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Baker & McKenzie, Prager Dreifuss and Schellenberg Wittmer size up the key issues in the Swiss legal market, including tax liabilities for UK residents with Swiss bank accounts, the overhaul of the Insurance Contract Act and the introduction of a new ...
13 Jan 2012 | 00:00 | 
Bargaining chips - the new Swiss plea bargain
Schellenberg Wittmer’s Paul Gully-Hart and Joel Pahud outline the rules of a new simplified form of plea bargain introduced with the unification of Swiss criminal procedure rules
13 Jan 2012 | 00:00 |
A shrinking world for evaders
UK residents with Swiss bank accounts must disclose their UK tax liabilities or pay a witholding tax. Baker & McKenzie’s Ashley Crossley discusses the impact of the high profile move against tax evasion
13 Jan 2012 | 00:00 |
Insuring success - the overhaul of Switzerland's Insurance Contract Act
With more money spent per head on insurance premiums in Switzerland than any other country, the first overhaul of Switzerland’s Insurance Contract Act in 100 years is causing much discussion, say Christian Lang and Zsuzsanna Kunszt
13 Jan 2012 | 00:00 |
Cleary, Simpson Thacher field City teams on $2.1bn France Telecom sale
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett's London offices have taken lead roles on France Telecom's proposed $2.1bn (£1.4bn) sale of its Orange Switzerland mobile phone business to Apax Partners, reports The Am Law Daily. Lo...
10 Jan 2012 | 11:54 |
Taxing questions - the new Anglo-Swiss tax accord
Private client lawyers will have been paying close attention to the historic tax agreement between the UK and Swiss governments, which was signed on 24 August. There are a number of interesting and potentially controversial elements to the deal. So...
15 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
A safe haven? The post-crisis health of Switzerland's finance industry
Viewed from the outside, Switzerland looks like a rocky island in a stormy sea of financial distress. The unemployment rate is only 4.4% compared with 9.1% in the US and the national budget closed in 2010 with a surplus, a sharp contrast to the situat...
15 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
Switzerland
Switzerland's takeover law, finance sector and the new Anglo-Swiss tax accord
15 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
Competing interests - controversies over Swiss corporate takeovers
One of the key principles spanning Swiss takeover law is the protection of offeree shareholders’ financial interests. To achieve this it is essential that shareholders are treated equally and that their freedom of decision is preserved. Swiss takeo...
15 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
Farrers secures Zurich presence with temporary office initiative
Farrer & Co has opened for business in Zurich with the launch of a temporary presence in the Swiss city. The firm began operating out of serviced offices in the centre of Zurich in early June, with the initiative led by private client partner Nick ...
21 Jun 2011 | 10:03 |
Speechly goes international with launches in Luxembourg and Zurich
Speechly Bircham is set to launch in Luxembourg and Zurich, handing the London firm its first international presence. The Luxembourg office opened today (1 June) with the double hire of Francoise Pfeiffer, who joins as a partner from her own indepe...
01 Jun 2011 | 15:01 |
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Novartis taps Swiss law firm to appoint new general counsel
Pharmaceutical giant Novartis has appointed veteran Swiss lawyer Felix Ehrat as its new general counsel as current head Thomas Werlen steps down. Ehrat, currently the senior partner with Swiss law firm Baer & Karrer, will take up the role from Octo...
19 Apr 2011 | 10:52 |
Closer ties - a new era for Switzerland's law firms?
The Swiss legal market is so well established and its clients so well served by large and reputable local firms operating within an entirely stable and predictable regime that the country often falls below international firms’ radar – but not so o...
14 Mar 2011 | 15:05 |
Minority report - shareholders in Swiss companies find their voice
Many Swiss-listed companies are controlled by a major shareholder or a shareholder group, quite often by a family. While most of these companies are only of mid-size, there are also some quite large companies, including Roche and Swatch, to which this...
14 Mar 2011 | 15:03 |
Withers to open up new base in Zurich
Withers is set to launch an office in Zurich in response to increasing client demand in the region. The Zurich office - which will be the firm's ninth base around the world - will launch in April this year, with Geneva tax partner Judith Ingham rel...
24 Jan 2011 | 11:17 |
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