10.09.2024

Newsletter september 2024

Geneviève Page and Pierre-Marie Glauser invite you to read the September Newsletter about a recent decision by the Federal Court (ATF 9C_690/2022 of 17 July 2024) concerning the circular on intra-group interest rates published each year by the Feder...

09.09.2024

Legal Update september 2024

In a nutshell: On December 21, 2023, Switzerland and the UK signed the Berne Financial Services Agreement. This Agreement is based on the mutual recognition of the equivalence of national financial regulations. The Agreement focuses on the provision ...

03.09.2024

Chambers High Net Worth guide 2024 - OBERSON ABELS SA named in the Private Wealth Law category

In its 2024 ‘High Net Worth’ guide, Chambers and Partners named OBERSON ABELS SA as one of Switzerland's top law firms in the Private Wealth Law category. We are also honoured to have 2 of our partners, Prof. Xavier Oberson and Me Jérôme Meyer,...

27.08.2024

LEGAL UPDATE AUGUST 2024

the Swiss Supreme Court has laid down two central principles regarding attorney-client privilege: Principle 1: The internal investigation report drawn up by an external lawyer, as well as its enclosures, are generally protected by attorney-client pr...

27.08.2024

Sustainable finance

Sustainable finance: Sébastien Pittet and Philipp Fischer take a column in the Swiss daily Le Temps on the new self-regulatory framework for sustainable finance. https://www.letemps.ch/opinions/debats/finance-durable-un-terreau-actuellement-propi...

21.08.2024

Important development for the Swiss financial industry

Philipp Fischer shares some thoughts on the legal implications of this operational development and on the expected next steps in the regulation of payment services in a commentary published by the C...

20.08.2024

Xavier Oberson and Alara Efsun Yazicioglu speakers at Taxation of data and artificial intelligence

On Thursday September 12, Prof. Xavier Oberson, accompanied by speakers from around the world, will take part in the “Taxation of data and artificial intelligence” conference he has organized jointly with Prof. Alara Efsun Yazicioglu, to be held ...

15.08.2024

Good news on the data protection front

The Swiss Government has decided on August 14 that the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework would be effective as of September 15, 2024: https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/media-releases.msg-id-102054.html In practical terms, this mea...

13.08.2024

Legal Updates on retrocessions

In Le Temps, Antoine Amiguet and Philipp Fischer share their thoughts on a recent ruling by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (ruling of May 24, 2024 in cases 4A_574/2023, 4A_576/2023): According to Antoine and Philipp: "When the client himself determ...

18.07.2024

EU AI Act is here

EU AI Act is here: The EU AI Act was published on July 12 in the Official Journal of...