As of the beginning of 2021, disputes between banks or other financial market intermediaries and clients under the Financial Services Act (FinSA) should, wherever possible, be settled by means of a mediation procedure by a recognised, specialised ombudsman service. The Federal Department of Finance has since recognised the Swiss Chambers' Arbitration Institution (SCAI) as an ombudsman service for such proceedings.
> Prof. Dr. Rolf H. Weber, Bratschi AG, Zurich, has recently been accredited by SCAI as an ombudsman for FinSA mediation proceedings.
We are pleased to announce that our Managing Partner Sandra De Vito has once again been recognized as «Thought Leader - Arbitration» in the Switzerland Report 2024 of the renowned «Who's Who Legal» ranking.
We are pleased to inform you that Bratschi has been awarded for the following areas:
Yotel, a hotel chain based in the UK, has opened a few days ago its first hotel in Switzerland, at Geneva lake. The hotel consists of 237 rooms, F&B offerings with a restaurant and seafood bar and upscale meeting spaces with a banqueting & conference center, a rooftop space and an auditorium.