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.
The article written by Patrick Blaser “Lockdown ordered by Bern – Covid-19: are reductions in rent justified?” has been published in the new edition of Prestige Immobilier. He develops the...
Borel & Barbey advised m3 Groupe Holding SA (https://m-3.group/) in relation to its investment of CHF 2 million in the Lausanne based start-up Technis SA and the execution of an exclusive...
The partial revision of the Swiss Copyright Act (CA) came into force on 1 April 2020. Its main aim is to adapt copyright to the digital age, in particular by...
Foxstone SA (https://www.foxstone.ch/)completed a multi-million fund raising to strengthen its leading position in real estate crowdfunding. Borel & Barbey advised Foxstone SA in this financing. The team was led by Luca...
Alexandre Gallopin and Audrey Payot taught a half-day seminar on Shareholders’ Agreements as part of a training program organized by the Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association (SECA).
Alpian SA (www.alpian.com) successfully closed a Series A financing round raising CHF 12.2 million. Alpian SA is a newly established company incubated by the REYL Group. The company aims at...
Anne Laure Bandle wrote an article in the newspaper Le Temps on the impact of the coronavirus on the art market and agreements. The article is available online.
On 26 June 2019, the Federal Council adopted its Message on the draft of an amendment to the Federal Act on Combating Bankruptcy Abuse. This amendment aims to prevent debtors...
Pierre Bydzovsky, Sébastien Rosselet and Pablo Lazaro have published an article in the Revue de l’avocat 3/2020 (pp. 111 ff.) (https://anwaltsrevue.recht.ch/) on the right of public defenders to obtain advances from the prosecutor’s office...
Pierre Turrettini appeared on Radio Suisse Romande’s (RSR) radio show Sport Matin on 19 March 2020 on the issue of the legal consequences of the postponement of football games due to the...
Anne Laure Bandle wrote an article in the Le Temps newspaper about the reform of the copyright “in the Internet age” which will probably enter into force in 2020. To access the...
Borel & Barbey advised Notz Stucki & Cie SA in relation to its acquisition of the entire share capital of alternative manager JAM Research Sàrl, based in Geneva.Our team was...
Borel & Barbey advised m3 Group (https://m-3.group/) in relation to the purchase of the company owning the shopping center “Meyrin Centre”. m3 Group operates in real estate, hospitality and restaurants. Our...
In a decision of 29 July 2019, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that a company that operates a website to sell its products and inserts Facebook’s “like” button...
ARTMYN SA (www.artmyn.com) issued convertible loans for an amount of approximately CHF 4’000’000.- to which strategic international investors have subscribed. The funds will be used to accelerate the implementation of...
