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Switzerland Government

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Bär & Karrer

ESG In Switzerland: Regulatory Developments And Practical Implications

ESG expectations are increasingly shaping the Swiss legal and regulatory landscape, with significant implications for financial institutions and multinational organisations operating in or through Switzerland.

Switzerland Commercial

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Loyens & Loeff

Deal-Ticker: Spitäler Schaffhausen Secures CHF 160 Million Financing For Development

Kellerhals Carrard advised Spitäler Schaffhausen on a complex financing transaction involving a CHF 60 million subordinated credit agreement with Canton Schaffhausen and a CHF 100 million syndicated credit facility led by Zürcher Kantonalbank. The transaction enables the hospital to finance the renewal and development of its infrastructure following voter approval in a 2025 referendum.

Switzerland Finance

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Kellerhals Carrard

In Brief: Swiss Supreme Court Denies Post-Finance Debanking

In a ruling the Federal Supreme Court has held in 4A_454/2025 of 3rd March 2026 that PostFinance cannot refuse basic payment services to a client solely on the basis of US and UK sanctions designations where the client does not appear on any Swiss sanctions list.

Switzerland International

SKANDAMIS AVOCATS

Enforcement Is Where Legal Finance Is Truly Tested

Switzerland Finance

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Omni Bridgeway

Stock Market Or Private Capital? How Public And Private Markets Are Shifting, And What It Means For Your Next Deal

Switzerland Finance

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LINDEMANNLAW

In Brief: Swiss Federal Tribunal Backs Bank On Execution-Only Retrocessions

Switzerland Finance

SKANDAMIS AVOCATS

Stricter Capital Rules For UBS Miss The Real Issue

Worldwide Finance

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LINDEMANNLAW

New Rules For Swiss Banks Serving EU Customers

Switzerland Finance

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Loyens & Loeff

Geldmarkt-Apéro der Schweizerischen Nationalbank

Switzerland Finance

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Kellerhals Carrard

Cloud Or On-premise? Four Factors For Payments Providers To Consider

Switzerland Finance

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AlixPartners

Too-big-to-fail Reforms: Federal Council Adopts Dispatch And Amends The Capital Adequacy Ordinance

Switzerland Finance

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Advestra AG

Tax In Distressed Situations Switzerland

Switzerland Tax

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Loyens & Loeff

Advestra Advises UBS Switzerland AG And The Other Members Of The Banking Syndicate On The CHF 100 Million Financing Provided To Gasverbund Mittelland AG

Switzerland Finance

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Advestra AG

Counting Schengen Days For Switzerland: How 90/180 Overstays Still Happen

Switzerland Immigration

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Richmond Chambers Immigration Barristers

Le Nouveau Registre Suisse De Transparence – Aperçu

Switzerland Commercial

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Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Data Protection & Cybersecurity In Switzerland 2026: A Country Comparative Guide

Switzerland Privacy

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Bär & Karrer

How Much Does Swiss Lump-Sum Taxation Really Cost?

Switzerland Tax

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Richmond Chambers Immigration Barristers

The Swiss Disruption Landscape In 2026: Consumer Products & Retail

Switzerland Strategy

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AlixPartners

ESG Desk Newsletter: Avoiding Climate-washing, Key Points For Practice

Statements such as "CO₂-neutral", "net-zero" or "sustainable" are increasingly under scrutiny. With the recent implementation guidance published by the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment...

Switzerland Commercial

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Kellerhals Carrard

PSD3 And PSR – Implementation And Implications For The Swiss FinTech Industry

As a third country, Switzerland is obliged neither by a bilateral nor by a multilateral agreement to transpose EU secondary law in the field of financial services. The bilateral agreements between Switzerland and the EU do not contain a market access agreement for financial services. PSD3 and PSR will therefore have no direct effect in Switzerland. Swiss payment service providers are primarily governed by Swiss law

Switzerland Technology

RUGGLE Partner

Private Credit's Rise And The Expanding Role Of Debt Advisory

Traditional bank lending no longer dominates the middle-market capital landscape. Over the past decade, private credit has evolved into a significant and increasingly sophisticated source of financing for privately...

