Coronavirus Information Hub

Our team of experts is on hand to advise on all matters relating to corporate and commercial law.

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Andrea Haefeli, Rafael Zemp

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Commercial Contracts
Corporate Law

If you need any assistance with criminal charges related to the Coronavirus, we have a team of experts who can help.

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Oliver M. Kunz

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Corporate Crime

If you need any assistance with guarantees, bridging loans, banking arrangements, we have a team of experts who can help.

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Theodor Härtsch

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Financings / Financial Restructurings

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Financings / Financial Restructurings

Our employment experts advise employers and employees on any matters relating to health and safety policies, remote working, short-time work, salary and other workplace issues related to the Coronavirus.

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Irène Suter-Sieber, Philippe Nordmann, Ueli Sommer


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Short-Time-Work

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Arbeitsrecht

If you have to deal with insolvency and restructuring issues related to the Coronavirus, we have legal advisors who can help.

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Dominik Hohler

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Restructuring & Insolvency

If you have to enforce claims in court, e.g. due to damage caused by delay or the impossibility of fulfilling a contract, or if you as a defendant are exposed to such claims, our team of litigation and arbitration experts are on hand to assist.

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Rodolphe Gautier, Olivier Nicod, Micha Bühler, Andrea Meier

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Litigation

The extraordinary situation related to the Coronavirus may lead to unfair pricing practices and see further restrictive regulations, our regulatory experts will be able to assist.

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Thomas Müller


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Regulatory

If you are a landlord or tenant and you are wondering what the consequences of the closure of a business are under tenancy and lease law or as to the impact of the current situation on the continuation of construction works, our real estate experts are on hand to advise.

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Francis Nordmann

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Real Estate

Employers, contract partners, insurance companies as well as authorities must regularly deal with questions relating to the processing of data concerning health in relation with the coronavirus. Our data protection experts are on hand to advise.

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David Vasella, Jürg Schneider

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Data Protection

The Coronavirus situation has had an impact on how tax matters are being handled in Switzerland. Filing deadlines have been extended in numerous cantons, late interest may be cancelled and the certain deadlines applicable to legal proceedings have been suspended. We are happy to assist you should you be seeking any guidance in that field.

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Stephan Neidhardt, Robert Desax

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Tax

COVID-19 hits healthcare companies and workers twice. Not only do they suffer the usual restrictions on economic activity due to the official measures, but they also have to provide additional special services in connection with the cantonal COVID-19 action plans. We have a comprehensive view of the market and can provide you with the appropriate support.

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Daniel Staffelbach, Martin Zobl

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Health Care

You wish to make precautions for a potential incapacity of judgement and you wish to secure your estate planning in order to ensure that your wishes will be respected by doctors and family members in terms of both medical and financial rights? Are you part of a community of heirs and, in view of the Corona situation, are you dependent on an (at least partial) partition to be able to dispose of financial resources? Our experts are happy to assist you with executing or modifying your advance care directive, patient decree, last will and inheritance contract as well as to assist you with partitions of estates.

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Kinga M. Weiss

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Private Clients