Aircraft and yacht transactions
Aircraft and yacht transactions
- Purchase and sale of private aircraft and yachts
- Registration of private aircraft and yachts
- Operation and maintenance of private aircraft and yachts, ownership structures
- Financing of private aircraft and yachts
- Drafting of leasing plans (wet lease, dry lease, finance lease and operational lease)
- Security agreements (registered liens on private aircraft and yachts, guarantees, assignments as security and other security agreements)
- Advice on aviation and maritime law
- Litigation in the field of aviation and maritime law
- Resolution of queries with public authorities
Arbitration
Arbitration
- Party representation in international, national, institutional and ad hoc arbitration proceedings
- Arbitrators in international, national, institutional and ad hoc arbitration proceedings
- Commercial arbitration and investment-treaty-based arbitration
- Mediation proceedings and other forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
- Service as mediators or experts in dispute resolution proceedings
- Proceedings before all state courts with regard to arbitration proceedings, in particular arbitration appeals before the Swiss Federal Tribunal
- Representation in parallel or arbitration-related state proceedings in Swiss courts, in particular interim injunctions as well as enforcement and challenge of arbitral awards
Banking and financial market law
Banking and financial market law
- Advising financial institutions on banking and financial market regulation (including anti-money laundering regulation)
- Drafting of internal directives and preparation of model documents
- Drafting and negotiating contracts (such as asset management agreements, investment advisory agreements, distribution agreements, etc.)
- Advice on the distribution of financial products in Switzerland and abroad
- Fintech (esp. review of licensing requirements)
- Preparation of expert opinions on contractual and regulatory issues
- Obtaining licenses and approvals
- Representation in proceedings before FINMA
- Civil law litigation (esp. investor damage litigation)
- Advice on capital market law issues
Commercial contract law
Commercial contract law
- Sale contracts
- Supply contracts
- Works and services agreements
- Planning agreements
- GTCs
- Orders, service agreements, brokerage and agency agreements
- Credit, loan and security agreements (assignment as security, pledge agreements, guarantees and bonds)
- Distribution agreements (agency, sole distributorship agreement, selective distribution)
- Research, development, production and service agreements
- Licence agreements, leasing, factoring and franchise agreements
- Partnership agreements and contracts with investors
- Financing agreements
Competition law, antitrust law
Competition law, antitrust law
- Review and improvement of advertising, sales and other business practices
- General terms and conditions under the Unfair Competition Act
- Representation before courts and public authorities in unfair competition or company law proceedings
- Proceedings before various ombudsman’s offices, the Fairness Commission or the Price Supervisor
Corporate and commercial law
Corporate and commercial law
- Establishment of companies and branch offices
- Shareholders' agreements
- Articles of association and bylaws
- Corporate law issues and expert opinions
- General meetings
- Capital increases and capital reductions
- Share registers and share certificates
- Joint ventures
- Loan agreements
- Subordination undertakings and agreements
- Restructuring or liquidation of companies
- Restructuring (mergers, demergers, transfers of assets)
Corporate governance
Corporate governance
- Composition, allocation of duties and organisation of executive boards and management
- Review and improvement of existing corporate governance structure in accordance with recognised best practice corporate governance principles (with particular regard to information management and handling conflicts of interest)
- Review and improvement of the decision-making processes of the executive board / management with regard to liability risks
- Rules of procedure and bylaws as well as internal directives (codes of conduct, etc.)
- Establishment of an internal control system (ICS) and risk management and compliance roles
- Establishment of a group organisation (group constitution, fiduciary agreements with delegated board members, policies on rights to issue instructions and compliance obligations, group clauses with regard to group financing, etc.)
- Differences of opinion on the executive board (boardroom disputes)
Data protection, intellectual property rights
Data protection, intellectual property rights
- Data protection concepts and strategies for companies under Swiss data protection law and the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
- Privacy statements, policies and contracts, in particular order processing agreements in connection with outsourcing projects
- Advice in connection with processing of employee data
- Corporate internal data privacy policies governing the handling of personal data, e-mail and internet use in the workplace, data storage and archiving
- Data protection proceedings before courts and supervisory proceedings before public authorities
- Disputes concerning claims under data protection law, in particular right of access, prohibitions on processing and data transfer to foreign countries
- International and intra-group data transfer
- Legal requirements for data security and obligations in the event of a security breach or data loss
- Company handling of data breaches and other incidents relating to data protection law
- Data protection concerning M&A transactions and outsourcing projects
Employment law and human resources
Employment law and human resources
- Employment contracts
- Dismissal, garden leave and suspension
- Employee and expense policies
- Strategies for achieving more flexible use of manpower
- Bonus plans and profit sharing programmes
- Employment law disputes both in and out of court
- Representation before all employment law bodies
- Employment law concerning M&A transactions and outsourcing projects
- Employment law concerning business transfers, mergers and corporate restructuring projects
- Data protection, confidentiality and IP rights protection
- Social security
- Employee pensions and insurance
- Temporary hires and recruitment of employees
- Work permits for new business locations
IP and IT law (intellectual property rights, trademark and copyright law)
IP and IT law (intellectual property rights, trademark and copyright law)
- Intellectual property strategies and legal implementation to secure business models using patents, trademarks, industrial designs, copyrights, know-how and domains (“intellectual property rights”), and regulatory instruments
- Protection of ideas, names and intellectual property rights
- Registration, transfer and licensing of trademarks, patents, copyrights, proprietary knowledge and design (“intellectual property rights”)
- Internal and/or external due diligence regarding intellectual property rights at start-ups or M&A transactions
- Franchising, sponsoring, development and implementation of distribution systems
- Non-disclosure agreements
- Software development and software licensing agreements
- Intellectual property issues
- National and international registration of trademarks and designs
- Representation before courts and public authorities in intellectual property proceedings
Inheritance law, estate planning and company succession
Inheritance law, estate planning and company succession
- Inheritance contracts
- Last wills
- Advancements and donations
- Prenup and postnup contracts and matrimonial property law
- Founding of charitable foundations and family foundations
- Powers of attorney, advance directives and living wills
- Company succession
- Probate of wills
- Divisions of estates
- Advising communities of heirs
- Inheritance disputes both in and out of court, challenges to wills and inheritance contracts
Insurance and reinsurance law
Insurance and reinsurance law
- Establishment and restructuring of insurance and reinsurance companies
- Review of insurance documents non-life/life (contracts, general conditions of insurance, etc.)
