Increased mobility among high net worth individuals and family owned and private companies with assets in multiple countries has meant estate planning is subject to ever more complex tax issues.

As a result of the tense situation in the health care system, the Federal Government introduces expanded certificate requirements for indoor areas of many cultural and recreational facilities as of September 13, 2021.

On 3 March 2013, the Swiss electorate approved the Minder Initiative, which will fundamentally change the legal framework on executive compensation and other corporate governance matters for Swiss public companies.

On 12 December 2014, the Swiss Parliament approved the draft bill for a revised CO (revCO) and thus stringent disclosure obligations for shareholders of private companies.

The revised Federal Act on Stock Exchanges and Securities Trading (SESTA) is expected to enter into force on 1 April 2013.

If an acquisition of a company is subject to the Swiss takeover rules, articles 22 et seq. of the Federal Act on Stock Exchanges and Securities Trading (Stock Exchange Act, SESTA) and the Ordinance of the Takeover Board on Public Takeover Offers (Takeover Ordinance, TOO) impose a number of obligations on the offeror, the persons acting in concert with the offeror as well as the board of directors and significant shareholders of the target company.

On Wednesday 18 March 2020, the Swiss Government suspended all deadlines in debt collection proceedings until 4 April 2020.

The coronavirus continues to spread and has now also arrived in Switzerland. As the Swiss government ramp up efforts to contain the spread of the virus, employers and employees also need to be aware their rights and obligations ...

The Swiss Federal Council recently published its preliminary draft ordinance on the Minder Initiative.

Due to the increasing spread of the coronavirus, numerous companies in Switzerland have already ordered home office work for their employees.

A discussion on the EU Succession Regulation, which harmonizes the conflict-of-law rules on cross-border successions of 24 members of the European Union.

The Sanction Commission of the SIX Swiss Exchange («SIX») made it clear that the issuer’s duty under art. 6 of the SIX Listing Rules to hand over any «relevant documentation» in connection with a SIX investigation does not extend to attorney work product.

The Swiss domestic bond market virtually died after the Swiss Federal Stamp Tax Act came into force back in 1973.

In den vergangenen Tagen haben verschiedene Schweizer Betriebe, die unter den Folgen der Corona-Epidemie leiden, Gesuche um Kurzarbeitsentschädigung eingereicht.

The Swiss domestic bond market virtually died after the Swiss Federal Stamp Tax Act came into force back in 1973, but the new tax regulation came into force on March 1, 2012 is expected to boost the Swiss bond market.

In September 2012, the Swiss Parliament passed the draft bill for a revised Swiss Federal Act on Stock Exchanges and Securities Trading.

Securitisation transactions represent a powerful means of refinancing for banks and other originators.

Swiss securitisation has been picking up speed recently with a couple of new interesting first time issuances.

In September 2012, the Swiss parliament approved a draft bill to revise the Swiss Federal Act on Stock Exchanges and Securities Trading (SESTA) and thus create a more stringent capital market criminal and regulatory law (New SESTA).

In March 2012, the Swiss Federal Council published a proposal to revise the Swiss Federal Act on Collective Investment Schemes.