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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 advised BPM on a significant senior secured financing

15 April 2025
Borel & Barbey has advised French group BPM, a major player in the automotive distribution sector, on securing significant senior secured facilities granted by a syndicate of Swiss banks, aimed...

Borel & Barbey advised BPM on the acquisition of Groupe Leuba

10 April 2025
Borel & Barbey has advised BPM, a leading French automotive distribution group, in connection with its acquisition of Groupe Leuba SA, one of the principal Mercedes-Benz distributors in the French-speaking...

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...

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...

“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...

“Landlord’s own needs: more flexible requirements”

31 October 2024
Besoins propres du bailleur: exigences assouplies, Le Journal de l’Immobilier, 30.10.2024   On 24 November 2024, the Swiss people will be asked to vote on an amendment to the law...

Becoming a homeowner is a matter of public interest!

10 October 2024
In the latest edition of le Journal de l’Immobilier, Borel & Barbey partner Patrick Blaser takes the headline with his article discussing the recent decision 1C_138/2023 dated 10 June 2024,...

The Swiss Supreme Court endorses renovation work

19 September 2024
In the latest edition of le Journal de l’Immobilier, Borel & Barbey partner Patrick Blaser takes the headline with his article discussing the recent decision (ATF 4A_75/2022 dated 30 July...

“How to become a lawyer?”

18 September 2024
Invited by the Geneva Bar Association, our Partner Céline Gautier participated in the third episode of their podcast PodLex, discussing the journey to become a lawyer. She particularly highlights the...

“Obligation d’assainissement des chauffages électriques – Conformité au droit supérieur du décret sur l’assainissement des chauffages et chauffe-eaux électriques du 20 décembre 2022”

2 July 2024
Samuel Brückner analyzes in the June edition of the Newsletter Immodroit.ch, the Swiss Supreme Court’s decision 1C_600/2023 dated 26 April 2024 regarding the mandatory replacement of electric heating systems. This...

The Swiss Supreme Court adjudicates a complex case of lease termination

20 June 2024
Patrick Blaser comments in the 19 June edition of Le Journal de l’Immobilier on a contentious case of lease termination between a landlord and a tenant. It emerges from the...

New decree of the Swiss Supreme Court about wind turbines

13 June 2024
Patrick Blaser comments in Le Journal de l’Immobilier the Swiss Supreme Court’s decision 1C_458/2022 dated 12 February 2024 concerning the appeal from various nature conservation associations against a new project...

Rules governing lease termination

6 June 2024
How does one terminate a lease agreement? What are the conditions for ending a lease before the contract expires and what happens in the event of the tenant’s death? What...

New appointments at Borel & Barbey

7 May 2024
We are pleased to announce that Josef Alkatout has been appointed as Counsel, effective May 1st. Josef joined Borel & Barbey in 2020 as Head of Family Law, a function...

New constraints for property owners

27 March 2024
In the latest edition of le Journal de l’Immobilier, Borel & Barbey partner Patrick Blaser takes the headline with his article discussing the new measures implemented by the Canton of...
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