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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.

Subletting regulation

4 January 2024
Patrick Blaser comments in Le Journal de l’Immobilier on the decision of October 10, 2023, rendered by the Swiss Supreme Court (ATF 4A_143/2023) regarding illegal subrentals. This decision confirms that...

The fatal weapon of the legal mortgage

30 November 2023
Patrick Blaser comments in Le Journal de l’Immobilier on the landmark decision of August 30, 2023, rendered by the Swiss Supreme Court (ATF 5A_203/2023). This decision outlines the rules to...

New acquisition for Swissroc Industrial Opportunities (CH) SA, which focuses on a modern and sustainable development of industrial real estate

26 September 2023
Swissroc Industrial Opportunities (CH) SA has strengthened its strategic position in western Switzerland by acquiring a 20,000m² plot of land in Prangins (VD) from the Novartis Group. Borel & Barbey...

“Limitation du pouvoir de disposition en zone à bâtir: restriction équivalente à une expropriation au sens de l’art. 5 al. 2 LAT?”

15 September 2023
Limitation du pouvoir de disposition en zone à bâtir: restriction équivalente à une expropriation au sens de l’art. 5 al. 2 LAT ?, Immodroit.ch, newsletter 09.2023

“Portée de la garantie de la propriété lors de l’adoption de règles constructives destinées à limiter les émissions de CO2”

15 July 2023
Portée de la garantie de la propriété lors de l’adoption de règles constructives destinées à limiter les émissions de CO2, Immodroit.ch, newsletter 07.2023

BPM Group is expanding into the Swiss market

16 May 2023
The French automobile group BPM Group is expanding its activity into the Swiss market and acquires four dealerships in the cantons of Vaud and Valais. Borel & Barbey advised BPM Group on the implementation of the group in Switzerland and as buy-side counsel of these four acquisitions.

Justes motifs à l’appui d’une résiliation de bail

28 September 2022
Dans un article du Journal de l’Immobilier, Me Blaser analyse un arrêt du Tribunal fédéral qui a été amené à préciser sa jurisprudence concernant la validité d’un congé donné par...

Renovation work and lease termination

13 June 2022
A reminder from the Federal Court: in his latest column in the Journal de l’Immobilier, in partnership with Le Temps, Me Patrick Blaser reviews a recent decision of the Federal Court (TF,...

Succession: pitfalls to avoid

10 March 2022
The article written by Patrick Blaser “Succession: pitfalls to avoid” has been published in the latest issue of L’Actualité Immobilière. He warns of the pitfalls in matters of succession and...

Launch of the investment vehicle “Swissroc Industrial Opportunities (CH) SA”

10 March 2022
Borel & Barbey advised Swissroc Investment on the legal aspects of the launch of the investment vehicle “Swissroc Industrial Opportunities” in the context of the acquisition of an industrial and...

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...

The architect, the client and the estimate

20 December 2021
In Le Journal de l’Immobilier of 15 December 2021, in partnership with Le Temps, Me Patrick Blaser discussed a decision of the Federal Court of 2 September 2021 concerning the architect’s liability...

Legal column of the Journal de l’Immobilier

10 November 2021
In his latest legal column in Le Temps’ Journal de l’Immobilier, Me Patrick Blaser has published an article devoted to the subject of home ownership. The article is available online.   As well as...

Towards a better return on real estate investments

14 December 2020
In the latest issue of the review immobilier.ch, Patrick Blaser discusses the Federal Supreme Court’s decision 4A_554/2019 of 26 October 2020, which revolutionises decades-old case law on the calculation of allowable rents. The...

Construction areas… yet not constructible!

11 December 2020
In the last edition of Prestige Immobilier, Patrick Blaser wrote about the issue of constructible zoneswhich actually became not constructible, even for main residences, because of the entry into force of the...