- Advice on insurance brokerage
- Drafting outsourcing agreements
- Support in alternative risk transfer solutions
- Structuring and design of international insurance programs
- Representation in proceedings before FINMA / regulatory court proceedings
- Civil law litigation, in particular concerning coverage issues and recourse
- Advice on run-offs and portfolio transfers
Liability for miscounduct of corporate directors/officers
Liability for miscounduct of corporate directors/officers
- Advice on avoiding and insuring liability risks
- Assertion and enforcement of claims for compensation of pecuniary loss
- Defence against liability claims and actions against lawyers, notaries, trustees, tax advisers, corporate bodies (auditors, executive boards, directors), internal auditors, governing bodies of pension funds (board members, auditors, experts)
- Enforcement of insurance coverage for liability claims
Litigation
Litigation
- Proceedings in all matters of commercial law before state courts and public authorities
- Employment law proceedings
- Probate proceedings
- Representing and advising members of the board of directors or of officers/directors of occupational pension foundations (BVG-Stiftungsorgane) in liability proceedings
- Interlocutory measures (interim injunctive proceedings)
- International civil procedure and international litigation with a Swiss venue
- Representation before financial markets supervisory and regulatory authorities
- Representation before data protection supervisory authorities in Switzerland and abroad
- Defence or enforcement of intellectual property claims in court proceedings or before registry authorities
- Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in Switzerland
- Enforcement of claims and other demands
- Attachment and other security measures for the enforcement of claims
- International administrative or legal mutual assistance procedures
Media law
Media law
- Protection of intellectual property under civil and criminal law
- Rebuttals to and corrections and clarifications of media reports
- Complaints procedure before the Swiss Press Council
- Complaints to the Independent Complaints Authority for Radio and Television (ICA)
- Analysis of communications, advertising and media articles under the Unfair Competition Act
Mergers and acquisitions
Mergers and acquisitions
- Purchase and sale of companies and equity interests (share deals and asset deals)
- Mergers
- Spin-off and carve-out transactions
- Conversions and restructuring
- Joint ventures
- Due diligence audits
- Shareholders' agreements
- Advice on and implementation of management buyouts
Real estate law (incl. construction and planning law)
Real estate law (incl. construction and planning law)
- Real property transactions (purchase, sale, leasing, purchase right, right of first refusal and right of repurchase, construction law)
- Purchase of real property by persons outside Switzerland (Lex Koller matters)
- Support on property development projects
- Real property brokerage (brokerage agreements)
- Drafting of consortium and public-private partnership agreements
- Advice on real property financing and related security interests (mortgage agreements, assignment as security)
- General and overall contractor agreements, works and services contracts, architectural and engineering contracts and construction management agreements
- Disputes related to construction and real property, both in and out of court
- Easements (construction law, usufruct, life estates, etc.)
- Condominium property (establishment, management bylaws, etc.)
- Real property projects at airports (construction of hangars, etc.)
- Construction permit
- Facility management
Regulatory, compliance and internal investigations
Regulatory, compliance and internal investigations
- Internal compliance matters
- Internal investigations
- Implementation of IT-based compliance solutions
- Byelaws, codes of conduct, policies and corporate rules
- Guidelines and training
- AMLA Compliance
- Review and improvement of conduct, directives and processes
- Sanctions, anti-corruption and competition compliance
- Criminal proceedings and supervisory enforcement proceedings
Restructuring and insolvency
Restructuring and insolvency
- Representation of creditors in Swiss bankruptcy proceedings
- Restructuring proceedings, both in and out of court
- Implementation of cross-border restructuring plans
- Bankruptcy litigation
- Sale and acquisition of ailing companies
Start-ups, venture capital and private equity
Start-ups, venture capital and private equity
- Financing rounds (seed, series A, B and C)
- Investment and shareholders' agreements
- Convertible loan agreements
- Articles of association and bylaws
- Formation and capital increases
- Drafting term sheets, letters of intent and non-disclosure agreements
- Protection of intellectual property rights (trademarks, copyright, design, domains) and proprietary knowledge
- Comprehensive advice on EU and Swiss data protection law
- Commercial agreements of all kinds and GTCs
- Employee profit sharing programmes
- Exit solutions
Tenancy law
Tenancy law
- Leases and commercial leasing agreements
- Setting of and changes to rent and commercial leasing rates
- Contesting rent increases and terminations
- Eviction of tenants and leaseholders