Switzerland: Corporate/Commercial Law

Bär & Karrer, a Swiss law firm, provides comprehensive legal and business solutions. Contact their Zurich office for expert assistance with legal advice, business inquiries, and professional services tailored to your needs.

Distressed transactions have become common in the Swiss M&A landscape. An important piece in the Swiss restructuring toolbox is the sale of some or all of the business with the approval of the restructuring court during a composition moratorium (Nachlassstundung), a so-called pre-pack transaction.

Ralph Imoberdorf and Riccardo Geiser are partners at Altenburger specializing in Corporate and M&A as well as Commercial Contracts law. Their practice areas encompass complex corporate transactions...

Bär & Karrer, a Swiss law firm, provides comprehensive legal and business solutions. Contact their Zurich office for expert assistance with legal advice, business inquiries, and professional services tailored to your needs.

Als Reaktion auf internationale Standards zur Bekämpfung von Geldwäscherei und Terrorismusfinanzierung führt die Schweiz das Bundesgesetz über die Transparenz juristi scher Personen und die Identifikation der wirtschaftlich berechtigten Personen (TJPG) ein.

The Swiss government has opened consultation on draft amendments to the Code of Obligations that would require companies to disclose when they engage proxy advisory firms. This proposed transparency regime addresses conflicts of interest in a market dominated by ISS and Glass Lewis, where proxy advisors influence significant percentages of votes at Swiss annual general meetings while remaining largely unregulated under current Swiss law.

Switzerland continues to attract internationally mobile professionals, entrepreneurs, and investors, drawn by its political stability, strong legal framework, and favourable tax environment.

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.

The jurisdiction of Switzerland offers numerous advantages.

Bär & Karrer, a Swiss law firm, provides comprehensive legal and business solutions. Contact their Zurich office for expert assistance with legal advice, business inquiries, and professional services tailored to your needs.

On 3 June 2026, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA published Guidance 03/2026 on risks associated with the use of products in individual portfolio management following an increased number of escalation cases under article 17 of the Financial Institutions Act ("FinIA"; SR 954.1), with 68 cases opened in 2025 (2024: 34; 2023: 9).

The decision removes legal uncertainty and will be helpful to structure and implement pre-pack and other asset disposal transactions under time pressure.