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Cloud Services Law site - Country Comparison Tool
22 December 2020BianchiSchwald has collaborated with Bird&Bird to produce the Switzerland chapter for the twoBirds Cloud Services Law Site. The Cloud Services Law Site provides concise answers to a range of legal issues associated with cloud service provision on a country by country basis, via a Country Comparison Tool. Cloud services are inherently non-geographical but are subject to legal rules on a country-by-country basis. This leads to complexities in understanding the legal environment that apply to cloud services provision.
The Cloud Services Law Site considers issues of applicable law, consumer protection, data protection, data portability, intellectual property, liability, ownership of data, security, and the use of the cloud by the public sector.
It also aims to give a comparative approach to commonly asked legal questions in these fields for the 18 featured countries.
21 December 2020
Latest contribution of Dominique Christin in l'AGEFI
Within the AGEFI's monthly Supplément "Indices", Dominique Christin examines whether hybrid energy saving costs are tax deductible.
Revision of the Swiss public procurement law
16 December 2020In Switzerland, the revised public procurement law will enter into force on 1 January 2021. It essentially implements the revised WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA 2012) and leads to the standardization of the procurement regulations on the federal as well as the cantonal level. The revision is intended to ensure that sustainability and anti-corruption criteria are included in public tenders.
15 December 2020
The Casacuberta family acquired Hôtel Beau-Rivage SA Genève
The Spanish family Casacuberta, from Barcelona, has just acquired Hôtel Beau-Rivage SA Genève, a company which owns and operates the prestigious palace Hôtel Beau-Rivage on the lake shores in Center Geneva. Hôtel Beau-Rivage was owned by the Mayer Family since its establishment in 1865.
A team of our firm, led by partners Yves de Coulon (head of Real Estate) and Hélène Weidmann (M&A), including Blaise Lambelet (director/finance and controlling), Daima Vuilleumier (associate/M&A), Patrick Ocak (senior associate/employment law), Thierry Burnens (senior associate/IT, IP and Data protection), and Gilles Dubuis (associate/M&A), advised the Casacuberta Family - a long standing client - in this transaction.
Satina acquired by Audacia Holding - BianchiSchwald advised the Seller
14 December 2020The private shareholder of Satina Communication SA and Satina International SA, specialised in the IT and telecommunication services, sold his stake to Audacia Holding SA.
BianchiSchwald has advised the seller on the transaction. The team was led by Hélène Weidmann (Partner, M&A) and included Norbert Schenk (Senior Associate, M&A), Stéphanie Fuld ( Parner, Employment Law) and Patrick Ocak (Senior Associate, Employment Law).
Les pouvoirs d'investigation des chargés d'enquêtes FINMA
10 December 2020In his latest article relating to two recent judgments rendered by the Public Law Court of the Federal Tribunal (TF 2C_771/2019 and 2C_790/2019), Thierry Amy analyses the scope of the inquiry powers as well as the admissible evidences collected by the investigators appointed by the FINMA during the preliminary investigation phase of an enforcement procedure, and the difficulty for the persons or entities subject to the supervision of the FINMA to assess the risks of such a procedure, and thus to use their rights properly.