Main areas of activity
Procedural law
Assertion and defence of claims
- Conducting of all kinds of legal proceedings, including in particular claims-based, estate division, liability, appeal and eviction proceedings at the national and international level.
- Fast and straightforward provision of ad-hoc support for law firms based in Switzerland and abroad dealing with complex cases and proceedings before the Federal Supreme Court.
- Provision of expert opinions on all matters relating to Swiss civil procedure and enforcement law.
Debt recovery and bankruptcy law/debt collection
- Procedural collection of smaller debts and enforcement of legitimate claims for compensation arising from contracts or offences and amounting to up to hundreds of millions before state courts in German-speaking parts of Switzerland and national and international courts of arbitration.
- Submission of seizure orders and applications for and defence against interim injunctions.
- Conducting all kinds of procedures before a court of first, second and last instance (Federal Supreme Court).
Court-ordered company restructuring
- Support for businesses in financial crisis situations.
- Avoidance of insolvency proceedings by filing an appeal or avoidance of imminent bankruptcy by initiating legal deferral and probate proceedings with and without assignment of assets.
- Drawing up of business continuation contracts with rescue companies to avoid any disruption to existing client and supplier relations.
- Conclusion of just-in-time purchase and sales contracts, especially for operating units.
Public procurement proceedings
- Representation and guidance for submission departments when writing and structuring public tenders, including the required documentation for technically complex products (especially relating to software and hardware in the IT sector).
- Writing and negotiation of procurement and supply contracts and support with their implementation and termination if required.