Borel & Barbey takes an active part in the development of the legal community, in particular by regularly contributing to specialized literature, participating to conferences and through its involvement in the academic world.
This section provides an overview of legal news related to Borel & Barbey, particularly recent cases of the firm, conferences and publications.
Civil procedure workshops
As part of the workshops on the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC) organized by the committee of the Young Bar of Geneva, Me Paul Hanna co-animated with Me Aude Longet-Cornuz, on November 4, 2021 a workshop presenting practical advice concerning the participation of third parties in the procedure, for the attention of lawyers and trainee lawyers.
13 JUNE 2022
Alpian SA obtained its banking license and closed its Series B+ financing round raising CHF 19 million
Alpian SA (www.alpian.com) obtained its banking license and successfully closed a Series B+ financing round raising CHF 19 million. Alpian SA is a company incubated by REYL Intesa Sanpaolo. The company aims at developing a fully digital platform through which to serve the mass affluent client segment, typically comprising individuals with investable assets ranging from…
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13 JUNE 2022
Lexology GTDT Art Law 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 insights, including into buying and selling; export and import controls; taxation; borrowing against art; intellectual property rights; agency; auctions; spoliation during Nazi era; lending to…
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13 JUNE 2022
Renovation work and lease termination
A reminder from the Federal Court: in his latest column in the Journal de l’Immobilier, in partnership with Le Temps, Me Patrick Blaser reviews a recent decision of the Federal Court (TF, 4A_435/2021 of February 14, 2022) concerning renovation work and lease termination. The article is available online.
13 JUNE 2022
Continuing education of foundation boards
Stéphanie La Roche spoke at the Foundation Board Academy on 10 March 2022 to present and discuss with participants aspects of good governance of charitable foundations, relations with the supervisory and tax authorities and the evolution of foundation law. The Foundation Board Academy is dedicated to the continuing education of foundation boards and was founded by…
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10 MARCH 2022
Succession: pitfalls to avoid
The article written by Patrick Blaser “Succession: pitfalls to avoid” has been published in the latest issue of L’Actualité Immobilière. He warns of the pitfalls in matters of succession and give some advice, including measures to take in advance to avoid certain problems.
10 MARCH 2022
Launch of the investment vehicle “Swissroc Industrial Opportunities (CH) SA”
Borel & Barbey advised Swissroc Investment on the legal aspects of the launch of the investment vehicle “Swissroc Industrial Opportunities” in the context of the acquisition of an industrial and logistics real estate portfolio of five properties in French-speaking Switzerland. The transaction, for an overall amount of nearly 50 million francs (including future CAPEX), is…
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