Switzerland: Charges, Mortgages, Indemnities

FINMA published its Risk Monitor 2025 on 17 November 2025 (Risk Monitor), in which it identifies the following nine principal risks as "high": (i) risks in connection with real estate and mortgages...

In their latest publication, Clément Bouvier and Luca Bozzo provide a practical overview of the key legal challenges and solutions shaping this fast-growing market.

Andrea Ziswiler and Rocco Rigozzi provided an overview with respect to the financial consequences when a fixed-rate mortgage has been terminated by the borrower prior to its ordinary termination date.

Private M&A transactions are governed by the Swiss Code of Obligations, primarily the section on purchase agreements.

Prior to deciding to go public, the directors of a company, whether a corporation, limited partnership, or other entity, must weigh the advantages of going public against the disadvantages. After initial consideration of the traditional elements to be weighed in deciding whether to go public, this Essay explores the recently enacted Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and describes how the Act impacts this decision, with special focus on small and emerging companies.

On February 15, 2004, the Swiss Federal Council has released for comments the draft Federal Act on Collective Investment Schemes ("CISA" or the "Act") meant to replace and supersede the Swiss Federal Act on Investment Funds ("IFA").