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Swiss voters approve “against the rip-off” referendum restricting corporate compensation

  • Fisher & Phillips LLP
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  • Switzerland
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  • May 14 2013

On March 3, 2013, voters in Switzerland approved a referendum providing one of the world's most onerous restrictions regarding executive compensation

A Swiss principal model case study: restructuring a multinational corporation to achieve supply chain and tax efficiencies through territorial optimization

  • Kurtin PLLC
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  • Switzerland, USA
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  • April 23 2013

Three years ago, I was asked to serve as lead outside legal counsel to a U.S.-based public corporation in the biotechnology and life sciences sector

Recent European compensation developments: financial institutions and beyond

  • Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
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  • European Union, Switzerland
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  • April 23 2013

Almost half a decade after the onset of the financial crisis, populist sentiment and the resulting political environment continue to fuel stricter

Directors’ and officers’ liability in Switzerland

  • Prager Dreifuss
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  • Switzerland
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  • April 4 2013

A fundamental distinction has to be drawn between sole proprietorships and (general or limited) partnerships on the one hand and corporations -

Limits to compensation for executives in Swiss listed companies

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Switzerland
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  • March 20 2013

On March 2, 2013, Swiss citizens voted in favor of a popular initiative to enhance the say of shareholders in listed companies. The general

New limitations on senior management compensation in Switzerland

  • Froriep Renggli
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  • Switzerland
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  • March 13 2013

On 3 March 2013, the Swiss electorate approved a people's initiative with the suggestive name "against remuneration rip-off", by an overwhelming

Swiss voters accept say-on-pay initiative

  • Lenz & Staehelin
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  • Switzerland
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  • March 11 2013

On 3 March 2013, the voters and cantons (i.e. the states of the federation) of Switzerland overwhelmingly accepted an initiative to give shareholders

Switzerland passes binding “say-on-pay”

  • McGuireWoods LLP
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  • Switzerland
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  • March 8 2013

As reported in the New York Times here, on March 3, Swiss voters approved a new law that gives shareholders of companies listed on the Swiss stock

Could this happen here?

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
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  • Switzerland
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  • March 7 2013

Last weekend, voters in Switzerland strongly backed a plan giving shareholders unprecedented authority over executive pay. The Minder Initiative

Say on pay in Switzerland Minder Initiative wins popular vote

  • Bär & Karrer
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  • Switzerland
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  • March 6 2013

On March 3, 2013, in a nation-wide vote the Swiss decided to amend the Constitution as proposed by a constitutional initiative launched by Thomas