30.01.2018

CAROLINE GOETTE ELECTED AS ASSOCIATE JUDGE

We are delighted to announce that, on Thursday January 25, 2018, the Geneva Parliament has elected Caroline Goette as Associate Judge (Juge assesseur) of the Geneva First Instance Administrative Court (tax matters). Caroline Goette passed the bar ...

22.01.2018

NEW FINMA OUTSOURCING CIRCULAR

OBERSON ABELS has published a short note (Legal Update) which addresses the practical implications of the new Outsourcing Circular issued by the Swiss financial regulator FINMA. FINMA has published a revised version of the Outsourcing Circular (wh...

01.11.2017

CORPORATE INCOME TAX REFORM VD IN FORCE ON 1.1.2019

The Vaud Government (Conseil d’Etat) just communicated a very important update for all companies doing business in the canton of Vaud in the sense that the decision has been made that the cantonal corporate tax reform (CIT III VD) would already be ...

24.10.2017

OBERSON ABELS APPOINTS NEW COUNSELS

We are delighted to announce that Dominique Gay, Bénédicte Mariéthoz Comoli, Anne Tissot Benedetto and Alexandra Pillonel have been promoted to Counsel of our firm...

13.10.2017

FACING THE CHALLENGES OF TAX COMPETITION

On October 16, Xavier Oberson will take part to TaxCOOP 2017, side event of the Fifteenth Session of the Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters of the United Nations The panel he will take part of will provide an overview...

20.09.2017

WEBINAR ON THE DRAFT REVISION OF THE SWISS DATA PROTECTION ACT

On September 15, 2017, the Swiss Government published a revised version of the Swiss Data Protection Act (the "Draft DPA"). The Draft DPA is available here (in French). On September 20, 2017, OBERSON ABELS organized a webinar to discuss the main f...

26.07.2017

LEGAL UPDATE : THREE SWISS LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS REGARDING COMMISSIONS/RETROCESSIONS

OBERSON ABELS has published a short note (Legal Update) which addresses three recent Swiss legal developments regarding commissions/retrocessions : 1. Civil law : The Swiss Supreme Court has ruled that the statute of limitations applicable to the ...

27.06.2017

LEGAL UPDATE : ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE NEW SWISS CITIZENSHIP ACT ON JANUARY 2018

OBERSON ABELS has published a short note (Legal Update) concerning the entry into force of the new Swiss Citizenship Act. The completely overhauled law on Swiss citizenship will enter into force on January 1, 2018. As a rule, conditions to get Swi...

01.06.2017

SEMINAR ON NEW DATA PROTECTION RULES

On May 31 and June 1, 2017, OBERSON ABELS held a seminar on the new regulatory framework regarding data protection. Approximately 100 participants took part in this seminar. The European Union (EU) has significantly strengthened its data protectio...

29.05.2017

TWO PARTNERS OF OBERSON ABELS APPOINTED TO CHAIR SPECIALIZED COMMITTEES OF THE GENEVA BAR ASSOCIATION

On May 29, 2017, the Chairman of the Geneva Bar Association launched a project involving the creation of Specialized Committees. Each Specialized Committee will regroup the specialists in a given field of law. The purpose of this project is to all...