Glatthard

Expertise

We focus on what we are good at

Our attorneys at law and notaries advise and represent you through all kinds of legal challenges.

We focus in particular on the following areas of law.

If necessary, we involve experts (e.g. tax experts, forensic experts, lawyers qualified abroad) from our extensive national and international network.

Glatthard
  1. Private Clients & Families

    You want to plan your succession? You are looking for solutions in an estate? You are planning to move to Switzerland? You have questions about child protection or family law? We support private clients and families over generations. We advise you in particular in the following areas:

    • Estate planning (wills, matrimonial and inheritance agreements, executorship, estate distribution and inheritance law proceedings)
    • Inventories and estate administration
    • Succession planning for entrepreneurs and companies
    • Foundations and trusts
    • Real estate transactions
    • Donations
    • Residence and settlement
    • Philanthropy
    • Art Law
    • Sports law
    • Matrimonial property law
    • Cohabitation
    • Name law
    • Preventive care plan (living wills, powers of attorney, patient’s directives)
    • Representation in proceedings before state courts and authorities
    • Establishment of all contracts and deeds required for you by our notaries, including all dealings with the authorities and registration processes (commercial register, land registry)

    Our experts

    Most notably, the following team members are available to assist you in this area:

  2. Companies & Entrepreneurs

    Like you, we think entrepreneurially. We support national and international companies, entrepreneurs and investors in all aspects of their business activities. This includes in particular the following areas:

    • Incorporation and restructuring (merger, de-merger, etc.)
    • Acquisition and sale of companies
    • Capital change (especially capital increase and decrease)
    • Financing
    • Shareholder and partnership agreements
    • Corporate housekeeping
    • Regulations and operating manuals (corporate governance)
    • Legal due diligence
    • Contract documentation and negotiations
    • Data protection
    • Legal issues in daily business operations (contract, employment, rental, real estate, construction and insurance law, etc.)
    • Representation in proceedings before state courts and authorities
    • Establishment of all contracts and deeds required for you by our notaries, including all dealings with the authorities and registration processes (commercial register, land registry)

    Our experts

    Most notably, the following team members are available to assist you in this area:

  3. Construction, Rent & Real Estate

    Be it the purchase or sale of real estate, a construction project, rental or neighbour disputes. We advise private clients and companies in all areas of construction and real estate law, rental law and related areas of law. Our activities cover in particular the following areas:

    Construction and Real Estate Law

    • Sale and acquisition of properties, industrial, commercial and residential real estate
    • Parcelling
    • Easement agreements (rights of way, border construction rights, etc.)
    • Drafting of promissory notes
    • Legal due diligence, contract documentation and negotiation
    • Permit procedures (building permit, Lex Koller, etc.)
    • Condominium ownership
    • Construction contracts, mandate agreements, general contractor and technical contractor contracts
    • Construction lien law
    • Neighbourhood law
    • Investments and financing
    • Transfer of farms under agricultural land law
    • Advice to agricultural cooperatives, mountain associations, etc.
    • Public construction law
    • Planning and environmental law
    • Representation in proceedings before state courts and authorities
    • Establishment of all contracts and deeds required for you by our notaries, including all dealings with the authorities and registration processes (commercial register, land registry).

    Rental Law

    • Commercial leases (drafting and negotiating contracts)
    • Residential leases (drafting and negotiating contracts)
    • Advice on rent structuring (rent increases and reductions)
    • Contestation of termination and tenant extension
    • Defect rights
    • Eviction of tenants
    • Representation in proceedings before state courts and authorities
    • Establishment of all contracts and deeds required for you by our notaries, including all dealings with the authorities and registration processes (commercial register, land registry).

    Our experts

    Most notably, the following team members are available to assist you in this area:

  4. Public Law

    Local, regional, cantonal or national - dealing with authorities is part of the process. We guide private clients, companies, organisations and, in particular, municipalities through the maze of public regulations. Among others in the following areas:

    • Public construction law
    • Planning and environmental law
    • Hospitality law
    • Tourism law
    • Public procurement law
    • Education Law
    • Public energy law
    • Commercial administrative law
    • Legal analysis / expert opinions
    • Representation in proceedings before authorities (municipalities, cantonal authorities and federal authorities)
    • Establishment of all contracts and deeds required for you by our notaries, including all dealings with the authorities and registration processes (commercial register, land registry)

    Our experts

    Most notably, the following team members are available to assist you in this area:

  5. Employment Law

    Work is half of life”. We support employers and employees with the legal challenges at the work place. In particular, we cover the following areas:

    • Employment contracts
    • General terms and conditions of employment, personnel regulations, bonus regulations
    • Employee stock option plan (ESOP)
    • Salary and bonus disputes
    • Non-competition clause
    • Data protection
    • Discrimination in the workplace
    • Internal investigations
    • Termination of employment (dismissal, release, amicable termination)
    • Restructuring and mass dismissal
    • Staff leasing
    • Work permits and secondment
    • Public employment law act; collective labour law; public personnel law
    • Representation in proceedings before state courts and authorities

    Our experts

    Most notably, the following team members are available to assist you in this area:

  6. Debt Enforcement & Bankruptcy

    Outstanding claims, debts or bankruptcy - we advise and represent you comprehensively in debt enforcement and bankruptcy law. This includes in particular the following areas:

    • Debt enforcement proceedings
    • Bankruptcy proceedings
    • Attachment proceedings
    • Restructuring / Reorganisation
    • Represenstation in proceedings before state courts and authorities

    Our experts

    Most notably, the following team members are available to assist you in this area:

  7. Criminal Law

    Fines. Police. Public Prosecutor. Code of Conduct. Compliance. Are you confronted with one of these buzzwords? We are by your side - whether as a suspect or as a private plaintiff. In particular, we cover the following areas:

    • White collar crime
    • General criminal law
    • Ancillary criminal law
    • Juvenile criminal law
    • International legal assistance
    • Internal investigations

    Our experts

    Most notably, the following team members are available to assist you in this area: