Corporate services

We are specialists in providing pragmatic corporate services. As in-house counsel and corporate secretaries, we have organized and chaired general and board meetings for large companies.

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Corporate lawyers who specialize in corporate law understand the rights and obligations of everyone involved in starting, owning, operating, and managing a business.

For companies under Swiss law, the rights and obligations of shareholders and board members / managing directors are set out in the articles of association or in the organizational regulations.

A shareholder agreement is an agreement between the shareholders of a company. It contains provisions on the management of the company and on the privileges and protection of shareholders. The shareholder agreement cannot be enforced at the shareholder meeting. If a shareholder votes against the provisions of the shareholder agreement it has no effect on the legality of the company's resolution. However, the shareholder is in breach of contract and can be made liable to the other shareholders.

A commercial register is a database in which companies are registered. The database contains important information about the companies such as company, address, headquarters, industry, products and services as well as their board members and directors.

In Switzerland, the cantons keep separate commercial registers, while the federal government has a national commercial register. Companies register with the commercial register of the canton in which they are based.