SwissLegal - at the Centre of the International Debate on Judicial Quality in Ryjadh

SwissLegal at the Second International Justice Conference in Riyadh

Dr Nicolas Rouiller, Attorney-at-law and Partner at SwissLegal Rouiller & Associés Avocats, and Dr François Paychère, Counsel to the firm, each presented their perspectives during two roundtables dedicated to quality control in the field of justice (“Control of Judicial Quality”). These took place during the plenary sessions of the 2nd International Conference on Justice, organised by the Ministry of Justice of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 23 and 24 November 2025. The conference brought together 4,000 participants, including nearly 50 international speakers.

Both, Dr Rouiller and Dr Paychère then jointly held a seminar on the interactions between arbitration and state courts, aiming to clarify their significance in measuring judicial quality – the core theme of the conference. The 80 legal professionals in attendance engaged very actively, asking highly relevant questions well beyond the time initially allocated to the seminar.

SwissLegal – Guiding you to success

SwissLegal – at the heart of the international debate on judicial quality

The Swiss Transparency Register Is Coming: What SMEs Should Do Now to Prepare

On October 1, 2026, the revised Anti-Money Laundering Act and the new Federal Act on the Transparency of Legal Entities and the Identification of Beneficial Owners—the TJPG for short—will take effect. The transparency register is legally governed by the TJPG and maintained by the Federal Office of Justice. This change by no means affects only banks or other financial intermediaries. In the future, the majority of Swiss stock corporations, limited liability companies, and cooperatives will be required to identify, verify, and document their beneficial owners and report them to the new registry.