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Last Wednesday, the Swiss Federal Council opened a consultation (lasting until 24 April 2018) into discontinuing bearer shares in Swiss companies limited by shares not quoted on the stock exchange. The draft bill will be debated by parliament in autumn 2018. If it becomes law, existing bearer shares will be converted automatically into registered shares.

CROCE & Associés SA wishes you and your loved ones Happy Holidays and a New Year filled with health, peace and happiness. We look forward to seeing you again in January 2018.

From January 2018, the Swiss Financial Market Infrastructure Act (RS 958.1, FMIA) which came into force in early 2016, will require participants admitted to a trading venue (Swiss securities dealers, foreign participants authorised by the FINMA, etc.) to report all the information required for the transparent trading of securities. Similar requirements are already in place

CROCE & Associés SA has just been announced as Swiss “Private Client Law Firm of the Year 2017” by the Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards. The Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards recognise the achievements of law firms and individuals who have delivered exceptional results for their clients over the past 12 months. The 2017 Lawyer Monthly Legal

Acquisition International has announced the winners of the 2017 Legal Awards and our firm is delighted to have been honoured. CROCE & Associés SA has been named the “Best international Commercial Law Firm – Switzerland” The 2017 Legal Awards, which are now in their sixth year, acts as the ultimate guide to the very best

Switzerland: The government of the canton of Vaud has just announced that the corporate tax reform (“CTR III“) will enter into force on the 1st of January 2019, without waiting for the federal tax project to be adopted (“Tax Proposal 17“). So, from 2019, the total effective rate of tax on profits (Confederation, canton and

Bonne nouvelle ! Le gouvernement suisse a annoncé vendredi dernier qu’il augmentait les contingents de permis de séjour délivrés aux travailleurs extra-européens. Ainsi, 500 permis supplémentaires seront octroyés l’an prochain, soit 3500 permis B (+500) et 4500 permis L de courte durée. Ces autorisations seront versées à la réserve fédérale, c’est-à-dire que les cantons, dans l’hypothèse où

[pdf issuu_pdf_id=”140703143800-61422f5ce1c94f5b9a3edb6c617252a1″ layout=”1″ width=”640″ height=”480″ bgcolor=”FFFFFF” allow_full_screen_=”1″ flip_timelaps=”6000″ ] Following the adoption of the new recommendations of FATF (Financial Action Task Force) in February 2012, Singapore decided to include in its legislation serious tax offences as predicate offences for money laundering. Initiated already in September 2011, this measure is designed to strengthen the credibility of

[pdf issuu_pdf_id=”140703144358-5ddc8d56e97445d799a02425056dde74″ layout=”1″ width=”640″ height=”480″ bgcolor=”FFFFFF” allow_full_screen_=”1″ flip_timelaps=”6000″ ] By Lorenzo CROCE, member of the Geneva Bar, LL.M.   Having already been significantly threatened by the inclusion of article 26 OECD Model Tax Convention in the new Double Imposition Conventions negotiated by Switzerland and the disclosure of 4000 UBS client names to the American Internal