Switzerland when they have their tax domicile or tax residence in Switzerland.

Welcome to the Europe, Middle East and Africa Investigations Review 2023, a Global Investigations Review special report.

On 16, 18, 22 and 24 November 2016, Switzerland signed joint declarations on the introduction of the AEOI with the significant South American hubs Argentina, Mexico, Brazil and Uruguay...

Investment companies that are incorporated as a Swiss corporation and that are either listed on a Swiss stock exchange or restricted to qualified investors do not fall within the scope of the CISA.

In Switzerland, there is no single body of law setting out the law of securities.