Nathalie Adank

Dr. Nathalie Adank is an attorney-at-law specializing in real estate and environmental law, working with a leading business law firm as a senior associate.

Dr. Nathalie Adank earned a PhD from the University of Fribourg (ProDoc programme funded by Swiss National Science Foundation) with a thesis on land use law (planning contracts). She holds an LL.M. degree in Environmental Law and Policy from Stanford Law School.

Transfer of a commercial lease to a third party (Art. 263 SCO): refusal for good cause

In this case, the Federal Supreme Court confirmed the mandatory nature of Art. 263 SCO: parties to a lease agreement cannot agree on more stringent conditions for a commercial lease transfer than those provided by the law.