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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.

Art Law 2024 – Best practices Q&A guide

18 April 2024
What due diligence enquiries are expected from the seller of an artwork? Which export controls apply to cultural property? What tax liability arises from ownership and transfer of art, antiques...

Art Law 2023 – Switzerland – Lexology GTDT

4 April 2023
Anne Laure Bandle and Arnaud Cywie cover the Swiss chapter of Lexology Art Law 2023.

iusNet Tax Law Retrospective 2021

13 June 2022
The iusNet Tax Law Retrospective 2021, to which Arnaud Cywie contributed as a member of the editorial team, has just been published! This book offers several sections, in particular summaries of recent...

Lexology GTDT Art Law 2022

13 June 2022
Anne Laure Bandle and Arnaud Cywie cover the Swiss chapter of Lexology GTDT Art Law 2022 which has just been published. This publication is a quick reference guide enabling side-by-side comparison of national...

iusNet – Tax Law Module

18 January 2021
Arnaud Cywie is a member of the editorial team of the new tax law module of the iusNet platform set up by Schulthess. This platform, which has been online since November...

New publication in art law

29 May 2018
The online legal resource platform Getting the Deal Through has just published a Q&A on art law. For each country, art lawyers have answered the most common questions arising when...

Lex Kohler – draft amendment

21 April 2017
Stéphanie La Roche and Arnaud Cywie wrote an article in the AGEFI regarding the draft amendment of the Lex Kohler. To access the article: http://www.agefi.com/quotidien-agefi/forum-blogs/detail/edition/2017-04-21/article/la-lex-kohler-pourrait-subir-des-modifications-le-projet-introduirait-en-realite-de-nombreuses-mesusres-restrictives-452150.html

Taxation of financial transactions in Switzerland and Europe

21 March 2017
Arnaud Cywie wrote an article in Le Temps about the taxation of financial transactions in Switzerland and Europe. To access the article (only in French): https://www.letemps.ch/economie/2017/03/20/taxe-transactions-financieres-suisses-mieux-lotis-europeens