IR Global Member Meeting – Nikhil Palli visits Balthasar Wicki & Dr. Hans Kuhn

Nikhil Palli (middle, left) of Palli Law Firm recently met Balthasar Wicki (right) & Dr. Hans Kuhn (left) of Wicki Partners AG for dinner. Nikhil is IR Global’s exclusive Debt & Asset Recovery member in India, whilst Balthasar is IR Global’s exclusive Corporate Law member and Dr. Hans Kuhn is our exclusive Banking & Finance member, both in […]

Nikhil PalliPartner, Palli Law Firm

Tokenized Equity: Swiss Blockchain Federation shows the path to capital markets of the future

The Swiss Blockchain Federation has published guidelines for issuers of digital equity and related tokens. The concise and easily understandable manual particularly helps smaller and mid-sized companies to fully leverage the issuance and trading of equity on the blockchain. The issuance of equity and other financial instruments in the form of digital tokens is seen […]

Tokenized Equity: Swiss Blockchain Federation shows the path to capital markets of the future

The Swiss Blockchain Federation has published guidelines for issuers of digital equity and related tokens. The concise and easily understandable manual particularly helps smaller and mid-sized companies to fully leverage the issuance and trading of equity on the blockchain. The issuance of equity and other financial instruments in the form of digital tokens is seen […]

Switzerland further improves framework conditions for DLT/blockchain

The Swiss Federal Council adopted during its meeting of today, 27 November 2019, the dispatch on the further improvement of the framework conditions for distributed ledger technology (“DLT”)/blockchain. The proposal is aimed at, in principle: increasing legal certainty; removing barriers for applications based on DLT; and reducing the risk of abuse. The Federal Council emphasised […]

Hurdles and opportunities for foreign investors in Swiss real estate under the «Lex Koller» – no change in sight

The Federal Law of 16 December 1983 on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Persons Abroad («FL», better known as the «Lex Koller») restricts foreign investments in Swiss real estate. All political efforts in recent years to loosen or tighten these restrictions have failed. Foreign investors in Swiss real estate will therefore, at least in […]

Thomas SchönenbergerPartner, Bratschi AG

PYTHON ADVISES THE PUBLICLY LISTED STEINHOFF GROUP ON THE MULTI-JURISDICTION SALE OF PRODUCTION FACILITIES

On 11 March 2019, Steinhoff Group (Conforama) completed the sale of production sites and of activities in Germany, Poland, Hungary, Austria and Switzerland. The Python team, who acted as lead counsel to the Steinhoff Group, included Christophe de Kalbermatten (partner) and Frédéric Paul-Reynaud (associate).

Christophe de KalbermattenPartner, Python

PYTHON ADVISES VIMA LINK SA IN A MULTI-MILLION FINANCING

On 31 May 2019, Vima Link SA closed a financing round raising several million Swiss francs from an investment fund and strategic investors. Vima Link SA is a start-up company active in the field of artificial intelligence (see https://vima.swiss). The Python team, who acted as counsel to Vima Link SA, included Christophe de Kalbermatten (partner), Frédéric Paul-Reynaud (associate) and Benoît Lambercy (associate).

Christophe de KalbermattenPartner, Python