Switzerland Finance

GGI Global Alliance

Five × Five: Middle East Developments Driving Capital Reallocation Toward Stable Jurisdictions

The escalating conflict in the Middle East — triggered by U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and subsequent Iranian attacks on Gulf states in early March 2026 — has set in motion...

Switzerland Wealth Mgt

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LINDEMANNLAW

The Berne Financial Services Agreement Between Switzerland And The United Kingdom: Overview And Key Takeaways

Switzerland Finance

SKANDAMIS AVOCATS

Transparency Of Legal Entities And Enhanced Obligations For Advisors: A New Regulatory Era

Switzerland Finance

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Bär & Karrer

The Swiss Disruption Landscape In 2026

Switzerland Commercial

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AlixPartners

The Swiss Passporting Regimefor Foreign Prospectuses

Switzerland Commercial

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Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

The Swiss Investment Advisory Model: A Practical Route To Managing Luxembourg Funds

European Union Finance

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Loyens & Loeff

The Swiss Federal Supreme Court Rules On The Duty To Hand Over Retrocessions And Distribution Fees To Clients In Execution-Only Relationships

Switzerland Finance

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Advestra AG

Das Schweizerische Bundesgericht entscheidet über die Pflicht zur Herausgabe von Retrozessionen und Vertriebsgebühren an Kunden bei Execution-Only-Beziehungen

Switzerland Finance

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Advestra AG

Credit Suisse AT1 Bonds: Federal Supreme Court To Review FINMA Write-Off (Video)

Switzerland Finance

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LINDEMANNLAW

Open Banking And Open Finance In Switzerland

Switzerland Finance

RUGGLE Partner

Vernehmlassung TJPV

Switzerland Finance

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Bär & Karrer

Das Schweizerische Bundesgericht entscheidet über die Pflicht zur Herausgabe von Retrozessionen und Vertriebsgebühren an Kunden bei Execution-Only-Beziehungen

In dieser Ausgabe von Advestra Insights besprechen wir einen kürzlich ergangenen Entscheid des Schweizerischen Bundesgerichts (4A_149/2025 vom 12. Januar 2026), der die Behandlung...

Switzerland Finance

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Advestra AG

Credit Suisse AT1 Bonds: Federal Supreme Court To Review FINMA Write-Off (Video)

As mentioned in an article in the FuW: The write-off of Additional Tier 1 (AT1) bonds issued by Credit Suisse remains one of the most controversial aspects of the bank's emergency rescue in March 2023.

Switzerland Finance

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LINDEMANNLAW

Open Banking And Open Finance In Switzerland

Regulatory Restraint, Legal Complexity and Strategic Positioning...

Switzerland Finance

RUGGLE Partner

Vernehmlassung TJPV

Stellungnahme von Bär & Karrer zum Entwurf der Verordnung über die Transparenz juristischer Personen (TJPV) sowie zur Teilrevision der Geldwäschereiverordnung (GwV). Bär & Karrer begrüsst den Entwurf grundsätzlich...

Switzerland Finance

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Bär & Karrer

Retrocessions – Supreme Court Confirms No Duty To Return Retrocessions In Execution Only Relationships

Switzerland Finance

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Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Vernehmlassung FINIG

Stellungnahme von Bär & Karrer zum Entwurf zur Änderung des Finanzinstitutsgesetzes (FINIG). Bär & Karrer begrüsst den Entwurf sowie insbesondere die Einführung der zwei neuen Bewilligungskategorien für Zahlungsmittelinstitute und Krypto-Institute grundsätzlich. Im Detail regt Bär & Karrer an, der FINMA bei der sinngemässen Anwendung der Vorschriften zu ausländisch beherrschten Banken und zur Gruppenaufsicht mehr Ermessensspielraum einzuräumen, um die geringere Risikoexposition dieser neuen Institute angemessen berücksichtigen zu können.

