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BianchiSchwald's evening event of 5 July 2022 in Zurich was a success. Together with experienced professionals we held a vivid panel discussion on selected aspects to be considered when contemplating the sale of a company.

Many thanks to all participants and especially to our speakers Philipp Berner, Christoph Blanke, Philipp Frey, Nils Granath and Oliver Streuli for sharing their valuable insights.

Members of our team in Zurich and Bern have contributed a publication on public procurement in Switzerland in Lexology's Getting The Deal Through series. Link to the publication by Marc Metzger, Stipe Jozic, and Norbert Schenk:

Within the AGEFI’s supplement "Indices”, Alexandra Schuvalov examines the recent developments and concerns raised around the contemplated regulatory framework in relation to crypto-assets at EU level. Deemed too limiting, the draft regulations seem to impose regulatory restrictions that do not exist for other sectors or industries.

VASS, a leading European IT consulting company focusing on digitalization headquartered in Spain and currently present in 25 countries worldwide, has acquired One Inside, an IT consulting firm specializing in Adobe technology integration and implementation with a team of over 70 expert technology professionals at five locations. With the acquisition, VASS enters the Swiss market and reinforces its positioning in the DACH region.

BianchiSchwald advised VASS in this transaction as lead counsel with a team consisting of Stefan Scherrer, Stipe Jozic and Pascal Huwyler (all Corporate and M&A), Sébastien Maury (Tax), and Thierry Burnens (Intellectual Property and Data Protection).

In der aktuellen Ausgabe der Zeitschrift "Recht relevant. für Verwaltungsräte" (2/2022, 8 ff.) behandeln Andreas Suter und Fabian Akeret das Thema "Die qualifizierte elektronische Signatur in der VR-Praxis". Die qualifizierte elektronische Signatur ist der handschriftlichen Signatur gleichgestellt und ermöglicht die effiziente digitale Unterzeichnung von Verträgen, VR- und GV-Protokollen. Bei der Auswahl eines Anbieters für qualifizierte elektronische Signaturen ist jedoch Vorsicht geboten. Die Autoren zeigen in diesem Artikel die hierbei zu beachtenden Punkte kurzgefasst und verständlich auf.

Der Beitrag ist auf der Website von "Recht relevant. für Verwaltungsräte" (https://bit.ly/3asoIa8) und auf Swisslex (https://bit.ly/3m7Csd8) online abrufbar.

Members of our Corporate | M&A team in Zurich have contributed a publication on corporate governance in Switzerland in Lexology's Getting The Deal Through series. Link to the publication by Thomas Schmid, Stefan Scherrer, Norbert Schenk and Fabian Akeret: