Our concern
We want to understand your business and provide you with the legal support you need to focus on the essentials: Your business.
Insurance and reinsurance
We advise on all matters relating to insurance and reinsurance law.
Our advice focuses on insurance contract law, insurance supervisory law, EU regulation, including Solvency II and cross-border business (including “FoS”) . If a dispute arises, we represent your interests, in mediation proceedings, in court or before arbitration tribunals.
We can also act as arbitrators or mediators.
Establishment of insurance companies and branches
Establishment of companies and branches
We can support you in the setting up of subsidiaries or branches in Switzerland. We offer support and advice on
– Applying for a business licence
– Coordination with the regulator
– Company law issues
– Commercial register entries
– Drafting employment contracts with employees
– Applying for residence and work permits for employees
– Adapting the general insurance conditions to the market and legal framework in Switzerland.
Structuring of ILS/ILW and other ART solutions
We can support you in setting up the right corporate structures and advising you on structuring and implementing alternative reinsurance agreements.
Dispute resolution Litigation
We can advise and represent you in disputes
– between policyholder and insurer or between primary insurers and reinsurers regarding claims for cover
– due to liability claims (including D&O, EL, Cyber, etc.)
– between companies and their former management due to claims arising from directors‘ and officers’ liability (D&O)
– between insurers and brokers arising from brokerage agreements
We also act as monitoring counsel.
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
Representation in arbitration proceedings, mediation
We can support, advise and represent you in mediation or arbitration proceedings. We also offer you support in the coordination of arbitration proceedings involving cross-border disputes. We can also act as arbitrators or mediators.
Drafting of contracts
Wordings
Clear, transparent contract wordings are an investment in the future.
We review and draft individually negotiated solutions, for instance reinsurance contracts and international insurance programmes, as well as general terms and conditions of insurance contracts. We support you in designing contract terms for
- all standard product lines,
- modern forms of reinsurance,
- speciality products, such as sports insurance and fine arts insurance and newer products such as cyber and AI insurance
M&A, portfolio transfers, reorganisations and RUN-OFFS
Insurance and reinsurance companies have always been the subject of acquisitions and restructurings. We can support you with
– mergers
– demergers
– portfolio transfers
– other restructurings
– Organisation and implementation of a run-off for individual divisions or lines of business or the entire business
Cross-border insurance business
Cross-border insurance business in the provision of services (Fos)
We can help you on legal issues arising in connection with such cross-border activities and find suitable solutions for you.
Claims settlement
We can support you with efficient claims settlement especially in the cases of
– Major claims from the liability sector (including industrial claims)
– Financial losses (liability of company managers (D&O), lawyers, tax consultants, architects)
– Medical malpractice claims,.
– Fine art and sport insurance claims
Employment law
We offer specialised legal advice in employment law, including both private and public employment relationships. We support companies, employees and public sector workers on issues such dismissal, harassment, employment contracts, severance payments, termination agreements and wage claims. We attach great importance to practical and individual solutions that meet the specific needs of our clients.
We also represent our clients in employment law disputes before courts and authorities. Our aim is to create legal certainty and achieve fair, sustainable solutions.
Tenancy law
Our law firm offers specialised legal advice in tenancy law, especially regarding contested terminations and the extension of tenancies. We support tenants who wish to contest termination by examining its legality and representing their interests both out of court and in court. We also advise on requests to extend the tenancy and can help to obtain more time for tenants to reorient themselves We offer landlords support in issuing legally compliant notices of termination and enforcing their claims.
Our aim is to find viable solutions that do justice to our clients’ interests and to resolve legal disputes efficiently
