LALIVE is looking to capitalise on new arbitration business in London and bring in academics with public international law expertise. | 5yrs

Following a CJEU order, the EU intellectual property office (EUIPO) needs to revisit a 16-year-old decision on the shape of KitKat bars. | 5yrs

Paul Cézanne's La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, dated 1897, is on show for first time since before WWII, while a Polish case remains unresolved. | 5yrs

The Swiss bank had hired 'princelings' to win regional business and got caught up in US investigation leading to a $77 million settlement. | 5yrs

Despite celebrity endorsement, reform of EU copyright reform voted down giving campaigning internet companies a big win. | 5yrs

Regulators are concerned cross-border investigations could be placed in jeopardy by GDPR requirements. | 5yrs

Regulating cryptocurrencies looks increasingly like settling on crypto as securities, as adviser signals BIS position. | 5yrs

The European Commission (EC) is proposing new rules to remove regulatory barriers and offer market-led solutions for sovereign bond-backed securities (SBBS). | 5yrs

King & Spalding has added two senior counsel to its trade practice in Geneva -Hannes Welge, formerly with the European Commission (EC) and Hamid Mamdouh, formerly with the World Trade Organisation (WTO). | 5yrs

FIFA is hoping that two specialist labour lawyers might be able to help mediate conflicts with staff as the world football governing agency enters a period of seismic change. | 6yrs

Five partners and five associates will be joining Baker & McKenzie in Switzerland. | 6yrs

Is Switzerland still a safe haven for wealth? The Swiss Wealth Forum in Lugano will bring together an array of experts to assess how suitable the country is for risk-free investments and asset protection. | 7yrs

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has opened its eighth European office, launching a Zurich outpost that will have a focus on high-stakes disputes. | 7yrs

One of the UK's most esteemed family lawyers, Richard Parry, may be forced by a High Court judge to step down from his trusteeship of the Longleat Estate. | 7yrs

The Chicago-based international firm is closing in the Swiss city at the end of September, from which stage the practice will run its European arbitration practice through the Paris and London offices. | 8yrs

The raid by prosecutors on HSBC in Geneva may have surprised the bank - which quadrupled its compliance staff to 6,000 last year - but PwC sees the move as part of a trend and says there are 'quite a few skeletons around'. | 8yrs

Lawyers have already begun defending clients accused of questionable tax practices in Switzerland as revelations begin to be made in the international media about HSBC and 30,000 of its Swiss customer accounts between 2005 and 2007. | 8yrs

Swiss bank UBS has come in 5% under analyst expectations in Q3 2014, held back by legal provisions of €1.5b. | 8yrs

Jeantet Associes is the first French law firm to open up in Switzerland through its launch of a Geneva office. | 8yrs