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.
Invited by the Geneva Bar Association, our Partner Céline Gautier participated in the third episode of their podcast PodLex, discussing the journey to become a lawyer. She particularly highlights the...
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...
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...
Detailed overview of the elements constituting the criminal offense punishable under article 322septies of the Swiss Criminal Code (bribery of foreign public officials). Loris Bertoliatti summarizes the Swiss Supreme Court’s...
Can a legal person invoke Article 2 EIMP to try to thwart a request for international mutual assistance in criminal matters concerning the surrender of its patrimonial assets? Loris Bertoliatti...
Paul Hanna will lead a workshop on civil procedure regarding provisional measures, alongside Aude Longet-Cornuz, this Thursday, 7th March, between 12:30 and 2 pm. During this workshop organized by the...
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...
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...
Attorney Pierre Bydzovsky wrote an article for the Expert Guides – The World’s leading lawyers chosen by their peers about the recusal decision of the Attorney General of Switzerland in the FIFA corruption gate....
The Swiss finance magazine BILANZ and the newspaper Le Temps have published the 2018 ranking of the leading law firms in Switzerland, according to a survey of more than 7’200...
Pierre Turrettini wrote an article published in Le Temps on March 14, 2018 regarding an important decision of the Swiss Federal Tribunal related to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and...
