Our areas of expertise
Our business concentrates on all aspects of Business Law and Sports Law. Our extensive experience in conducting litigation is an essential complement to our consultancy activities.
●Commercial Law and Contract Law
We provide legal advice and assistance for all types of commercial contracts. We accompany our clients during the strategic planning of their transactions, the negotiation and management of their contracts and the implementation of their agreements.
Our attorneys have a thorough understanding of the legal issues that can have an impact on domestic and international transactions. We work pro-actively with clients to get the deal accomplished while ensuring that, upon signing of a deal, their interests are effectively protected in the long term.
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●Corporate Law
We provide solutions to corporate issues throughout the life-cycle of a company, including selecting the most appropriate type of legal entity, incorporating new companies, transferring registered offices, restructuring groups and preparing and implementing the sale of companies, taking into account the optimization of each company’s tax treatment in collaboration with tax specialists.
We advise on all types of commercial questions, such as selecting appropriate capital structure and corporate governance, implementing governing board committees and organizational regulations, handling relationships between shareholders and managing family groups.
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●Banking, Finance and Capital Markets Law
We provide advice on a comprehensive range of subjects from capital markets and takeover bids to the regulations on money laundering, via cross-border activities and e-banking. We also represent our banking and insurance clients in their dealings with the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA).
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●Litigation
Thanks to our experience in litigation, our firm is able to offer effective assistance in putting forward the use of negociation to minimize the risk of disputes and to avoid as much as possible potential conflicts.
Nevertheless, whenever legal action is necessary, our attorneys show a total commitment to representing our clients before the competent courts. Often, time is of the essence. Our organization enables us to protect our clients’ interests at very short notice.
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●Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law
We regularly advise companies, banks and financial institutions on the process of collecting their credits. Our lawyers also help companies in financial difficulty through reorganization processes, composition proceedings with creditors or even bankruptcy.
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●Mergers and Acquisitions
Our M & A practice includes the representation of sellers and purchasers, as well as absorbing and absorbed entities, both domestic and international. The transactions in which we participate can involve multinational public companies or mid-sized private entities and can take the form of a straight sale, the acquisition of a majority or minority interest, a management buy-out or a leveraged buy-out.
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●Sports and Media Law
Our specialized team provides assistance and advice to people at every level of the sports world, from National and International Federations to athletes via agents, sponsors and the media. We negotiate and draft sponsoring and license agreements and handle all questions regarding broadcasting rights.
We represent sports organizations and federations before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne in doping cases, disciplinary proceedings or cases involving player transfers or other commercial transactions.
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●Intellectual Property and unfair Competition Law
We provide advice on licenses, assignments, transfers of licenses and complex transactions in the field of copyright, trademarks, patents and designs. We also assist our clients on the best protection of their know-how and trade secrets, and advise companies on the management of intellectual property issues in their employment relationships.
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●Real Estate
Our real estate practice includes practical, expert advice on the negotiation, structuring, financing and implementation of real estate investments or divestitures, including the aspects involving the purchase of real estate in Switzerland by foreign residents. We also assist real estate agents and brokers, companies and other real estate professionals in their respective fields of activities.
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●Estate Planning, Wills and Probate
Our firm advises individuals and families in finding the most appropriate estate planning solution, in co-operation with tax specialists and, where applicable, trust companies abroad. We represent private clients in the process of liquidating an estate and in inheritance litigation. We also act as testamentary executors and estate administrators.
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●Administrative Law
Our practice also includes certain aspects of administrative law of importance to businesses and individuals both in Switzerland and international contexts. In particular, we regularly assist our private clients in getting residence and work permits for foreigners, in purchasing real estate, and advising businesses on the administrative aspects of employee benefit schemes.
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●Competition and Anti-trust Law
We are active in the field of merger control, cartels, monopolies, abuse of dominant position and anti-trust litigation.
We provide advice on a wide variety of matters ranging from distribution and licensing strategies and agreements, strategic alliances and joint ventures, and on issues regarding pricing, distribution, advertising and intellectual property.
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●International Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
In Commercial and Sports-related Arbitration, our attorneys act as counsels, arbitrators and chairmen in domestic and international arbitrations.
We advise and represent our clients before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), including before ad hoc divisions at the Olympic Games. We also practice all forms of alternative dispute resolutions as mediators, umpires and members of dispute boards.