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NEWS & PUBLICATIONS

Borel & Barbey actively engages with legal developments by regularly contributing to specialised literature, participating in conferences, and being involved in the academic world.
This section provides you with an overview of the Firm’s latest news, including our publications, the conferences and talks we have participated in, recent cases we have handled, as well as the awards and distinctions we have received. You will also find important announcements and legislative developments that are shaping our legal environment.

Borel & Barbey will speak at Geneva International Legal Week

10 March 2025
We are delighted to announce that Borel & Barbey partners Maria Oberlin-Chiriaeva and Jean-René Oettli will be participating in the GILW25 Inhouse Counsel Forum, taking place tomorrow at FER Genève....

Bonus Schemes: Lecture at the University of Geneva

7 March 2025
Marine Geisler gave a lecture at the University of Geneva on March 4, 2025, as part of the Wealth Management and Law in Practice course (Geneva School of Economics and...

Eight years of ordeal for the neighbours!

6 March 2025
Huit ans de calvaire pour les voisins!, Le Journal de l’Immobilier, 05.03.2025 In a recent decision (ATF 4A_284/2024 dated 17 December 2024), the Swiss Supreme Court upheld the immediate termination...

Borel & Barbey at the IBA 8th Mergers and Acquisitions in the Technology Sector Conference

5 March 2025
Our Corporate & M&A specialists, Audrey Payot and Clément Bouvier, will represent Borel & Barbey at the 8th Mergers and Acquisitions in the Technology Sector Conference organised by the International...

Borel & Barbey will speak at the C5 Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery Conference in Geneva on 13-14 March

4 March 2025
Borel & Barbey is delighted to sponsor the C5 Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery Conference in Geneva on 13-14 March, where Maria Oberlin-Chiriaeva, Vincent Guignet, Lubomir Canter will be attending,...

Borel & Barbey and Mishcon de Reya LLP host key conference at Geneva International Legal Week

24 February 2025
We are pleased to announce that Borel & Barbey, in collaboration with Mishcon de Reya LLP, will be hosting a breakfast event during the Geneva International Legal Week on 12...

Is there a right to consult the documents related to the appointment of the duty defence lawyer of the opposing party?

18 February 2025
Existe-t-il un droit de consulter les pièces relatives à la désignation et au relevé de l’avocat d’office de sa partie adverse ?, iusNet DP-PP 27.01.2025   Loris Bertoliatti summarizes the...

Priority to Geneva taxpayers

6 February 2025
Priorité aux contribuables genevois, Le Journal de l’Immobilier, 05.02.2025   Geneva’s Grand Council and Council of State have just adopted amendments to the General Law on Development Zones (LGZD) and its...

Business lunch – Termination Agreements

3 February 2025
We recently had the pleasure of organizing a business lunch focused on termination agreements, led by Marine Geisler, attorney specialised in employment law at the Firm. Marine Geisler presented the...

Luca Di Pietro and Matilda Probst join Borel & Barbey

29 January 2025
Borel & Barbey is pleased to announce two new additions to its team. After completing an 18-month internship within our Firm, Luca Di Pietro, who recently passed his bar exam,...

Borel & Barbey advised Eunomart on its launch in Switzerland

23 January 2025
Borel & Barbey recently advised Eunomart in adapting a new version of its solution for the Swiss market. Eunomart is the first software dedicated to art professionals to guide them...

Right to participate in the taking of evidence: a restriction is admissible to protect the victim

16 January 2025
Une restriction du droit de participer du prévenu est-elle admissible lorsqu’une confrontation, même indirecte, avec ce dernier est susceptible d’entrainer un grave traumatisme pour la partie plaignante ?, iusNet DP-PP...

Luca Bozzo is appointed Managing Partner of Borel & Barbey

7 January 2025
We are pleased to announce that Luca Bozzo has joined the Managing Partners team of our Firm, effective 1 January 2025. This new step as Managing Partner marks the natural...

Anne Laure Bandle on RTS: the song ‘On va s’aimer’ condemned for plagiarism

17 December 2024
Our Partner Anne Laure Bandle appeared on RTS last evening as part of the 19h30 news and Forum program regarding the plagiarism conviction of Gilbert Montagné for his hit song...

“There are old buildings and old buildings!”

12 December 2024
Il y a immeuble ancien et immeuble ancien!, Le Journal de l’Immobilier, 11.12.2024   Under what conditions can a building be classified as old, allowing rents to be set based...
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