Switzerland: Shareholders

The decision removes legal uncertainty and will be helpful to structure and implement pre-pack and other asset disposal transactions under time pressure.

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En réponse aux standards internationaux en matière de lutte contre le blanchiment d’argent et le financement du terrorisme, la Suisse introduit la loi fédérale sur la transparence des personnes morales et l’identification des ayants droit économiques (LTPM). La LTPM remplacera les obligations (internes) actuelles d’annonce et de tenue de registre relatives à l’ayant droit économique.

Overview of Swiss corporate governance in 2026, including AG vs GmbH, board structure, shareholder rights, ESG duties, activism trends and key legal developments.

An overview on the new centralized register of beneficial owners, which shall be implemented in the second half of 2026. Andrea Ziswiler and Rocco Rigozzi explain the background of the new register...

In June 2022, the Investor and Orange Wings B.V. (Orange Wings) invested EUR 1 million for a 30% stake in a company that has been anonymised...

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.

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.

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)...