Switzerland Technology

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Bär & Karrer

Swiss Alternative Investments Forum 2026 - "Resilience, Sovereignty And New Asset Classes In Dialogue"

On 4 February 2026, the Swiss Alternative Investments Forum convened leading voices from capital markets, energy, real estate, venture capital and other alternative asset classes at the Zunfthaus zur Zimmerleuten in Zurich.

Switzerland Finance

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LINDEMANNLAW

Neue Schweizer Regulierung für Stablecoins und KryptoDienstleister

Der Schweizer Gesetzgeber schlägt eine Lösung vor für in der Schweiz ausgegebene Stablecoins, die eine staatliche Währung referenzieren. Emittenten solcher Instrumente sollen von...

Switzerland Technology

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Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Debanking: A Global Issue, A Swiss Perspective

Debanking first began reaching an international audience in 2023 as the British politician Nigel Farage revealed that his long-standing banker, had decided to abruptly close his accounts and show him the way out.

Switzerland Finance

SKANDAMIS AVOCATS

Swiss Transparency Register – New Regime, New Obligations

Switzerland Commercial

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Altenburger

The EU Withdrawal Button Is Coming: New Rules And What Retailers Must Change

European Union Consumer

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Logan & Partners

Digital Onboarding Revisited - FINMA Proposes Amendments To Its Circular On Video- And Online Identification

Switzerland Finance

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Loyens & Loeff

Collective Investment Schemes

Switzerland Finance

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Bär & Karrer

Navigating FinTech Regulation In Europe: A Strategic Guide For Cross-Border Compliance

Switzerland Technology

RUGGLE Partner

Switzerland Lowers Maximum Interest Rates On Consumer Credit: Legal And Economic Implications From 1 January 2026

Switzerland Consumer

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Loyens & Loeff

EU - UK - Swiss Stock Exchange Equivalence: Legal And Tax Implications

European Union Finance

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Loyens & Loeff

FinTech Comparative Guide

Switzerland Technology

RUGGLE Partner

Le Berne Financial Services Agreement (BFSA) Entre La Suisse Et Le Royaume-Uni

Switzerland Finance

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Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

The Berne Financial Services Agreement (BFSA) Between Switzerland And The UK

Worldwide Finance

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Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Das Berne Financial Services Agreement (BFSA) zwischen der Schweiz und dem Vereinigten Königreich

Switzerland Finance

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Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

The UK-Swiss Berne Financial Services Agreement: Convergence Of Two Major Financial Markets

Switzerland Finance

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Loyens & Loeff

Gift Cards And The Swiss Money Laundering Act: Key Considerations

Switzerland Government

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Vischer AG

Legislative And Regulatory Updates For 2026

Switzerland Finance

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Borel & Barbey

Das Risiko der faktischen Organschaft bei beaufsichtigten Finanzinstituten

Switzerland Finance

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Kellerhals Carrard

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NEWSLETTER Du 9 Au 20 Juin 2025 | N° 107

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NEWSLETTER Du 12 Mai Au 23 Mai 2025 | N° 105

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Newsletter Du 15 Au 19 Juillet 2024 | N° 83

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Newsletter du 8 au 12 juillet 2024 | n° 82

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Newsletter Du 6 Mai Au 10 Mai 2024 | N° 74

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NEWSLETTER Du 12 Février Au 23 Février 2024 | N° 66

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Newsletter Du 28 Au 29 Décembre 2023 | N° 61

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Newsletter Du 11 Au 22 Décembre 2023 | N° 59

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Newsletter du 4 au 15 septembre 2023 | n° 48

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Newsletter Du 26 Au 30 Juin 2023 | N° 38

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