Fields of activity

Solving your problems and safeguarding your
your interests is our task and our vocation.
We advise you and assist you in negotiations and
drafting contracts and documents. We represent you in the enforcement of claims and the defence
defence against claims.

We also represent you before courts and authorities, but also
in negotiations with customers and business partners. Our aim is always to achieve the best result for you.

Commercial criminal law

  • Representation of interests and strategic advice on criminal law aspects of business activities (fraud, tax fraud, mismanagement, breach of trade secrets, etc.), such as contract drafting and execution, compliance with regulatory provisions, data protection

Financial market law

  • Advice on regulatory issues, in particular advice and representation before supervisory authorities and self-regulatory organisations (FINMA, VQF and other SROs, SIX Swiss Exchange, etc.)
  • Obtaining licences for asset managers, investment advisors, banks, securities dealers, insurance companies, collective investment schemes and other financial institutions and financial intermediaries
  • Drafting contracts and documentation (bank contracts and documentation, asset management and distribution agreements, prospectuses, basic information sheets, loan, financing and collateral agreements, etc.)
  • Legal & compliance issues and issues in connection with corporate governance requirements
  • Combating money laundering (Anti-Money Laundering Act)
  • Acting as an external AMLA centre
  • Debt financing: representation of lenders and borrowers, including complex financing and restructuring transactions
  • Advising and representing clients of financial institutions and asserting their interests, including in court
  • Proceedings, in particular concerning international legal and administrative assistance
  • Corporate transactions in the financial industry

Notary's office

  • Corporate law: formation of companies, capital increases and decreases, subsequent liberalisations, mergers, demergers, conversions, asset transfers, amendments to articles of association, notarisation of resolutions of meetings of listed and unlisted companies, liquidations, transfer of registered offices
  • Matrimonial and inheritance law: drawing up wills and advance care directives as well as marriage and inheritance contracts
  • Guarantees and other legal transactions, including foreign transactions
  • Establishment of foundations
  • Legalisations and over-certifications (apostilles; consular over-certifications)

Litigation

  • Representation before all Swiss courts in civil proceedings (including disputes in commercial, business, work contract and inheritance law; liability, avoidance and collocation proceedings)
  • Representation in the areas of interim legal protection, attachment and seizure of assets
  • Enforcement of foreign judgements
  • legal assistance

Corporate and transaction law

  • M&A/Transactions: Structuring and implementation of transactions, legal due diligence, drafting and negotiation of contracts, obtaining authorisations, approvals and tax rulings, organisation of contract signing and execution, legal integration issues, capital reductions, liquidations
  • Formation of companies, capital increases, establishment of branches
  • Structuring, financing, restructuring and refinancing of companies and enterprises
  • Shareholder agreements, transfer agreements (share purchase agreements; sale of parts of companies)
  • General meetings of listed and private companies: invitation, script, coordination with the share register, taking minutes, independent proxy voting
  • Duties and liability of board members and management; employment contracts of senior executives; termination agreements
  • Succession planning

Inheritance law

  • Estate and inheritance planning
  • Drafting wills and inheritance contracts
  • National and international estate planning
  • Settlement of estates
  • Carrying out the distribution of estates and judicial enforcement of inheritance law claims
  • Assumption of executor mandates, estate administration and representation of heirs
  • Advice on corporate succession

International legal assistance in criminal matters

  • Representation of interests in cases of seizure, freezing of assets and gathering of evidence at the request of foreign authorities

Taxes

Taxation of legal entities:

  • Advising companies on the preparation of financial statements, tax planning and optimisation, tax compliance (including tax declarations), relocations, reorganisations and restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, employee participation plans
  • Negotiations with tax authorities (tax rulings), representation vis-à-vis tax authorities and conducting appeal proceedings

Taxation of natural persons:

  • Tax planning for entrepreneurs and private individuals, advice on moving in and out, expense taxation, succession planning and inheritance taxes, real estate
  • Negotiations with tax authorities (advance tax rulings), representation vis-à-vis tax authorities and conducting appeal proceedings

Criminal proceedings

  • Enforcement of criminal claims as well as claims for damages and other civil claims
  • Defence against coercive measures in criminal proceedings
  • Defence of companies and responsible parties
  • Supporting in-house counsels and legal departments in specialised matters
  • Advising executives on potential conflicts of interest

Insolvency law

  • Advising and representing private and institutional clients in bankruptcy and debt restructuring proceedings
  • Conducting the associated proceedings before state courts (legal opening proceedings, attachment proceedings, opposition actions, segregation and avoidance actions)
  • Advice in the area of corporate reorganisation

Labour law

  • Residence and work permits for foreign nationals (EU/EFTA and third countries)
  • Advice and support for domestic and foreign clients in all labour law matters, including representation in court
  • Development of client-specific solutions in the HR area (employment contracts, personnel regulations, work permits, termination agreements, etc.)
  • Support with company reorganisations

Building and planning law

  • Advice in all areas of public building and planning law
  • Obtaining building permits and other official authorisations
  • Representation in objection, appeal and court proceedings
  • Advice on the realisation of buildings outside and inside building zones
  • Drafting and reviewing contracts under construction law (purchase and work contracts, TU/GU contracts, parcelling, condominium ownership, etc.) and enforcing claims arising from them
  • Advice on all questions of planning law including spatial and project development
  • Expropriation law
  • Nature conservation and heritage protection law
  • Monument protection law
  • hydraulic engineering law
  • Forest, water and environmental protection law (noise, air pollution control, contaminated sites)