SERVICES

Our knowledge and experience includes in particular:

• Business establishment and transnational migration
• Corporations and corporate transactions
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Employment
• Commodity trading
• Intellectual property
• Finance and financial regulation
• Compliance
• Asset structuring and estate planning
• Taxation (national and cross-border)
• Real estate
• Dispute resolution, litigation and arbitration
• Enforcement of national and foreign judgments and awards
• Debt collection and bankruptcy
• Commercial criminal law
• Escrow services
• Notarial services

• Residence planning
• Acquisition of real estate in Switzerland
• National and international taxation
• Residence and work permits
• Lump-sum taxation

• Risk assessment for existing contracts
• Contract manufacturing
• Legal opinions
• Coaching in contract negotiations
• Conducting contract negotiations

• Fast-track notarisation of all corporate legal transactions
• Establishment, restructuring, reorganisation and liquidation of all Swiss companies
• Structuring and implementation of group of companies (holding structures)
• Tax advice and advanced letter rulings
• Legal and tax opinions
• Legal risk management
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Consulting, drafting and negotiation of joint-venture agreements
• Employee participation programs
• Advising on and notarisation of capital increases and decreases
• Preparation and implementation of mergers, demergers, conversions and transfer of assets and liabilities
• Supervision of shareholders› meetings/independent proxy voting
• Company flotations (IPOs)

• National and transnational estate planning
• Succession planning for businesses and business people
• Tax-compliant cross-border asset structuring
• Notarisation of marriage contracts and contracts of inheritance, powers of attorney, wills and living wills
• Establishment of foundations and trusts
• Executorship

• Protection of know-how and trade secrets
• Registration and administration of trade and service marks (national and international)
• Copyright and software
• Blockchain and cryptographic technologies
• Licencing and franchising
• Unfair competition and passing-off
• Geographical designations of origin
• Domain names
• Advice, risk assessment and representation in IP disputes

• Corporate acquisitions and –sales
• Asset and share deals
• Legal and tax due diligence
• NDAs, Non-circumvention agreements, term sheets, share purchase agreements and other legal documents essential in M&A transactions

• Enforcement of contracts
• Debt collection
• Litigating before District and Cantonal Courts as well as the Federal Courts (including the Federal Supreme Court)
• Local representation in the Zug courts instructed by foreign law firms
• Coordination of multijurisdictional disputes
• Arbitral proceedings
• Injunctive relief
• Recognition and enforcement of domestic and foreign awards and judgments
• Defence against unjustified claims

Our civil law notaries assist national and international clients in connection with all corporate matters requiring notarial authentication or legalization under Swiss and other applicable laws. We also provide notarial services to private clients in connection with succession and estate planning.

Services include:

• Company formation
• Capital increases or reductions
• Corporate resolutions
• Matrimonial contracts
• Wills and inheritance contracts
• Notarial authentications