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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.

CAS in International Cultural Heritage Law

13 June 2022
As part of the CAS in Cultural Heritage Law of the University of Geneva, Anne Laure Bandle will give a lecture on philanthropy and the arts as well as on authenticity and...

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...

TITAN Aviation Fuels has acquired AKRYL

13 June 2022
TITAN Aviation Fuels, one of the largest suppliers of aviation fuel products in the United States, has acquired AKRYL, an aviation fuel reseller with a world-wide digital fuel procurement platform based...

Alpian SA obtained its banking license and closed its Series B+ financing round raising CHF 19 million

13 June 2022
Alpian SA (www.alpian.com) obtained its banking license and successfully closed a Series B+ financing round raising CHF 19 million. Alpian SA is a company incubated by REYL Intesa Sanpaolo. The...

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...

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...

Artmyn SA – Acquisition by Invaluable, LLC

9 March 2022
Invaluable, the world’s leading online marketplace for premier auction houses selling fine and decorative arts and collectibles, has acquired the Swiss technology company Artmyn SA. Artmyn has developed an art-scanning...

Art and Cultural Property Law

18 February 2022
The fascination around works of art and cultural property makes them objects that raise complex legal issues. Their protection calls for rules from the most diverse areas of national, international...

Transactions in the art market – legal pitfalls

18 October 2021
In the framework of a meeting organised by the Association of International Business Lawyers (AIBL), Anne Laure Bandle gave a presentation on “Transactions in the art market – legal pitfalls” on Friday...

Corporate liability for breaches of human rights

16 July 2021
In a contribution published in La revue de l’avocat (6/7 2021, p. 217 ff), Jean-René Oettli examines the current legal framework and the few decisions rendered to date and concludes that...

Alpian SA closed its Series B financing round raising approximately CHF 17 million

16 April 2021
Alpian SA (www.alpian.com) successfully closed a Series B financing round raising approximately CHF 17 million. Alpian SA is a company incubated by the REYL Group. The company aims at developing...

Art Disputes and How to Avoid Them

12 April 2021
The International Bar Association (IBA) Art, Cultural Institutions and Heritage Law Committee is holding a virtual conference on 14 April  due diligence and how to prevent art disputes. Anne Laure Bandle will...

Highland Europe participates in closing of Nexthink SA Series D Financing Round

11 February 2021
The company Nexthink SA closed its Series D Financing Round raising USD 180 million. Borel & Barbey advised Highland Europe, one of the principal investors of Nexthink SA, in this...

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...

Art and Culture Heritage Law at LSE

14 December 2020
Anne Laure Bandle will lecture several classes part of the Module on “Art and Culture Heritage Law” for the Executive LL.M Program at the London School of Economics and Political Science...