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Construction Insights: 2019 QMUL Survey on International Arbitration in Construction
06.12.2019
Arbitration remains the most popular process for the resolution of disputes arising in international construction projects.
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Obligation to contract based on relative market power
28.11.2019
The Fair-Price-Initiative and the counter-proposal by the Federal Council will lead to new restrictions for companies with "relative market power", if other companies are dependent on them. The ...
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Newsflash: Tightening of the Swiss FATF Transparency Rules in force as of 1.11.2019
01.11.2019
After Switzerland, due to international pressure, had introduced on 1 July 2015 increased transparency rules for corporations (obligation to notify bearer shareholders and ultimate beneficial owners), a massive ...
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Legal Aspects of "Artificial Intelligence" (AI)
15.10.2019
AI-applications analyze unstructured data using an algorithm custom-tailored to the specific use intended, in order to draw conlusions based on such analysis. Regardless of its area of application ...
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Noteworthy developments in the Swiss Federal Supreme Court’s procedural case law
28.08.2019
This newsletter highlights some notable decisions of the past year in which the Federal Supreme Court further defined its approach to partial actions, the admissibility of new allegations ...
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Shareholder representatives on the board of directors - Possibilities and limitations of the flow of information to major shareholders
18.06.2019
The interests of major shareholders may be represented and protected on the board of directors of Swiss companies. However, the shareholder representative does not have a special legal ...
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Adoption of the Federal Act on Tax Reform and AHV Financing: Roadmap of the Changes
20.05.2019
On 19 May 2019, the Swiss public voted for the adoption of the Federal Act on Tax Reform and Financing of the AHV ("TRAF"). The key elements of ...
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Newsflash Banking & Finance: Cloud Banking
02.05.2019
On 26 March 2019, the Swiss Bankers Association (SBA) published guidelines for the use of cloud services in the banking sector (the Guidelines). The Guidelines aim to define ...
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Revision of Switzerland’s International Arbitration Law
10.04.2019
Already today, Switzerland offers an excellent framework for international arbitration. In late 2018, the Swiss Federal Council published the draft bill for a revision of Chapter 12 of ...
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Newsflash Banking & Finance: Collective Investment Scheme or Operating Company?
05.04.2019
On 9 October 2018, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court published an important decision in case 2C_1068/2017, 2C_1070/2017 which addresses the qualification of a venture capital company as operating ...