We deal with a number of legal fields in our day-to-day business. Legal issues rarely involve a single field of law and frequently extend beyond the initial issue into others. We use a comprehensive approach and provide our clients with broad-based expertise. You can expect comprehensive, top-notch services in the major fields of law combined with flexibility, availability, objectivity and discretion.
We provide our clients with support and advice in negotiating and drafting various types of contracts. We also represent our clients when asserting or defending contractual claims at all levels of the courts.
Our services cover the following contracts in particular:
Agency and franchise agreements
General terms and conditions
Shareholders’ agreements
Employment contracts and the corresponding regulations
Mandates
Advisory service agreements
Purchase agreements
Divorce agreements in family law
Partnership/cooperation agreements
Lease contracts
Tenancy agreements
Contract for work and labour
Seraina Denoth | Martina Wiegers | Flurina Hitz | Esther Dubach | Stefano Rossi
Most of us come in contact with labour law in our day-to-day life – either as employees or employers. We provide our clients with advice and support in all matters of labour law, public staffing law and related fields of law. We also represent our clients when asserting or defending claims under labour law at all levels of the courts.
We provide comprehensive services in the following areas:
Employment references
Employment contracts and regulations on staffing, operations and working hours
Advice relating to the end of employment, e.g. termination, dismissal, severance agreements, termination agreements, relief from work, restructuring and rescission
Questions regarding protection against dismissal, e.g. in the event of pregnancy, illness or accident
Non-competition clauses and non-disclosure
Data protection
Advice on financial compensation, e.g. regarding pay, bonus regulations and bonus clauses as well as expense regulations, compensation packages and participation programmes
Conflicts in the workplace (sexual harassment, bullying etc.)
Work permits and residence permits
Questions regarding collective labour law
Mass redundancy, reduced working hours, staff cuts, redundancy programmes
Contract staff and personnel placement
National insurance issues and per diem sickness indemnity
Legal action for labour proceedings and administrative procedures
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Seraina Denoth | Martina Wiegers | Flurina Hitz | Stefano Rossi | Roland Graf | Esther Dubach
Family law governs the relationships between spouses, life partners and the family as a whole. Regardless of whether you have a traditional marriage or a diverse patchwork family, every form of living together presents challenges, for which we are happy to provide our clients with advice and support.
The following issues are part of our everyday work:
Pre-marriage advice
Pre-nuptial agreements and co-habitation agreements
Legal action as part of settlement proceedings and divorce filed for by a spouse
Drawing up and negotiating divorce agreements
Legal action and advice on matters regarding children, i.e. the question of custody, care and visitation rights as well as calculating alimony
Mediation
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Martina Wiegers | Flurina Hitz | Roland Graf | Esther Dubach
Often, death comes unexpectedly and the loved ones left behind are confronted with a number of questions and difficulties. It makes sense to address these issues early on and to prepare in advance. Once someone passes, the clock starts ticking for deadlines on asserting legal claims. It is best to get an overview of the situation right away. We provide our clients with advice and support in the following areas:
Estate planning advice
Editing and reviewing wills, inheritance contracts, agreements on the division of property and powers of attorney
Advice on heir status, e.g. acceptance, renouncement, public inventory
Representation before the courts in all inheritance matters, e.g. rescission of wills, distribution of an estate, settlement etc.
Martina Wiegers | Flurina Hitz | Esther Dubach | Stefano Rossi
Companies face many questions relating to corporate law, both when the company is being established and during the course of its business activities. We provide comprehensive services in the following areas:
Founding a company
Designing contracts in all areas of business and corporate law
Advising and structuring sales organisations
Internal structuring of business processes
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In the world of business, competitors repeatedly copy products and release misleading, disparaging advertising intended to force competitors out of the market. The applicable legal framework can be found in the Swiss Act against Unfair Competition. The Act against Unfair Competition targets excessive competition, and instead of being implemented ex officio by the regulatory authorities, it is implemented by market participants in civil proceedings.
We represent our clients in civil and criminal proceedings presided over by regulatory authorities and the courts. In particular, our services include advice on:
Misleading, imitative or disparaging advertising
Risk of confusion over product packaging
Use of abusive general terms and conditions (GTCs)
Unfair poaching of customers
Marketing and communication projects
In the media, there are constantly reports of illegal price-fixing or market domination, which involve the conduct of companies specifically as it relates to antitrust or competition law. Antitrust law encompasses all legal norms aimed at achieving unrestricted competition on the broadest possible level. Antitrust issues particularly include bans on cartels, prohibiting the abuse of a dominant position in the market and overseeing mergers.
We advise and represent our clients in the following areas:
Contractual or post-contractual non-competition clauses
Recommended prices or price maintenance as well as determining minimum, fixed or maximum prices
Assignment of territories in distribution contracts
Justification of agreements
Reporting a violation of competition law and submitting leniency applications to the Competition Commission
Preliminary investigations and investigations by the Competition Commission
Dawn raids by the Competition Commission
Administrative procedures and civil proceedings
Establishing internal guidelines and compliance training
Tenancy law governs the rights of tenants and landlords and offers a framework for all legal matters concerning residence. We advise and represent private individuals and companies in all areas of tenancy law and leasehold law and in the related proceedings presided over by conciliation boards and landlord/tenant courts.
We provide comprehensive services in the following areas:
Assisting with and advising on contract negotiations for rental properties
Editing and reviewing tenancy agreements and leases
Advice during an existing tenancy, e.g. for a rent increase/reduction, defects in the rental property, change of ownership or depositing rent
Rescission of rent increases and terminations
Advice concerning the annulment or termination of tenancy agreements and leases
Eviction of tenants and lessees
Representation in rental disputes presided over by conciliation boards and landlord/tenant courts
Stefano Rossi | Martina Wiegers | Flurina Hitz | Esther Dubach
We advise and represent private individuals and companies in all areas of criminal law. We assist our clients once criminal proceedings are opened and represent them if they actually go to court.
Specifically, we provide our clients with support in the following areas:
Penalties, fines, imprisonment, community service, enforcement of sentences
Seizure, building searches, pre-trial confinement etc.
Orders for summary punishment and objection procedures
Representation throughout the entire criminal proceedings and in court
Martina Wiegers | Flurina Hitz | Roland Graf | Esther Dubach | Stefano Rossi
Not all disputes can be settled amicably, which is why settlement by the authorities or litigation is unavoidable in such cases. Our services not only include legal representation, but also the right strategy and psychology to achieve a favourable solution. Frequently, opportunities can be found to reach an agreeable settlement during ongoing proceedings.
We offer our procedural services in the following areas:
Civil procedural law, e.g. as agent for conciliation boards and state courts
Debt enforcement and bankruptcy law, e.g. as part of enforcement procedures, judicial dismissal of objection, debt rescheduling and restructuring proceedings, bankruptcies and liquidations
Public procedural law, e.g. as agent for administrative authorities and administrative courts
Criminal procedure law, i.e. criminal defence against the police, department of public prosecution and criminal courts
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Seraina Denoth | Martina Wiegers | Flurina Hitz | Roland Graf | Esther Dubach | Stefano Rossi