Laura Mizrahi
Ivan Bruhin
Amendment of the Federal Act on Data Protection (DPA)
The revised Data Protection Act (nDPA) and its implementing ordinances, the ordinance on data protection (DPO) and the ordinance on data protection certifications (DPCO), will enter into force on September 1, 2023. The revised provisions shall be implemented prior to this date, as there is no transitional period from its entry into force. I. Introduction […]
Gabrielle Kraus
Anil Nair
Entry into force of revised Swiss corporate law
The revised corporate law provisions applicable to companies limited by shares entered into force on January 1, 2023. The revised provisions apply to newly incorporated companies as well as to existing companies. The revised law grants existing companies a two-years period to amend their articles of association (AoA) or any internal regulations. Among the many […]
COVID-19 Updates : hardship situations (as of January 2021)
As part of the measures to support Swiss companies due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Federal Council adopted on November 25, 2020, an ordinance governing the details of the hardship support program of the Swiss government and the cantons. Said ordinance was amended twice, first in December 2020 and then in January 2021, easing the […]
COVID-19 Updates : Hardship situations
As part of the measures to support Swiss companies due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Federal Council adopted on November 25, 2020, an ordinance governing the details of the hardship support program of the Swiss government and the cantons. In a nutshell, the ordinance regulates how federal funds are distributed among the cantons and defines […]
Upcoming entry into force of the revised Swiss corporate law
On November 23, 2016, the Federal Council submitted to the Swiss Parliament a draft bill aiming at modernizing Swiss corporate law. Said revised law was finally adopted on June 19, 2020, after several years of parliamentary debates. The referendum deadline having expired on October 8, 2020, the Swiss corporate law reform (the Reform) is now […]
COVID-19 Update: AVS and commercial lease
While the process of easing the measures against the COVID-19 outbreak becomes clearer with a reopening of all shops contemplated on May 11, 2020, new measures have been added to those measures already presented in our April Newsletter (Newsletter – April 2020.pdf). AVS The Swiss Federal Council decided to waive to charge any default interest […]