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    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Chabloz

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Chabloz

    Isabelle Chabloz is an expert in corporate law, including takeover and competition law, insolvency law and civil procedures. She has been an associate professor at the Swiss Distance University since 2014, and a lecturer at the University of Bern since 2011. She has also regularly taught at the University of Fribourg since 2004. She was a legal counsel at the Swiss takeover board for two years, and joined Froriep in 2015 as Of Counsel. Isabelle Chabloz graduated from the University of Fribourg in 1996, where she also gained a doctorate (summa cum laude) in competition law in 2002. She was admitted to the Swiss Bar in 2003. She has an LL.M in commercial law from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia (2008), and finished her habilitation (the highest possible academic qualification, beyond a PhD) in corporation law in 2012. Since 2016, she has been a member of the Federal Commission of Experts for the Commercial Register. She has published various articles and books in the fields of corporate, civil procedures, competition and insolvency law. Isabelle Chabloz speaks French, German, English and Italian.

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    Topics: Corporate & M&A  Insolvency & Restructuring 

    The Ins and Outs of the Proposed Restructuring Regime for Distressed Companies

    In the framework of the proposed general revision of Swiss corporate law, the Federal Council intends to overhaul the existing restructuring regime for distressed companies. The objective of the effort is to create incentives for distressed companies to take the necessary restructuring measures as early as possible and, by doing so, avoid bankruptcy.
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    Federal Council wants to modernise Swiss Corporate Law

    In 2005, more than ten years ago, Swiss politicians agreed that Swiss Corporate Law needed a serious revision. After long discussions, including notably the "Say on Pay" vote initiated by Mr. Minder, the Federal Council relaunched the revision process in Summer 2013, and has just recently published and adopted the revised report and draft for the new Swiss Corporate Law on 23 November 2016. The Swiss Parliament has now to decide on it.

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