Suchergebnisse für sachliche Zuständigkeit

Relative Marktmacht – gerichtliche Sicht

The amendment 2021 of the Swiss Federal Act on Cartels and other Restraints of Competition provides in the new article 4 section 2^bis a concretizing definition of market power as follows: “An undertaking with relative market power is an undertaking on which other undertakings are dependent for the supply of or demand for goods or services in such a way that there are no adequate and reasonable…

Revision des Kartellgesetzes: Braucht die Schweiz neue Schwellenwerte oder einen Systemwechsel im Fusionskontrollrecht?

The Swiss merger control is under review. The draft for a partial revision of the Cartels Act proposes the transition from the Swiss dominance test to the internationally recognized SIEC test. This is to be welcomed. More significant in practice, however, are the disproportionately high thresholds for merger reviews in Switzerland. The following article recommends examining whether, in…

Wissen, Nichtwissen und Wissenmüssen von natürlichen und juristischen Personen

Many statutory or contractual provisions’ legal con­sequences depend on whether the addressee knew or should have known a fact. Thus, the question of what natural or legal persons know is of paramount im­por­tance. This paper defines the three key terms “knowledge”, “lack of knowledge”, and “knowledge that one should have had”. Also, it examines under which conditions a third party’s knowledge…

Die Praxis des Jahres 2021 im Übernahmerecht

Dieser Beitrag bespricht die Praxis der Übernahmekommission (UEK) des Jahres 2021. Die UEK erliess dabei im Rahmen von 14 Verfahren insgesamt 16 Ver­fügungen.

Möglichkeiten zur rechtsgeschäftlichen Begründung von Sicherungsrechten an Kryptowährungen als unkörperliche Gegenstände sui generis unter geltendem Recht

Cryptocurrencies and related financial instruments have become very popular. In addition to the purchase of real cryptocurrencies, several exchange traded products are offered on SIX and other exchanges that track the change in value of the underlying cryptocurrencies. Such adoption in the financial market and, in particular, the obligation to provide legally enforceable collateral in favor of…