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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.

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).

Interview on CNN Money Switzerland

14 June 2018
CNN Money Switzerland made a special series on the art market that aired on 13 June 2018. Anne Laure Bandle was interviewed to speak about the Responsible Art Market (RAM) initiative and...

New publication in art law

29 May 2018
The online legal resource platform Getting the Deal Through has just published a Q&A on art law. For each country, art lawyers have answered the most common questions arising when...

Memorandum of Case Law – February 2018 to April 2018

15 May 2018
The Memorandum of Case Law summarizes a selection of decisions for the period in question (in French).

Borel & Barbey is ranked as one of the top law firms in Switzerland

4 May 2018
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...

New book on the attribution of works of art

24 April 2018
Anne Laure Bandle who specialises in art law just published the book « Risques et périls dans l’attribution des œuvres d’art: de la pratiques des experts aux aspects juridiques » (Risks and dangers...

Memorandum de jurisprudence – novembre 2017 à janvier 2018

26 February 2018
This document (only in French) provides a summary of judicial decisions published during the concerned time period.

Technology boosts the art market

12 December 2017
Anne Laure Bandle wrote an article published in Le Temps about the use of technology and digitized art in the art market.

Memorandum de jurisprudence – septembre à octobre 2017

29 November 2017
This document (only in French) provides a summary of judicial decisions published during the concerned time period.

Memorandum of jurisprudence – June to August 2017

25 September 2017
This document (only in French) provides a summary of judicial decisions published during the concerned time period.

Art and cultural property law – University of Geneva

19 June 2017
Anne Laure Bandle lectured a course on the legal issues tied to the art market. This course was part of the Summer School on International cultural heritage law of the...

Copyright – Basel University

16 June 2017
Anne Laure Bandle gave a talk on copyright that applies to unfinished and disavowed works of art. This talk was part of a conference on 16 June 2017 organized by...

Memorandum de jurisprudence – avril à mai 2017

14 June 2017
This document (only in French) provides a summary of judicial decisions published during the concerned time period.

Art and Cultural Property Law – Conference of the Ticino Bar Association

9 June 2017
Anne Laure Bandle chaired a panel discussion on recent legislative changes in Switzerland and the suggested reform  of the Italian Cultural Property Act. The discussion took place as part of a...

Lex Kohler – draft amendment

21 April 2017
Stéphanie La Roche and Arnaud Cywie wrote an article in the AGEFI regarding the draft amendment of the Lex Kohler. To access the article: http://www.agefi.com/quotidien-agefi/forum-blogs/detail/edition/2017-04-21/article/la-lex-kohler-pourrait-subir-des-modifications-le-projet-introduirait-en-realite-de-nombreuses-mesusres-restrictives-452150.html