Finance Law and Banking Law

Legal finance partnerships are tested not at the point of capital deployment, but during the complex, multi-year enforcement phase where judgments and arbitral awards must be converted into recoverable assets. This requires more than funding—it demands endurance, cross-border expertise, and patient capital that remains aligned throughout the entire recovery process, navigating procedural challenges, asset tracing, and evolving strategies across jurisdictions.

Should your company pursue a stock market listing or remain private? This analysis examines how public and private capital markets have fundamentally shifted over the past two decades, exploring the strategic implications for entrepreneurs, board members, and CFOs navigating M&A transactions, financing decisions, and exit strategies.

In a decision designated for publication, the Swiss Federal Tribunal has confirmed that a bank operating on an execution-only basis is not required to remit distribution commissions to its client — resolving a question the Court had previously left open and offering the clearest guidance to date on where the duty to account ends in non-advisory relationships.