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    Dunja Koch

    Dunja Koch

    Dunja has expertise in all aspects of corporate and finance law, advising mainly UK and US clients with regard to Switzerland. She is the managing partner of the London office. Dunja joined the firm in 1998 and became a partner in 2003. She regularly works on M&A and private equity deals, as well as leveraged and acquisition finance transactions, but also project, commodity and asset finance matters, including aircraft finance. Here, she acts on behalf of aircraft manufacturers, banks and leasing companies in relation to the Swiss aspects of acquisition of aircraft, engines or portfolios.

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    Topics: Corporate & M&A  Banking & Finance  Insolvency & Restructuring  Financial Services 

    Measures to Assist Swiss Companies During COVID-19: A New Temporary Insolvency and Restructuring Regime

    On 16 April 2020, the Federal Council passed a special ordinance in relation to the Swiss insolvency and restructuring regime to protect companies who ran into financial difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic (the COVID-19 Insolvency Ordinance). The COVID-19 Insolvency Ordinance entered into force on 20 April 2020 and will remain effective for a period of six months.
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    28 March 2019 | Jérôme Pidoux | Dunja Koch
    Topics: Financial Services 

    Marketing foreign collective investment schemes to Swiss investors - changes brought by the new Financial Services Act

    In this blog, which is part of a series of briefings on the new Financial Services Act (FinSA, FIDLEG (German) and LSFin (French)) and the Financial Institutions Act (FinIA, FINIG (German) and LEFin (French)) that will come into force in 2020, we will look at certain changes which the new regulatory regime will bring to the cross-border offering of collective investment schemes into Switzerland.
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    Topics: Dispute Resolution 

    The impact of Brexit on the enforcement of English judgments in Switzerland

    The 2007 Lugano Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters currently forms the basis for the reciprocal enforcement of judgments between the member states of the European Union and three countries of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) (Switzerland, Norway and Iceland). The Lugano Convention is in essence the equivalent of the Brussels I Regulation of 2001.
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    Topics: DLT (Blockchain) & Fintech 

    Swiss Regulation of FinTech – Federal Council initiates consultation on new rules

    The rapid evolution in FinTech has not only attracted the attention of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) but eventually pushed the Swiss government to propose FinTech specific amendments to the Banking Act and other financial laws. On 1 February 2017 the Federal Council opened a consultation on new draft regulations designed to reduce barriers to entry for FinTech firms and to strengthen the attractiveness of the Swiss financial markets.
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