Switzerland: Construction & Planning

Sanierungs-und Abbruchkündigungen stehen im Spannungsfeld zwischen Eigentümerinteressen und Mieterschutz – auf beiden Seiten lauern rechtliche Fallstricke.

Switzerland continues to need landfill capacity for residues that cannot be recovered, yet municipalities and investors face complex legal challenges when landfill projects arise. This analysis examines five critical legal levers—from waste planning and material recovery requirements to site compatibility and long-term liability—that determine whether a landfill project can be prevented or must proceed under Swiss environmental and construction law.

Zurich voters rejected three housing initiatives but approved two counter-proposals, signaling a demand for practical solutions over ideological approaches to the canton's severe housing shortage. The counter-proposals promise faster construction permits and targeted tenant protections, but their implementation faces significant legal challenges under Swiss federal law.

A reform of the Swiss contractual law effective January 1, 2026, will strengthen protections for buyers in real estate sales and construction contracts. The law introduces a mandatory minimum period of 60 days...

The primary methods of presenting factual evidence in international arbitration are contemporaneous documents, testimony of fact witnesses and testimony...

Ab 1. Januar 2026 gilt für die Rüge von Mängeln an Grundstücken und unbeweglichen Werken neu zwingend eine Rügefrist von mindestens 60 Tagen.

A popular initiative vote of March 11, 2012 led at the beginning of 2015 to the enactment of the Swiss Federal Act on Secondary requiring communities in Switzerland to limit secondary holiday residences to 20 percent, ...

Die Grundstücksicherung stellt im Entwicklungsprozess von Immobilienprojekten einen zentralen Meilenstein dar.

Bauvorhaben sind komplex und erfordern durchdachte Werkverträge. In der Praxis wird dabei meist die Norm SIA 118 für anwendbar erklärt. Professionelle Bauherren bestehen ...