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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.

UBS Conference – The Use of AI & Data in the Investment Process

24 October 2018
The UBS Equity Team organized a conference on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and data in the investment process at the Hotel Mandarin Oriental in Geneva on October 4,...

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...

Acquisition of Lagane Family Office SA by Groupe Eric Sturdza SA and merger of the entity with Coges Corraterie Gestion SA

11 July 2018
Borel & Barbey advised the Groupe Eric Sturdza SA in relation to its acquisition of the entire share capital of Lagane Family Office SA (Geneva based multifamily office) and its...

ARTMYN SA – closing a new round of financing

20 June 2018
ARTMYN SA (www.artmyn.com) just closed its last round of financing with strategic international investors. The funds will be used to accelerate the implementation of its scanners in different continents. Borel...

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...

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...

Acquisition of FIdFund Management SA by Banque Bonhôte & Cie Ltd

15 February 2018
Borel & Barbey advised Banque Bonhôte & Cie Ltd in relation to its acquisition of the entire share capital of FIdFund Management SA, a real estate fund management company managing...

EUR 115 million Financing of Conforama by Tikehau Capital

30 January 2018
Borel & Barbey, together with De Pardieu Brocas Maffei in France, has advised Tikehau Capital in its financing of the Conforama Group, namely its Swiss subsidiary Conforama Suisse Ltd, one...

Airbnb and recent regulation proposals

20 December 2017
Anne-Sophie Collomb and Alexandre Jotterand wrote an article published in Le Temps on 19 December 2017 on Airbnb and the recent regulation proposals made by the Federal Council.

Real estate crowdfunding forum

5 December 2017
The Firm supports a specialised forum in real estate crowdfunding to take place Thursday, 7 December from 1.30pm to 7pm at the Fondation Louis Jeantet. This forum is jointly organised...

Private Equity – Corporate Finance

4 July 2017
Alexandre Gallopin has been appointed member of the executive committee of Young SECA Romandie, a chapter of the Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association (SECA). SECA is the representative...

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...