Switzerland: Directors and Officers

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Shareholders' Rights & Shareholder Activism 2025

The board of directors must ensure that the shareholders are able to instruct the proxy on any motion relating to tabled agenda items and provide them with general instructions on unannounced motions

Switzerland Commercial

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Bär & Karrer

Best Co-Founders Forever? Anticipating Legal And Tax Considerations For Founders Of Swiss Startups (Nr. 4)

The entrepreneurial journey is full of surprises, and progressing "according to plan" can sound like an oxymoron. Nevertheless, a flexible plan helps founders anticipate potential scenarios rather than merely react to them.

Switzerland Commercial

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Vischer AG

Best Co-Founders Forever? Anticipating Legal And Tax Considerations For Founder Of Swiss Startups

The entrepreneurial journey is full of surprises, and progressing "according to plan" can sound like an oxymoron. Nevertheless, a flexible plan helps founders anticipate potential scenarios rather than merely react to them.

Switzerland Tax

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Vischer AG

Switzerland: Mergers & Acquisitions

For acquisitions of enterprises and M&A transactions (e.g. share or asset deals), the key source of law is the Swiss Code of Obligations (CO). Since the provisions of the CO (e.g. in the sales law)...

Switzerland Commercial

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Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law

Corporate Governance 2025

Switzerland Commercial

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Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Gender Representation On The Board Of Directors – Things Will Get Serious Next Year!

Switzerland Commercial

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Vischer AG

Richard J. Tornetta v. Elon Musk Et Al. 2.0 – Astronomische Vergütungen Und Nachträgliche Heilung Nichtiger Beschlüsse

Switzerland Commercial

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Bär & Karrer

Management Of Solvency And Liquidity: A Comparison Of Swiss And Italian Law

Switzerland Commercial

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Bär & Karrer

Shareholders' Loans And Equitable Subordination: A New Landmark Case Law Brings Clarity

Switzerland Commercial

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Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Legal Challenges When Appointing A Board Of Directors In Switzerland With Residence Abroad

Switzerland Commercial

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CONVINUS

Global Mobility Insights Newsletter Frühling / Spring 2025

Switzerland Tax

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CONVINUS

Corporate Governance 2025 - Switzerland

Switzerland Commercial

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Bär & Karrer

Restructuring & Insolvency Comparative Guide

Switzerland Insolvency

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Rihm Attorneys

Board Responsibilities In Case Of Over-Indebtedness

Switzerland Commercial

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Vischer AG

Swiss Federal Council Launches Legislative Process For Proposed New Regulation On Stablecoins And Crypto Services

Switzerland Technology

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Bär & Karrer

The Swiss Federal Administrative Court Has Annulled FINMA's Decision On Credit Suisse AT1 Bonds (B-2334/2023)

Switzerland Government

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Borel & Barbey

Shareholders' Rights & Shareholder Activism 2025

Switzerland Commercial

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Bär & Karrer

NEWSLETTER Du 9 Au 20 Juin 2025 | N° 107

Switzerland Criminal

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Monfrini Bitton Klein

Les moyens d'action contre le greenwashing: Portée et efficacité à l'aune du nouvel article 3 let. X LCD, Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Zivilprozess- und Zwangsvollstreckungsrecht, 2025, p.32 - 42

Switzerland Environment

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Kellerhals Carrard

German Board Of Directors In Switzerland - Social Security Hurdles

The Board of Directors in Switzerland has a special status in the relationship between Switzerland and Germany.

Switzerland Commercial

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CONVINUS

CONVINUS Global Mobility Alert - Week 49.2024

The Finnish authorities have announced that the decision on certain applications for residence permits will be suspended from 1 to 8 January 2025.

Worldwide Immigration

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CONVINUS

Corporate Governance Comparative Guide

Corporate Governance Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Switzerland, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

Switzerland Commercial

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Binder Rechtsanwälte KLG

Corporate Hot Topics – Updates In Jurisprudence Regarding Failure To Renew Board Members' Mandates In Swiss Corporations

In a recent decision, the Federal Tribunal reaffirmed that if not promptly renewed, the term of company directors automatically ends.

