Federal Act
on Private International Law
(PILA)

¹ Where the debt­or has a branch in Switzer­land re­gistered in the com­mer­cial re­gister, the ap­plic­a­tion for the re­cog­ni­tion of a for­eign bank­ruptcy de­cree must be filed in the court at the loc­a­tion of its seat. In all oth­er cases, the ap­plic­a­tion must be filed in the court at the loc­a­tion of the as­sets in Switzer­land. Art­icle 29 ap­plies by ana­logy.¹⁴¹

² Where the debt­or has two or more branches or if there are as­sets in more than one loc­a­tion, the court where an ap­plic­a­tion was filed first has ex­clus­ive jur­is­dic­tion.¹⁴²

³ The claims of the bank­rupt debt­or are deemed to be loc­ated at the dom­i­cile of his or her debt­or.