We advise mainly in the fields of business and commercial law. The following constitute our main areas of practice:

Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions:

M&A transactions, establishment and structuring of Swiss legal entities, legal housekeeping, dept and equity financing, financial restructuring, business planning, private equity (including venture capital) transactions, advising and representing board members in the field of "Director's Liability", "Compliance" and "Corporate Governance".

Commercial Litigation & Arbitration:

Representation of clients in commercial litigation and arbitration proceedings, proceedings initiated by supervisory authorities, bankruptcy and insolvency law proceedings, white collar crimes investigations as well as international judicial assistance.

We have particularly extensive experience in connection with directors' and officers' liability law suits.

Real Estate Transactions:

Advising and assisting clients in the field of real estate transactions and financing (direct or indirect real estate investments), land lease agree-ments, real estate project developtments, contractual (non-regulatory) construction law, general contractor agreements as well as total contrac-tor agreements ("turnkey contracts").

Banking and Finance:

Advising and representing banks, fund administration companies, asset managers and their customers in all questions arising from private and public banking and financial markets laws, including stock exchange regulations, investment funds and alternative financial instruments.

Commercial and Contract Law:

Commercial agreements, production and distribution agreements, license agreements, leasing, employment law, standard form contracts, general terms and conditions, secured transactions.

With respect to tax and intellectual property issues (in particular specific questions of patent and copyright laws) and regarding specific questions of complex criminal (white collar crime) litigation, we work together with the current advisors of our clients or draw from our pool of trusted external experts.