16 July 2025 | Guide
Global Legal Insights: Mergers &
Acquisition 2025
16 July 2025 | Guide
Global Legal Insights: Mergers &
Acquisition 2025
Global Legal Insights, Mergers & Acquisition 2025, 14th Edition
The regulatory environment in Switzerland to date continues to be investor-friendly for the following three main reasons: (i) limited investment restrictions (a notable exception being the Federal Law on Acquisition of Real Estate (the so-called Lex Koller), as well as the draft bill of the Investment Screening Act; see below); (ii) vast flexibility of the parties in the asset or share purchase agreement (e.g., with regard to representations and warranties, indemnities, disclosure concept, cap, etc.); and (iii) low bureaucracy.
The regulatory environment in Switzerland to date continues to be investor-friendly for the following three main reasons: (i) limited investment restrictions (a notable exception being the Federal Law on Acquisition of Real Estate (the so-called Lex Koller), as well as the draft bill of the Investment Screening Act; see below); (ii) vast flexibility of the parties in the asset or share purchase agreement (e.g., with regard to representations and warranties, indemnities, disclosure concept, cap, etc.); and (iii) low bureaucracy.
