Lukas Müller, Evgin Yildiz and Merve Or have published a review of the judgment in AJP 3/2021. Does a limited liability company have to ensure its institutional independence? In BGer 2C_372/2020 of November 26, 2020, the Federal Supreme Court ruled that an employed lawyer is personally obliged to meet the requirements of institutional independence pursuant to Art. 8 para. 1 lit. d BGFA. However, a limited liability company is not subject to Art. 8 BGFA. This also applies to companies in which one person is the sole shareholder, board member and lawyer registered in a cantonal register of lawyers. If the registered shares of the limited liability company are transferred to non-lawyers due to inheritance, division of an estate, matrimonial property law or execution, it is up to the lawyers remaining with the limited liability company to personally ensure their institutional independence, as Lukas Müller, Evgin Yildiz and Merve Or state in “BGer 2C_372/2020: Institutional independence of the limited liability company and potential acquisition of shares by non-lawyers”.