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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.

+20M financing for a Swiss hotel

28 February 2024
The investment firm Maya Private Capital Investments SA (formerly known as Maya Global Markets SA) has just completed a senior secured financing exceeding CHF 20 million for a Swiss hotel...

FONDAMCO’s board

13 February 2024
Borel & Barbey is delighted to announce that Anne Laure Bandle has recently been appointed as a board member of FONDAMCO. The public-law foundation of the Museum of Modern and...

Review of the current Swiss legal market

25 January 2024
Borel & Barbey partner Nicolas Piérard has contributed to an extensive special analysis of the Swiss legal market published by Legal Business, the market-leading monthly magazine for the UK and...

Art transactions – risks and responsibilities

11 January 2024
Spotlight on the new publication “Art transactions – risks and responsibilities“, edited by Anne Laure Bandle. In this volume, she has contributed a chapter on forgeries and issues of authentication...

Subletting regulation

4 January 2024
Patrick Blaser comments in Le Journal de l’Immobilier on the decision of October 10, 2023, rendered by the Swiss Supreme Court (ATF 4A_143/2023) regarding illegal subrentals. This decision confirms that...

‘Marmite et course de l’Escalade’

20 December 2023
Celebrating ‘L’Escalade,’ an annual festival that commemorates Geneva’s triumphant defense against Savoyard troops attempting to conquer the city on the night of 11–12 December 1602. As is tradition, the symbolic...

Valuation of companies

8 December 2023
In the latest edition of the journal “Successio”, Julia Henninger and Balz Hösly examine the recent decision of the Swiss Supreme Court on the valuation of companies that depend on...

The art of giving: The motivations of artists as philanthropists

6 December 2023
Anne Laure Bandle penned an article on artists as patrons in the November issue of the AGEFI magazine dedicated to philanthropy. In this contribution, Anne Laure Bandle looks at :...

The fatal weapon of the legal mortgage

30 November 2023
Patrick Blaser comments in Le Journal de l’Immobilier on the landmark decision of August 30, 2023, rendered by the Swiss Supreme Court (ATF 5A_203/2023). This decision outlines the rules to...

Fideuram and Man Group become partners in Asteria

21 November 2023
Italian bank Fideuram – Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking (Fideuram) has completed the sale of a 51% participation in Asteria Investment Managers (Asteria), a Geneva-based impact investing asset manager, to Man...

At the Interface Between Inheritance and Corporate Law

14 November 2023
We are pleased to announce that our associate, Dr. Julia Henninger, will be giving a conference today alongside Dr. Sara Zahner. This event, titled “At the Interface Between Inheritance and Corporate...

IEI Master

1 November 2023
Congratulations to Barbara Pochinu Carta for the successful completion of her IEI – Institut d’études immobilières Master degree. This postgraduate-level education is intended for real estate professionals from different backgrounds....

Let’s connect in Paris during IBA 2023

27 October 2023
? Meet our trio of Partners, Céline Gautier, Vincent Guignet, and Jean-René Oettli, in Paris, during the 2023 IBA week. This annual conference organized by the International Bar Association gathers...

Fideuram Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking sells a majority stake in Asteria Investment Managers to Man Group

17 October 2023
Italian bank Fideuram Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking and global investment management company Man Group have entered into an agreement for the acquisition by Man Group of a majority stake in...

New Partners

28 September 2023
Diversity is the key to success. BOREL & BARBEY is delighted to announce the appointment of Anne Laure Bandle and Maria Oberlin-Chiriaeva as Partners with effect from 1 January 2024,...
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