Commercial Law
Purchase contract, agency agreement, leasing contract, loan agreement
Our clients are confronted with various types of business transactions every day. It is our task to advise our clients in these transactions support them in establishing legal relationships with their partners and provide them with the necessary contractual foundation, so that they can act within a secure legal framework.
We advise and support you with regard to the following topics, among others:
- Mandate law
- Tenancy agreements
- Leasing agreements
- Contracts for work and labour
- Loan agreements
- Agency agreements
- General terms and conditions
- Cooperation agreements
- Joint Venture agreements
- Purchase agreements
Your Experts
Patrick Stach
Senior Partner
Michael Kummer
Senior Partner
Ramon Bühler
Associate
Patrik Mauchle
Associate
Nicolas Buob
Associate
Fokus
Arrangements about quality of a product
Swiss antitrust law is designed to promote competition in the economy and to limit the market power of companies in order to ensure consumer protection and equal opportunities. Price agreements are one of the most significant violations of antitrust law in Switzerland, as they hinder fair competition and unnecessarily increase prices for consumers.
Adjustment of the Swiss VAT
As of January 1, 2024, the new VAT rates will come into force in the course of the adoption of the VAT revision. The increase in the rates should contribute to stabilizing the AHV in the sense of supplementary financing.
Introduction of a Swiss trust
Swiss law does not have the legal institution of trusts. However, in 2007 Switzerland signed the Hague Trust Convention (HTC). Since this treaty came into force, foreign trusts have been recognised in Switzerland, enabling Swiss nationals to set up trusts abroad. As a result, this legal institution has become increasingly important in practice in this country as well. To ensure that Swiss actors no longer have to resort to foreign trusts, the Federal Council proposed the introduction of a new legal institution in the Code of Obligations – a Swiss trust – on behalf of Parliament. The corresponding consultation was opened in the session of 12 January 2022.
