Our areas of expertise

• Advising and representing clients on all issues of private and public construction, planning and environmental law
• Advising and representing clients on issues related to architectural law and the law of contracts for work and services
• drafting and reviewing construction-specific contracts
  • full-service contracts
  • general contracts
  • engineer contracts
  • project contracts
  • consortium contracts
  • etc.
• registering or defending against building contractor’s liens
• issues related to construction guarantees, construction trusteeships
• condominium ownership law

Learn more about contract law

• Advising and representing clients on all matters related to family law
  • concubinage
  • engagement
  • marriage
  • matrimonial property law
  • law of children
  • adoption
  • protection of the marital union and divorce
• Drafting of marriage contracts, precautionary provisions
  • General power of attorney and health care proxy
• inheritance law 
  • retirement and estate planning
  • wills
  • inheritance contracts
  • execution of wills
  • division of estates
  • estate administrations, estate liquidations
• consulting on all issues related to ownership and possession of property

Learn more about pension law

Learn more about divorce law

• Right of ownership, property rights, land register law
• Co-ownership and joint ownership
• Condominium ownership
• Neighboring rights (protection against excessive immissions, compensation, boundary distances, trees and shrubs, right to cut)
• Easements (creation, adjustment and revocation of land and personal easements, e.g. usufruct, residential and building rights, (through) pipeline rights, rights of way, joint use and management of heating systems, etc.)
• Real estate lien
• Restrictions on ownership under public law
• Find out more about condominium ownership

Learn more about condominiums

• Advising, negotiating and drafting contracts on all issues related to the foundation of companies, financing, production, and trade and distribution
• supporting company successions
• directing the external corporate legal department
• advising on, negotiating and enforcing contractual claims;
• drafting standard terms and conditions (purchasing and sales terms and conditions)
• business acquisitions (M&A transactions), mergers and divisions, joint ventures and cooperation agreements
• establishing subsidiaries and branch offices
• organizational regulations, shareholders’ agreements
• business succession solutions; restructurings and reorganizations of companies
• MBO’s
• assumption of seats on boards of directors, boards of trustees, executive boards and management boards
• located at Olten

• Advising and representing clients on all matters of tenancy law
• drawing up residential and commercial rental agreements
• providing support in connection with delivery and return of the premises

• Private and public employment law
• consulting on matters of
  • termination
  • continuation of payments
  • vacation
  • etc.
• drafting and reviewing
  • employment contracts
  • employment regulations
  • shift and working time models
  • collective employment agreements (CEA)
• hiring foreign labor forces
• obtaining employment and residence permits
• negotiating with government agencies
• social security-related issues of employment law

• Representation in dealing with public authorities
• conducting public-law complaints proceedings
• advising public bodies on all issues related to constitutional and administrative law
  • managing the external legal department of public bodies
• issues of public and private personnel law
• data protection law
• oversight regarding procedural issues
• expropriation law
• public procurement law

Advice and representation in the areas of

• electricity law
• water law
  concession law

• Professional liability (in particular medical and hospital liability)
• Advice and legal representation in the area of contractual and non-contractual liability
• State liability
• Directors‘ and officers’ liability
• Claims settlements in all insurance classes

Advising and representing clients on all issues related to criminal proceedings

• criminal defense proceedings
• filing reports
• victim support law
• etc.

primarily in commercial criminal law.

• Foundation and restructuring of companies
  • stock companies
  • limited liability companies
  • partnerships
  • associations
  • foundations
  • cooperatives
• amending articles of incorporation
• capital stock increases and reductions
• in-kind contribution and acquisition agreements
• authentication of marital and inheritance agreements, advance care directives, wills
• complex property-law appraisals and preliminary work
• sureties, preliminary real-estate purchase agreements
• certification of signatures and documents
• authentication of the securing of evidence and facts.

• Advising and representing private individuals, companies and associations, mainly in the areas of
  • civil
  • administrative
  • criminal proceedings
• Advising and representing clients in pre-trial dispute resolution, including assuming the negotiating assignment.

• Claim collection
• advising and representing clients on all issues related to insolvency law, including the law of financial restructuring
• assuming assignments as an auxiliary person
  • special bankruptcy administrations
  • custodianships
  • membership in creditor committees
  • etc.
• all issues related to restructurings
• liquidation assignments
• advising and representing clients in
  • sequestration
  • enforcement
  • composition
  • bankruptcy proceedings

Advising and representing clients in all facets of the law on fair trading practices and antitrust law.

Advising and representing clients in all matters related to trademark and design law, as well as copyright law.

Advising clients and drafting contracts in all areas of

• IT law
• e-business
• software, maintenance and licensing law
• domain name disputes

• Advising clients in the area of conflict of laws and international enforcement law
• international trade and contract law
• international mutual legal assistance

When dealing with international mandates, we can call on correspondence lawyers and specialists in and abroad if required.

• Assumption of assignments as arbitrator in all legal areas above all in
  • in commercial and contract law
  • real estate
  • construction law
• managing secretariats of arbitration tribunals;
• advising and representing clients before arbitration tribunals

Performing activities as experts and lecturers.