Blockchain/DLT/Fintech

Our law firm provides the following legal services on blockchain/distributed ledger technology (DLT) and fintech topics:

• Setting up crowdfunding applications and organizing initial coin offerings (ICO)/token generating events (TGE), STO
• legal assessment and a complete review of the white paper and providing as well a token legal opinion in order to verify
  i) if the token is considered as utility token, payment token or asset token according to the definition provided by FINMA and
  ii) the compliance of the token with the law and regulations
• Drafting and assessment of all ICO/STO legal agreements
• Drafting and assessment of smart contracts
• Advisory on the KYC and AML requirements for the ICO/STO fund raising
• Dealing with FINMA and self-regulatory organisations (SRO)
• Assistance and advisory in order to obtain a fintech license
• Compliance development related to platforms and digital processes
• Data protection and data security, management of cyber risks, big data issues

Corporate & Commercial

We offer advisory services on corporate structures and legal aspects of setting up businesses. Our boutique regularly advises on contracts, drafting and negotiating commercial agreements in such areas as those of supply, agency, distribution, franchising, and licensing mainly in fashion, energy, food & beverage, information technology, pharmaceuticals, automotive, aeronautical, shipping and real estate fields.

We have a specific expertise in the fashion and luxury sector, assisting our clients in the whole production chain, from designers to fashion houses, raw materials suppliers, manufacturing companies and distributors and traders.

We offer advice from the drafting of individual contractual clauses through to strategic commercial transactions and partnerships both in Switzerland and abroad.

Intelletual Property

We offer commercial advice for the enforcement and protection of all forms of intellectual property (trademarks, patents, geographical indications, industrial design, domain names, royalties, etc.).

Thanks to our international network we are able to assist our clients in the protection of intellectual property across most jurisdictions.

International Commercial Arbitration

Our law firm assists its clients in international commercial arbitration proceedings, governed by procedural rules (including ICC, UNCITRAL, Swiss Rules, LCIA, CAS and WIPO) as well as ad hoc proceedings.

We also provide assistance in the enforcement of arbitration awards in the signatory countries of the New York Convention of 1958.

Merger & Acquisition – Private Equity

We assist our clients in structuring acquisition deals, mergers and de-mergers, joint ventures, temporary association of companies and extraordinary corporate transactions.

Our boutique assists both Swiss and international clients in each step of the private equity and venture capital investment process, also advising on the financing of the deals and the structuring of the associated guarantees.

Sports Law

Our law firm provides legal services to clients in the sports industry, in particular to national and international federations and event organizers in karate and martial arts field.

We assist our clients in drafting statutes and regulations.

We negotiate and draft sponsorship, merchandising and marketing agreements.

Transnational and Domestic Litigation

Our law firm assists its Swiss and international clients in civil, commercial, corporate, banking and finance, construction and intellectual property disputes.

We provide assistance in the management of relationships during the pre-litigation phase, evaluating the merits of the dispute, as well as in Swiss judicial proceedings.

We stand out in our predisposition to find extrajudicial solutions attempting to reach the desired outcomes without appearing before the court. We therefore offer a combined assistance in which analysis ability and negotiation skills meet.

Thanks to our competence and extensive international network, we represent our clients in international litigation proceedings and in the enforcement of Swiss judgments abroad as well as foreign judgments in Switzerland.

Capital Markets

Our boutique assists both Swiss and international clients in financial markets laws and regulations, providing legal services and consultancy in equity and debt capital markets transactions, including IPOs and listings, private placements, capital increases, tender offers and delistings.