Corporate Law
Founding, start-up, holding, concern, share purchase agreement, shareholder agreement
Comprehensively advising and supporting companies of all sizes – from family-owned businesses to listed companies – in all phases of their activities is one of our core competencies. Our clients are confronted with various legal issues in everyday business operations, which we approach with expertise, an understanding of business interrelationships and practical solutions. This thus allows our clients to act on a solid legal foundation.
We advise and support you with regard to the following topics, among others:
- Formations of companies
- Corporate Governance
- Organisational structures
- Share purchase agreements
- Transfers of original capital contributions
- Shareholder agreements
- Shareholder’s meeting
- Capital increases
- Capital decreases
- Group Law
- Holding structures
- Restructuring measures (mergers, demergers, conversions)
- Corporate succession issues
- Contract law
Your Experts
Patrick Stach
Senior Partner
Michael Kummer
Senior Partner
Ramon Bühler
Associate
Patrik Mauchle
Associate
Nicolas Buob
Associate
Focus
Company succession in inheritance law
Company succession under inheritance law often poses major challenges, as the current Swiss inheritance law does not recognise any special provisions for companies. This is why the Federal Council is proposing specific measures to facilitate company succession in its dispatch of 10 June 2022. The first amendments to the law on compulsory portions already came into force on 1 January 2023. The aim of the reform is to ensure greater stability for companies.
The hybrid general meeting
In the course of the still recent revision of the swiss corporate law, the legislator has now provided clarity with regard to the modalities of holding a general meeting. In particular, it has recently been questionable to what extent a virtual or hybrid (mixed) general meeting is permissible and how it should be structured. It is now clear that both virtual (Art. 701d CO) and hybrid (Art. 701c CO) general meetings are permissible under certain conditions.
Start-up financing
In the current economic environment, new companies are being founded every day. This is a clear sign that innovation and growth are taking place in our environment like never before. One of the biggest challenges facing start-ups is finding the right financing
