Services

• Legal advice and representation
• Litigation and proceedings
• Compilation of legal opinions and legal documents
• Assumption of functions of corporate and other organs, especially executor and arbitration mandates, board-of-director mandates, and foundation governing-board mandates

Our principal areas of activity include the following specialist fields:

Litigation

Representation in Swiss courts, administrative authorities and association bodies. Civil and commercial action, criminal action, mutual assistance proceedings, administrative jurisdiction. Private international law and international civil procedure.
 

Contract law  

Advice on contract law issues, compilation of contracts, conducting litigation in claims disputes – in the following areas, in particular:  
 

• Sales contract law
• Law governing contracts for services and mandate law  
• Employment law (including public employment law)
• Property rental and tenancy law
• Leasing contract law
• Travel and tourism law
• Distribution and agency contracts
• Banking, financing and guarantee contracts
• Innominate contracts

Inheritance law

All inheritance law issues, including:

• Estate and property planning, company succession
• Last will and testaments, prenuptial and succession agreements, advance bequests  
• Execution of wills and estates
• Division of inheritances  
• Representation and litigation in inheritance disputes

Family and Divorce Law

Family, de facto marriage, relationship and divorce law. Prenuptial and succession agreements, divorce agreements and unmarried cohabitation arrangements. Mediation and representation in proceedings. Handling of divorce proceedings.

Company Law

Advice on appropriate company forms and structures. Founding, restructuring and liquidation of companies. Litigation for company law disputes, compilation of general terms and conditions. Consortium agreements, shareholder commitment contracts, corporate resolutions, action for rescission and responsibility suits.

Sports Law

Advising and representing athletes, sports clubs, managers, those engaged in marketing, organisers and sponsors. Representation in association disputes and sport arbitration tribunals, plus civil suits and other actions pertaining to sports law. Sports contract and sports liability law.

Real-estate, Construction and Planning law

Property law, contract law and public-law issues relating to the purchase and sale of realty and individual storeys of properties.
General contractor, architect, engineer and construction contracts, business consortium contracts, statutory mortgage of workmen and contractors. Conduct of litigation for construction disputes, building permits and administrative proceedings, supervision of planning, raising und warding off objections to buildings or appeals, administrative court proceedings relating to building matters, submissions.

Criminal Law

All fields of criminal law and criminal procedure law, including juridical assistance. Defence of individuals and advice to companies on the application of the Swiss Penal Code and the full range of ancillary penal legislation, especially in respect of commercial criminal law, media penal law and administrative penal law.

Law of Persons, Media Law and Competition Law

Advice and representation in respect of personal rights and personality protection, in defamation cases, in the field of unfair competition and in conjunction with the media. Advertising contract law, responsibility and liability issues.

Club, Association and Foundation Law

Founding, advising and representation of clubs, associations and foundations. Coaching of members and organs. Compilation of statutes, regulations and public documents. Conduct of litigation for company law disputes.

Liability and Insurance Law

Taking care of and conducting litigation under tort law and in cases of organisation liability or product liability. Private insurance and social insurance law.

SME Law

Consultancy specially tailored to the needs of SMEs, as an external legal service, the provision of legal advice and the processing of enquiries.

Arbitration

Representation in arbitration proceedings in sports, commercial and civil law. Conduct of arbitration proceedings, representing parties before ad hoc arbitration tribunals and institutional arbitration tribunals.

Enforcement Law

Securing and implementing claims to cash payments, payments in kind and security deposits. Debt enforcement and bankruptcy law.