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.
Josef Alkatout, Head of Family Law, comments in the Tribune de Genève on the Swiss Supreme Court’s decision 5A_127/2023, which redefines the term of “concubinage” or “common-law marriage” after one...
Borel & Barbey acted as counsel to the borrower in connection with a facility agreement of up to USD 60mio, secured by a significant private art collection. The team was...
Borel & Barbey is pleased to announce that Jérôme-Edouard de Vergnies has recently joined the Firm. Specialised in business law and particularly in corporate, commercial and contractual law, Jérôme-Edouard also...
The Swiss Supreme Court ruled that incriminating statements collected during a hearing in which the accused’s right to take part in the taking of evidence has not been guaranteed remain...
Loris Bertoliatti summarizes the Swiss Supreme Court’s decision 6B_1065/2023 dated 17 May 2024 (intended for publication) in French on the online platform iusNet Droit pénal et Procédure pénale of Schulthess...
Guest writer for the Tribune de Genève, Josef Alkatout comments in his latest article on the decrease in child abduction cases, partially attributing this trend to the 2016 landmark decision...
The Swiss Supreme Court specifies the circumstances in which a “threat” made against an authority or public officials is strong enough to constitute an offence under article 285 of the...
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...
This past Wednesday June 26th officially marked the establishment of the Geneva International Legal Association (GILA), in the presence of its founding members, State Councillor Delphine Bachmann and Administrative Councillor...
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...
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...
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...
Rapport sur la détermination de la loi applicable aux actifs inscrits en registres distribués, 31 May 2024. “Le HCJP a été saisi par l’AMF dans le contexte de l’adaptation du...
Julia Henninger will speak on June 11 alongside Cedric Panchaud and Gregory von Gunten at a conference organized by EXPERTsuisse on “Business Succession ─ Transfer to heirs or management”. The...
Josef Alkatout, Head of Family Law at Borel & Barbey, is the guest writer of La Tribune de Genève in which he looks over the recent Geneva Law on Mediation...
