Corporate and Commercial Law Incorporation
and organization of business activities in Switzerland, including
the establishment of corporations, partnerships, limited partnerships,
and non-profit organizations; Business succession planning;
Joint Ventures; shareholders' agreements; Stock Participation
Plans; Corporate Governance issues
Transactions, new Swiss Merger Act Mergers and
Acquisitions (domestic and international); Corporate restructurings,
corporate reorganizations; Expertise in the new Swiss Merger
Act (see our website fusg.ch)
providing information regarding mergers, spin-offs, changes
of corporate form as well as transfers of assets, including
their implementation based on the new Swiss Merger Act which came into force by July 1, 2004.
Banking and Capital Markets Banking Law and Regulation, Stock Exchange Law and Regulation, Takeover Law and Regulation, Compliance with Reporting and Disclosure Duties
Securities Law Legal advice
and litigation for issuers, banks, central securities depositories,
and investors
Contractual Law Purchase Agreements,
Cooperation- and Consultant-Agreements, Distributorship Agreements,
Licensing Agreements, Labour Agreements, Insurance contracts
Real
Estate Law Rental Matters, Construction Law, Property Law, especially purchase and financing of real estate
Further
Civil Law
Matrimonial Property Law, Inheritance Matters (Estate Planning, Wills, Inheritance Contracts and Partitions)
Competition Law, Intellectual Property, Media Law Competition and Cartel Law; domestic Merger Control, Unfair Competition Law, Media and Advertising Law, Product Testing Law
Litigation and Arbitration
Representation
in commercial and civil litigation before all Swiss Courts including
the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (in cooperation with local counsel
in some cantons), Representation in arbitration proceedings,
Service as members and chairpersons of arbitration panels, Representation
in pre-trial attachment, enforcement and insolvency proceedings