Our legal services in detail
Corporate and commercial law
Our lawyers not only speak several languages. They also offer compelling expertise in national and international corporate and commercial law. Your advantage: having someone else deal with complex legal matters. And more legal certainty for your company and you personally.
Our services:
- Foundation of companies and subsidiaries
- Corporate succession
- Resettlement and comprehensive relocation service
- Takeovers and buyouts
- Business activities subject to additional regulations
- Shareholder and transfer agreements
- Duties and liability issues for members of the board of directors and management
- Employment contracts of executives & termination agreements
- Advice on the entire range of contract types
- Assistance in commercial and corporate law disputes
- Advice on the choice of legal form
- Advice on restructuring (mergers, spin-offs, transformations, transfer of assets)
- Liquidations
- Establishment of Swiss subsidiaries and branches
- Sales tax representation for taxable foreign companies
- General legal advice
Corporate governance
Successful corporate governance must be as individual as your company. Therefore, we first try to understand the full scope of the specific challenges that your company is up against. And in the second step, we develop tailor-made solutions that correspond to both aspects: the regulatory standards to comply with and the special requirements to meet your business’ needs.
Our services:
- Internal structuring of business processes
- Advice on the tasks and composition of the board of directors
- Advice on disputes in the board of directors, on the insolvency law, on organisational issues and in conflict areas between management and the board of directors
- Advice and support in setting up internal risk and control functions and defining the relevant tasks and authorities
- Advice on adapting company documents (organisational regulations, directives, articles of association)
- Governance in decentralised departments
Regulatory affairs (financial sector)
From Basel III to cybersecurity: Hardly any other area is as heavily regulated as the financial market. Therefore, our specialists have extensive expertise - both in banking law and in the regulation of financial transactions and asset management.
Our services:
- Preparation of monthly payroll incl. data maintenance
- Maintenance of all social insurance related matters incl. registration and deregistration of employees, family allowances & salary adjustments
Intellectual property and copyright
In the modern knowledge society, one aspect is becoming more and more important: intellectual property and thus patents, copyright and intellectual property rights. Here we support you with first-class support and the goal-oriented representation of your interests:
Our services:
- Licensing, franchising, merchandising
- Patent law, copyright and trademark law
- Drafting, negotiating and documenting transactions relating to patents, trademarks or software
M&A and corporate transactions
Different legal structures, new corporate forms and very different players: Mergers and takeovers are a complex field that affects many sub-areas - from due diligence to tax law. Here we are your competent partner who supports you reliably with national and cross-border transactions.
Our services:
- Structuring and execution of transactions in compliance with tax regulations
- Legal due diligence
- Obtaining permits and approvals
- Joint ventures and cooperations
- Advice on security and corporate law
- Dealing with activist investors
- Acquisitions or divestitures of companies or business units
- Tax efficient corporate restructuring
- Analysis and negotiation of credit and loan agreements, including advice on default situations
- Obtaining tax rulings and permits
Blockchain and ICO/TGE
Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies are not only changing technical but also legal processes - for example thanks to smart contracts and the "code is law" principle. That is why both are required here: an interdisciplinary approach and well-founded legal expertise. That is exactly what distinguishes our team.
Our services:
- Support for setting up intelligent contracts (smart contracts)
- Advice on data protection compliance
- Advice on setting up cryptocurrency brokerage activities and storage solutions
- Registration of companies that are active in the field of blockchain technology in Switzerland
