Switzerland: Constitutional & Administrative Law

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Switzerland's new investment screening regime introduces targeted oversight of foreign state-controlled investments in sensitive sectors. While maintaining an open investment environment, the framework establishes approval requirements for acquisitions by foreign state investors in defense, critical infrastructure, and strategic technology sectors, with exemptions for EU/EEA countries.

Switzerland introduces a targeted foreign investment screening regime focused on state-controlled investors acquiring businesses in sensitive sectors. The Investment Screening Act (IPG) and Investment Screening Ordinance (IPV) establish approval requirements for foreign state investors targeting critical infrastructure, defense technologies, and strategic industries, while maintaining Switzerland's traditionally open investment environment for private investors.

It is perhaps appropriate that our first article on Switzerland for the Mondaq Asset Recovery Newsfeed is devoted to commenting on a recent Federal Court ruling dealing with the post-Brexit application of the Lugano Convention to the enforcement in Switzerland of a UK judgment made in 2019.

One of the consequences of Brexit is that the bilateral Agreement on the Free Movements of Persons between Switzerland and the EU no longer applies to the UK as from 1st January 2021.

Our first blog post detailed the new popular initiative, "For responsible large businesses- protecting human rights and the environment"...

The Swiss government has specified annual quotas for EU/EFTA service providers and third-country specialists. There is a separate quota for UK nationals in 2021 following the Brexit transition.

Notion de marché public: importance de la distinction entre patrimoine administratif et patrimoine financier de l'Etat.

Begriff des öffentlichen Auftrags im Vergaberecht: Bedeutung der Unterscheidung zwischen Verwaltungs- und Finanzvermögen des Staates