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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.

Participation in the Alpine Conference organized by the STEP Federation

13 June 2022
Arnaud Cywie will speak on May 5, 2022 at the Alpine Conference organized by the STEP Federation in Interlaken and will discuss tax aspects with respect to the introduction of trust...

STEF group has acquired Frigosuisse SA and an operating warehouse

13 June 2022
STEF group, the European leader for temperature sensitive logistics, is strengthening its activities in Switzerland by acquiring the company Frigosuisse SA and an operating warehouse in Aargau. Borel & Barbey advised STEF...

iusNet Tax Law Retrospective 2021

13 June 2022
The iusNet Tax Law Retrospective 2021, to which Arnaud Cywie contributed as a member of the editorial team, has just been published! This book offers several sections, in particular summaries of recent...

Lexology GTDT Art Law 2022

13 June 2022
Anne Laure Bandle and Arnaud Cywie cover the Swiss chapter of Lexology GTDT Art Law 2022 which has just been published. This publication is a quick reference guide enabling side-by-side comparison of national...

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...

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...

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...

SECA Online Training

15 January 2021
Arnaud Cywie and Alexandre Gallopin will chair two days of the SECA’s online formation (Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association) starting February 11, 2021, with a presentation on Shareholders Conventions (Arnaud Cywie...

Strategic partnership in investment with social impact

8 December 2020
Asteria Investment Managers (Asteria), the recently launched impact investing firm controlled by REYL & Cie Ltd (REYL), is to enter into a strategic tie-up with Swiss impact private asset manager...

Bearer shares

30 October 2019
Bearer shares will no longer be authorized as from November 1, 2019, date on which the Federal Act on the Implementation of Recommendations of the Global Forum on Transparency and...

Memorandum n°70 – Draft amendments of the Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA)

23 September 2019
The Federal Council adopted in June 2019 its message on the draft of a major amendment to the AMLA following the FATF report.

Le Temps/Bilan Ranking

15 May 2019
We are very pleased to be ranked by Le Temps and Bilanz among the top law firms in Switzerland for the following practices: ·         Banking and finance...

Memorandum of Case Law – May 2018 to August 2018

3 October 2018
The Memorandum of Case Law summarizes a selection of decisions for the given period (in French).

Seminar on Management Package

28 September 2018
Alexandre Gallopin and Arnaud Cywie will be teaching a seminar on Management Package as part of a training program organized by the Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association (SECA). Registrations are open...

Acquisition of Dynagest SA by Banque Profil de Gestion SA

9 August 2018
Borel & Barbey advised the shareholders of Dynagest SA, a Geneva based institutional asset manager, in relation to the acquisition of the entire share capital of Dynagest SA by Banque...