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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.

Artmyn SA – Acquisition by Invaluable, LLC

9 March 2022
Invaluable, the world’s leading online marketplace for premier auction houses selling fine and decorative arts and collectibles, has acquired the Swiss technology company Artmyn SA. Artmyn has developed an art-scanning...

Art and Cultural Property Law

18 February 2022
The fascination around works of art and cultural property makes them objects that raise complex legal issues. Their protection calls for rules from the most diverse areas of national, international...

Unpaid companies – The fatal weapon of the legal mortgage

14 February 2022
In his latest legal column published in the Journal de l’immobilier in partnership with Le Temps, Patrick Blaser reminds us of the stakes of the legal mortgage when a company...

New partners and senior associates

14 January 2022
BOREL & BARBEY strengthens its corporate, banking and finance as well as its sports departments by promoting Pierre Turrettini and Alexandre Gallopin to partners of the firm as of 1...

Identification and verification of the beneficial owner

29 November 2021
At the conference “Identification and verification of the beneficial owner” organized by Academy & Finance in Geneva on November 24, 2021, Maria Chiriaeva presented the practical implications of the requirements regarding the...

Top tax experts

8 November 2021
Borel & Barbey is proud to be ranked as one of the top tax experts in law firms in the special issue of Le Temps of 3 November 2021. Link to...

AZURA SUISSE SA is the first independent asset manager in the French-speaking part of Switzerland to obtain a FINMA authorization under FinIA

5 July 2021
AZURA SUISSE SA has recently obtained a license from FINMA to act as an asset manager in Switzerland according to the new Financial Institutions Act (FinIA). AZURA SUISSE SA is...

SECA training program

30 April 2021
As part of a training program organized by the Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association (SECA), Alexandre Gallopin and Audrey Payot taught a half-day seminar on “Shareholders Agreements” and...

Alpian SA closed its Series B financing round raising approximately CHF 17 million

16 April 2021
Alpian SA (www.alpian.com) successfully closed a Series B financing round raising approximately CHF 17 million. Alpian SA is a company incubated by the REYL Group. The company aims at developing...

L’obtention de moyens de preuve dans le contentieux bancaire

16 April 2021
In their article “L’obtention de moyens de preuve dans le contentieux bancaire ” published in the Guide Droit 2021 of Bilan Magazine, Vincent Guignet and Jean-René Oettli make clients aware of the tools they have...

Art Disputes and How to Avoid Them

12 April 2021
The International Bar Association (IBA) Art, Cultural Institutions and Heritage Law Committee is holding a virtual conference on 14 April due diligence and how to prevent art disputes. Anne Laure...

UCI Ethics Commission

1 March 2021
Pierre Turrettini has been appointed Secretary of the UCI Ethics Commission as from the fourth quarter 2020. UCI Ethics Commission’s main tasks is to ensure that the UCI Code of Ethics is respected...

Wealth Management and Law in Practice

22 February 2021
Arnaud Cywie will be teaching, along with Dr. Michel Girardin, the course “Wealth Management and Law in Practice” at the University of Geneva for the spring semester 2021. For more...

Highland Europe participates in closing of Nexthink SA Series D Financing Round

11 February 2021
The company Nexthink SA closed its Series D Financing Round raising USD 180 million. Borel & Barbey advised Highland Europe, one of the principal investors of Nexthink SA, in this...

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...