Developments in Corporate Governance in accordance with the Swiss Corporate Law Reform Bill 2016

On 28 February 2025, the arbitral tribunal of the Court of Arbitration of SIX Group Ltd. issued the final award in X. AG v. SIX Exchange Regulation AG (SER). The case revolved around the timeliness of an ad hoc announcement issued in connection with a complex internal investigation into X. AG‘s financial reporting practices. The…

The article reviews the 2025 AGM season of Swiss companies listed on SIX Swiss Exchange focusing on three main topics: (i) virtual annual general meetings, (ii) non-financial reporting, and (iii) compensation. While companies conducting virtual annual general meetings are still in a clear minority, an increasing number are opting for virtual shareholder meetings. The article…

The inaugural 2025 edition of Kapitalmarktrecht im Fokus, a conference co-hosted by the University of St. Gallen‘s Institute for Law and Economics and CapLaw, gathered practitioners, regulators and academics to discuss two issues that are hotly debated in Swiss capital-markets practice: (i) the disclosure duties of underwriters and syndicate banks and (ii) the handling of…