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.
Interviewed by Julie Zaugg in Le Journal de Léman Bleu, Loris Bertoliatti discusses the new criminal law provision on stalking, which comes into force on 1 January 2026. This provision...
On 19 November 2025, the Swiss Federal Council decided that a new criminal law provision on stalking will enter into force on 1 January 2026. Cases of “stalking” are increasingly...
Règles de procédure | Interdiction de postuler de l’avocat ayant un intérêt ou ayant joué un rôle dans la cause, iusnet DP-PP, 29/10/2025 The Bar is subject to strict...
Règles de procédure | L’ayant droit économique d’une entité juridique distincte et dotée de la personnalité juridique ne dispose (toujours) pas de la qualité de lésé, iusNet DP-PP 25.09.2025 ...
In the latest edition of the FER’s magazine Entreprise Romande, our Partner, Jean-René Oettli, together with Sandrine Giroud, President of both the Geneva Bar Association and the Geneva International Legal...
Borel & Barbey is pleased to introduce its newsletter, aimed at keeping you abreast of news and developments that may be relevant to you. Through this communication, we will provide...
Sanctioning corruption or corrupting sanctions? We are pleased to announce that Jean-René Oettli, Partner at Borel & Brabey, will be addressing this topic at the 21st Annual IBA Anti-Corruption Conference...
Enquête internes : entre confidentialité et transparence dans le domaine financier, in: Stéphane Grodecki / Miguel Oural / Grégoire Chappuis (Eds.), La profession d’avocat en 2025 : quo vadis?, Réflexions en...
The Growing Significance of Arbitration in Switzerland Since their adoption by the Swiss Arbitration Centre in 2004, the Swiss Rules of International Arbitration (periodically updated to reflect evolving best practices)...
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,...
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...
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...
Interprétation de l’article 429 al. 3 CPP : intérêt juridiquement protégé du prévenu acquitté à recourir personnellement contre la décision statuant sur sa requête en indemnisation fondée sur l’article 429...
Borel & Barbey represented Yoko Ono in her action for the recovery of a watch which belonged to her late husband, John Lennon, and which had been stolen from her....
Punissabilité du responsable rédactionnel d’un média ne s’opposant pas à une publication constituant une infraction pénale, iusNet DP-PP 26.08.2024 Loris Bertoliatti summarizes the Swiss Supreme Court’s decision 6B_1033/2023 dated...
