25 JANUARY 2024
Review of the current Swiss legal market
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 global legal market. His contribution focused on the current ESG landscape in the Swiss financial sector, as well as on the impact on the…
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04 JANUARY 2024
Subletting regulation
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 a landlord can validly terminate a lease with a tenant prematurely when it is revealed that the tenant intends to sublet the residence permanently,…
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14 DECEMBER 2023
Jérôme Piguet joins Borel & Barbey
We are thrilled to announce that Jérôme Piguet has joined our Firm as counsel. As a Swiss qualified attorney and certified tax expert, Jérôme Piguet advises private individuals, particularly in connection with the structuring of their investments, as well as companies, notably in the context of acquisitions and restructuring. Learn more. We are…
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08 DECEMBER 2023
Valuation of companies
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 individual shareholder performance. Read the publication
06 DECEMBER 2023
The art of giving: The motivations of artists as philanthropists
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 : – Foundations active in supporting culture, a fast-growing sector, with 337 new foundations set up in 2022, nearly 20% of them in the…
30 NOVEMBER 2023
The fatal weapon of the legal mortgage
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 be followed by a real estate developer whose invoices are unpaid and who intends, as a guarantee, to secure the registration of a legal…
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