The Swiss Federal Council has set 1 January 2021 as the date for the entry into force of the new provisions of the Swiss Code of Obligations (OR) on the transparency obligations of certain multinationals.

Irrespective of the popular initiative that will be put to a popular vote on 29 November, 2020, the revision of the law on the Swiss public limited company (AG), which was definitively adopted by Parliament on 19 June 2020, provides for the introduction of stricter transparency rules for companies active in the raw materials sector […]

Philippe Gilliéron will be speaking on 30 September in Interlaken as part of the 2020 Congress of the Swiss Group of Criminology

Philippe Gilliéron will be speaking on 30 September in Interlaken as part of the 2020 Congress of the Swiss Group of Criminology devoted this year to the following theme: “criminal justice between artificial intelligence and predictive algorithms”. Mr. Gilliéron will speak more specifically about : “Criminal justice and artificial intelligence: what should one think about […]

Wilhelm Gilliéron Attorneys Corp. recognized by Best Lawyers

Wilhelm Gilliéron Attorneys Corp. is pleased to inform you that its two partners, Christophe Wilhelm and Philippe Gilliéron, have both been recognized by the American reference guide Best Lawyers as among the best Swiss lawyers in their respective fields of expertise, i.e. corporate law for Christophe Wilhelm, and intellectual property for Philippe Gilliéron. This recognition […]

Wilhelm Gilliéron Attorneys-at-Law Corp. : announcement

We are pleased to announce the partnership of Philippe Gilliéron in our firm as of July 1, 2020. Philippe Gilliéron is a recognized specialist in intellectual property law, data protection and new technologies and teaches these branches at the Universities of Lausanne and Fribourg as an Associate Professor. Philippe Gilliéron will be in charge of […]

Steve Gomes joins our legal team at Wilhelm Avocats SA

We are delighted to announce that Me Steve Gomes, attorney-at-law, has joined our legal team at WILHELM Avocats SA as from the 1st of September 2019 after working in a renowned law firm in Geneva for several years. His areas of expertise are commercial law, contract law, judicial law, as well as private construction and […]

What is the validity of a gift voucher issued for a limited period of time?

More and more often, we buy gift vouchers, to offer to our loved ones or to benefit from a promotional offer found on the Internet. Sites offering weekends in the mountains and dinners in gourmet restaurants at discounted prices are growing in number and competing with each other. The only problem is that these gift […]