Switzerland: Shareholders

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En réponse aux standards internationaux en matière de lutte contre le blanchiment d’argent et le financement du terrorisme, la Suisse introduit la loi fédérale sur la transparence des personnes morales et l’identification des ayants droit économiques (LTPM). La LTPM remplacera les obligations (internes) actuelles d’annonce et de tenue de registre relatives à l’ayant droit économique.

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An overview on the new centralized register of beneficial owners, which shall be implemented in the second half of 2026. Andrea Ziswiler and Rocco Rigozzi explain the background of the new register...

In June 2022, the Investor and Orange Wings B.V. (Orange Wings) invested EUR 1 million for a 30% stake in a company that has been anonymised...

Swiss stock corporations with limited audit requirements may waive audits with shareholder consent through an "Opting-Out" mechanism. New regulations effective January 2025 restrict this waiver to future financial years only, prompting the Federal Commercial Registry Office to issue clarifying guidance on implementation procedures and timing requirements.

The entrepreneurial journey is full of surprises, and progressing "according to plan" can sound like an oxymoron. Nevertheless, a flexible plan helps founders anticipate potential scenarios rather than merely react to them.

For acquisitions of enterprises and M&A transactions (e.g. share or asset deals), the key source of law is the Swiss Code of Obligations (CO). Since the provisions of the CO (e.g. in the sales law)...

The regulatory environment in Switzerland to date continues to be investor-friendly for the following three main reasons: (i) limited investment restrictions (a notable exception being...