Suchergebnisse für cession

Die Modernisierung des schweizerischen Abtretungsrechts –Bemerkungen zum Zessionsrecht im OR 2020

The draft for a new General Part of the Swiss Code of Obligations presented by law professors in 2013 includes interesting proposals for a revision of the Swiss assignment law. Following a number of international and foreign precedents, the draft suggests to restrict the effects of contractual no-assignment clauses to the relationship between the debtor and the creditor/assignor, a reform which…

Conference Proceedings

This year’s annual conference of the University Research Priority Program (URPP) Financial Market Regulation¹ – the third in the history of the URPP – was devoted to “International Aspects of Financial Regulation: Competition vs. Coordination” and took place at the University of Zurich on June 1 and 2, 2015. In line with the URPP’s interdisciplinary approach, the conference program blended…

Das schweizerische Bankprivatrecht 2014–2015/Le droit bancaire privé suisse 2014–2015

Während sich auf der politischen Bühne langsam eine gewisse Entspannung rund um die unversteuerten Gelder auf Schweizer Bankkonten abzeichnet, ist die Rechtsprechung der vergangenen Berichtsperiode…

Publicité des participations et principe de légalité – Mythe ou réalité ?

Instances in which non-compliance with financial regu­lations can give rise to a criminal liability are on the rise. This creates a tension between the need for flex­i­bility in the implementation of financial laws and the requirement that behaviours that may give rise to a criminal conviction be clearly defined by law. The rules on disclosure of shareholdings in listed companies are an example…

Développements du droit suisse des OPA

This survey of Swiss takeover law focuses on some of the most interesting recent transactions, which are discussed under three aspects : material and territorial scope of the law ; companies which have opted out of mandatory offer for shareholders who pass the 33⅓ % threshold ; and share buy back programs. We also discuss the controversial issue whether a bidder may subject its offer to a…

Éditorial | Editorial

Ce deuxième numéro de l’année est principalement consacré au droit bancaire. La diversité des sujets traités reflète un thème central, une grande préoccupation des intermédiaires financiers et de…

L’extension du système de lutte contre le blanchiment d’argent aux infractions fiscales : Much Ado About (Almost) Nothing

On December 14, 2014, the Swiss Federal Parliament enacted a revision of the Swiss money laundering legislation in order to comply with the Recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force, as revised in February 2012. One of the issues addressed by the Act is the definition of new predicate offences relating to direct and indirect taxes. The discussion of this issue was controversial from the…

Das Gesellschaftsrecht 2014/Le droit des sociétés 2014

Das hervorstechende Ereignis im Berichtsjahr ist die schnelle und umfassende Konsolidierung der business judgement rule in der bundesgerichtlichen Rechtsprechung zur Organverantwortlichkeit (I.1)…