Main areas of activity

Civil law

  • Contract law: Drawing up of all kinds of contracts (e.g. leases, consultancy agreements, employment contracts, articles of association, licence agreements, service contracts, composition agreements, loan agreements, right of use contracts, purchase agreements, outsourcing agreements, inheritance contracts, project contracts, deposit agreements, shareholders’ agreements, delivery contracts, sales agreements, cooperation agreements, termination agreements, confidentiality agreements, broker and agency agreements, commission contracts, articles of partnership, and joint-ownership agreements), contract negotiations in Switzerland and abroad, etc.
  • Representation for disputes in and out of court and enforcement and implementation of contracts in Switzerland and abroad.
  • Drawing up of contracts specific to companies, associations and foundations, drawing up of statutes, drawing up of rules and regulations (e.g. organisational rules and regulations on signatures, compensation, investments, profit-sharing schemes and expenses), registers of shareholders, records of bearer shareholders, shareholders’ agreements, etc.
  • Advice on setting up companies, associations and foundations.
  • Dissolution and liquidation of all kinds of companies.
  • Representation for disputes in and out of court relating to company, association and foundation law.
  • Conceptual, legal and tax advice to optimise company acquisitions and sales, support for the legal aspects of company acquisitions and sales, drawing up of purchase agreements, loan agreements, bestowal contracts, escrow agreements, deposit agreements, assertion of claims from corresponding contracts and agreements, etc.
  • Conceptual and legal advice to optimise succession planning, drawing up of purchase agreements, bestowal contracts and loan agreements, support with the implementation of succession planning, advice on prenuptial agreements, inheritance contracts, right of use contracts, etc., finance support, management buyouts (MBO), leveraged buyouts (LBO), etc.
  • Conceptual, legal and tax advice to optimise the restructuring process, drawing up of merger agreements, spin-off agreements, property transfer contracts, joint venture agreements, drawing up of documents for conversions, preparation of general meeting resolutions, etc., support with the restructuring process (coordination with notaries, auditors, company registry offices, land registry offices), finance support, etc.
  • Advice and representation in and out of court, mainly for employers in relation to employment contracts (standard employment contracts, collective agreements, social security, etc.).
  • Advice and support for employers in relation to equal representation committees (with a focus on payroll audits).
  • Advice and representation in and out of court, mainly for landlords in relation to leases.
  • Support for families with all kinds of legal questions (succession planning, inheritance advances, support with drawing up wills and inheritance contracts, drawing up health care proxies, dividing up assets including art and other collections, property, etc., separation of complex family assets, etc.), taking into account any tax implications, representation in dealings with authorities and third parties, mandates for the execution of wills, mandates as a health care agent, etc.
  • Support with outsourcing IT infrastructure, drawing up of project contracts, licence agreements, maintenance contracts and escrow agreements. Drawing up of termination agreements, representation of interests during escalation proceedings and advice and support for all kinds of tenders, etc.
  • Advice on matrimonial property in complex situations, such as when companies are involved, representation for separations and divorces, collection of alimony, etc.
  • Advice on all matters relating to inheritance law, support with the drawing up of testamentary dispositions (inheritance contracts and wills) and representation in and out of court for disputes under inheritance law, including in particular divisions of estates and the like.

Other main areas of activity

Tax law

Tax law covers all the taxes and duties imposed on private entities by the federal government, cantons and communes.

Procedural law

Procedural law sets out the ‘rules of play’ for proceedings along with the rights and obligations of the parties involved in the proceedings.

Criminal law

Criminal law involves sanctions for actions by natural and legal persons that are punishable under the Swiss Criminal Code (StGB).

Environmental law

The federal government and cantons pass laws and issue regulations to protect the environment, which are collectively referred to as environmental law.