THE REFORM OF SWISS CORPORATE LAW

"FOCUS Business Challenges 2020", Supplement to the Tages-Anzeiger of 19 March 2020

The development of corporate and stock corporation law is of great importance for Switzerland as a business location. The reform is correspondingly complex and costly and will involve everything from gender equality to more flexible capital structures.

Our partners Dr. Reto Boehi, Urs Reinwald and Nathalie Urban of SwissLegal (Zurich) AG will present to you in advance some highlights on various topics which, in addition to the economic consequences of the current pandemic - and together with countless other changes resulting from the current reform of company law - will have to be implemented in the near future.

You can download the entire article (PDF).

We wish you an interesting read.

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FOKUS Business Challenges 2020 - TA 19-03-2020 (2 MB), pdf

THE REFORM OF SWISS CORPORATE LAW - WHAT A CHALLENGE

Update

28 Aug 2026

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.