Switzerland

Georgia Tuxford

Switzerland’s legal market faces similar reversals to the world at large: regulatory shifts, geopolitical flux and technological advancements are keeping…

Georgia Tuxford

In the words of Patrik Peyer, managing partner of Niederer Kraft Frey (NKF): ‘As the Swiss legal market confronts these…

Guest Blog

What amendments or additions to Swiss ESG laws have been introduced in the past year, and how are these expected…

Guest Blog

Dr Vera Naegeli and Marie-Cristine Kaptan discuss the evolving ESG legal field in Switzerland and how companies can abide by…

Edgar Tate

2022 brought fresh challenges for the Swiss market, given the widespread instability in the global economy. Despite strong consumer spending…

Guest Blog

The ever-changing legal and economic environment for insurers calls for experts with a solid background and comprehensive expertise in the…

Edgar Tate

At the beginning of 2022, with the pandemic finally receding into recent memory, commentators would have been forgiven for foreseeing…

Guest Blog

Insolvency and restructuring proceedings are intricate and complex. Practitioners must be able to combine legal knowledge, in particular in the…

Christina Detsch

When the world went into lockdown in March/ April 2020, everyone expected the worst for the economy: market crashes, sky-rocketing…

Christina Detsch

Switzerland is often singled out as the prime model for a stable economy – apart from a temporary blip in…

Dominic Carman

After delivering his keynote address at this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, President Trump immediately left to catch the…

Guest Blog

State court litigation and private arbitration proceedings require practitioners to combine legal thoroughness and the management of evidence with strategic…

Dominic Carman

As the eurozone economy slows down after six years of uninterrupted growth, Switzerland is an anxious spectator. Amid increased concerns…

Dominic Carman

Switzerland has not been in a foreign conflict since 1815 when its neutrality was first established by the Treaty of…

Dominic Carman

Switzerland is changing. Among the country’s traditionally-minded law firms, conservatism is in decline, fuelled by a greater appetite for domestic…

Dominic Carman

‘In our worldwide business, the volume of mergers is at a record high. However, in Switzerland we can talk about…

Helen Mooney

When even that most venerable of Swiss industries, watch-making, comes under threat, you know the country has a problem. But…

Julian Matteucci

While historically relatively untouched by the globalisation of legal services, international firms have continued their recent surge into Switzerland, with…

Legal Business

In most markets, it wouldn’t qualify as news but in the conservative Swiss legal community, the creation last April of…

Legal Business

As an exporting country, Switzerland is not immune to the general crisis and slow down of growth in the rest…