Switzerland Commercial

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Bär & Karrer

Pflichten des Verwaltungsrates betreffend Liquidität

Switzerland Commercial

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Bär & Karrer

No Tacit Extension Of The Term Of Office Of The Board Of Directors

Switzerland Commercial

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Vischer AG

Conflicts Of Interest – Best Practice In Swiss Boards Of Directors

Switzerland Commercial

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Lenz & Staehelin

CONVINUS Global Mobility Alert - Week 38.2024

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CONVINUS

Neues Aktienrecht: Ende Der Übergangsfrist Per 31. Dezember 2024 (Nr. 21)

Switzerland Commercial

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Vischer AG

SIX Exchange Regulation Publishes Guideline On Its Revised Directive On Regular Reporting Obligations

Switzerland Commercial

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Advestra AG

Corporate Governance 2024

Switzerland Commercial

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Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Les Hôpitaux Aux Urgences – La Procédure Concordataire Comme Possible Outil D'Assainissement

Switzerland Insolvency

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Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Important Decision On The Expiration Of Board Members' Term Of Office

Switzerland Commercial

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Bär & Karrer

Landmark Decision On Expiration Of Directors' Term Of Office

Switzerland Commercial

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Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Corporate Governance 2024

The principal forms of corporate organisations in Switzerland are the stock corporation (Aktiengesellschaft (AG)) and the limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH) or LLC).

Switzerland Commercial

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Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Les Hôpitaux Aux Urgences – La Procédure Concordataire Comme Possible Outil D'Assainissement

Le conseil d'administration, en tant qu'organe de direction suprême d'un hôpital organisé sous forme de société anonyme, est tenu d'examiner et, le cas échéant, si nécessaire, de prendre des mesures...

Switzerland Insolvency

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Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Important Decision On The Expiration Of Board Members' Term Of Office

In a landmark decision regarding the expiration of directors' term of office, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (FSC) held that the term of office of board members not only ends if no timely re-election occurs...

Switzerland Commercial

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Bär & Karrer

Landmark Decision On Expiration Of Directors' Term Of Office

Already in 2021, the Swiss Supreme Court determined that the term of office for the board of directors of a Swiss corporation ends six months following the end of the relevant business year...

Switzerland Commercial

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Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Swiss ESG Reporting Obligations: Key Takeaways After 2024 AGM Season

Switzerland Commercial

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Bär & Karrer

Non-Financial-Report Nach Dem OR: Pflichten Von Generalversammlung Und Verwaltungsrat

Neben der Genehmigung durch die Generalversammlung verlangt das Gesetz auch eine Genehmigung und Unterzeichnung durch den Verwaltungsrat als oberstes Leitungsorgan einer Aktiengesellschaft.

Switzerland Commercial

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MME

From Defense To Shareholder Engagement And Response Manual

A defense manual historically was meant to be primarily a toolkit for a listed company to address a situation of an unfriendly takeover.

Switzerland Commercial

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Advestra AG

SIX Exchange Regulation Revises The Rules On The Disclosure Of Management Transactions And Ad Hoc Publicity

SIX Exchange Regulation revised its Listing Rules to amend the rules on ad hoc publicity and reporting of management transactions alongside its Directive on the Disclosure...

Switzerland Commercial

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Advestra AG

Member Of The Board Of Directors Of A Swiss Company With Residence Abroad

A member of the board of directors is the highest supervisory and management body of the public limited company and either manages the business itself or delegates the management to third parties.

Switzerland Commercial

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CONVINUS

Nouveau Droit De La SA Et Établissements Financiers

Switzerland Commercial

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FBT Avocats SA

Revision Of The Swiss Corporate Law: Shareholders' Rights

Switzerland Commercial

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Altenburger

Shareholders' Rights & Shareholder Activism

Switzerland Commercial

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Bär & Karrer

Swiss Director Obligations: Why It Is Important To Get It Right

Worldwide Compliance

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Dixcart Group Limited

Swiss Corporate Law Reform: The Key Changes

Worldwide Commercial

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Dixcart Group Limited

Switzerland Commercial

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CONVINUS

The Advantages Of Switzerland As A Corporate Location

Worldwide Commercial

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Dixcart Group Limited

Corporate Governance Switzerland 2023

Switzerland Commercial

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Bär & Karrer

A Closer Look At The AGM Season 2023: Proxy Advisors And Their Revised Guidelines

Switzerland Commercial

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Advestra AG

Corporate Restructuring Under Revised Swiss Company Law

Switzerland Commercial

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Prager Dreifuss

SIX Publishes Framework For Swiss SPACs

Switzerland Commercial

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Advestra AG

Main Changes For The Upcoming AGM Season Set By Proxy Advisors

Switzerland Commercial

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Advestra AG

New ESG Rules In Switzerland: How To Mitigate The Risk Of Criminal Liability

Switzerland Commercial

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Bär & Karrer

Corporate Governance In Switzerland - New ESG Rules In Switzerland: How To Mitigate The Risk Of Criminal Liability

Switzerland Commercial

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Bär & Karrer

New ESG Due Diligence And Reporting Obligations

Switzerland Commercial

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Bär & Karrer

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Switzerland - Company Incorporation

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Genshape Management Limited

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