Publications
Contributions on the Reform of Swiss Corporate Law
25 years of intercantonal notarial cooperation
To celebrate its 25th anniversary, the notarial network swisNot is releasing a commemorative volume of Mélanges devoted to contemporary issues in Swiss corporate Law. The collected contributions take stock of the recent reform of corporate law and explore a number of significant practical questions, including shareholders’ meetings, the recording of corporate resolutions, ESG considerations, corporate restructurings, and organizational shortcomings. Almost fifteen years after his earlier involvement, Professor Jean-Frédéric Maraia once again contributes to swisNot by putting forward proposals to amend the rules on transposition. Most of the subjects addressed in the volume were also discussed in presentations delivered at the continuing education conference held on 6 November 2025 in cooperation with the Faculty of Law of the University of Geneva.
The book appears under the scientific editorship of Giulia Neri-Castracane, whom we sincerely than, and Philippe Frésard, coordinator of swisNot.
Contributions to national and international marital property law 2021
20 years of intercantonal notarial cooperation
For the occasion of its 20th anniversary, the swisNot notary network is publishing articles in a main field of notaries and public officials, namely matrimonial property regimes. Professor Andrea Bonomi is the scientific editor and we thank him warmly for his excellent collaboration. These “Mélanges” contain, on the one hand, academic contributions relating to the European Regulation on Matrimonial Property Regimes, presented in the framework of the 3rd International Property Law Day on 16 September 2021, co-organised by the Centre for Comparative, European and International Law (CDCEI) of the University of Lausanne and swisNot. On the other hand, it contains several texts from practitioners which provide useful additions concerning matrimonial property regimes in Spain and Germany, as well as leads on the protection of the family business by marriage contract in the participation in acquired property regime, judicial considerations relating to matrimonial property regimes and highlighting of differences in the tax treatment of donations and successions.
Contributions to commercial law
15 years of intercantonal cooperation
On the occasion of its 15th anniversary, the swisNot notarial network is publishing nine high-profile contributions on current commercial law issues. The authors deal in their own language with questions relating to commercial register practices, the concept of “close relatives” in the context of so-called “qualified transactions”, the refusal of approval in the case of the transfer by succession of registered shares with restrictions on transferability, the “liquidation privilege” in the case of the resale of securities, quorums, capital reduction in connection with company reorganisation, the influence of the FATF on our legislation and on notarial activity, tax issues in connection with real estate profits and finally the first lessons to be drawn from the Ordinance on Unfair Remuneration.
10 years of Intercantonal Notarial Cooperation
10 ans de collaboration notariale intercantonale
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of their network, the swisNot members have decided to publish various contributions on current issues of everyday notarial practice. The authors, each in his or her own language, deal with questions relating to electronic authentic instruments, inventories in the event of fiduciary substitution, the donor’s right of return, the need to conclude a contract for work and services in authentic form when it is linked to a real estate sales contract, asset management and estate planning in an international context.
swisNot, the Swiss notary network, your partner in legal and tax matters. swisNot consists of 16 offices in 26 locations in 13 cantons, i.e. about 50 notaries with a total of about 300 qualified employees.
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swisNot is a co-founder of Lexunion (International Legal & Notarial Strategies), an international federation of national networks of legal and tax professionals serving individuals and companies.
