The firm is engaged in current topics in the Swiss and international legal world. Here you will find the latest publications from Köstenbaum Avocats, as well as contributions from their collaborators to various studies and research.
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This distinction honours the Firm founded in 1976 as well as the skills of our partners, associates, and staff.
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Pleading before the Criminal Appeals Chamber, Cedric BERGER and David F. BRAUN obtained a significant reduction in the sentence of their client, accused of unfair management practices and breach of trust. The court also revised the ruling of the Federal Criminal Court of Switzerland, which had ordered their client to compensate the complainants in the amount of nearly CHF 40 million, acknowledging that the complainants had not clearly proved the damages they claimed.
Nach mehr als zwei Jahrzehnten hat der Entertainer Chris McSorley den Klub gewechselt und erlebt als Trainer des HC Lugano Frühlingsgefühle. Mit seinem langjährigen Arbeitgeber Genf/Servette streitet sich der Kanadier aber weiterhin um viel Geld.
Köstenbaum Avocats law firm took part in the defence of Mr Roman Abramovich in a major trial in Fribourg that ended in an amicable settlement.
Embedded in the Swiss tax pool, a recent ruling by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court authorises French authorities to call into question the tax residences of French citizens living in Switzerland.
This article examines the impact of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court's jurisprudence in matters of retrocession (ATF 132 III 460; ATF 137 III 393 and ATF 138 III 755) on the criminal level, and more specifically, the punishability for unfair management (article 158, chapter 1 of the Swiss Criminal Code) of an asset manager who may have kept retrocessions and other financial service kickback commissions without informing their client.
Current tax disputes inevitably involve the transmission of personal data to foreign authorities, including the names of bank employees who have served tax-exempt customers.
This contribution analyses the claims that a bank employee could make against their employer following a criminal conviction abroad by suggesting various arguments that would overcome or even help to develop restrictive jurisprudence on the matter.