A DUFOUR core competence
DUFOUR Advokatur

Your point of contact

Your company in the best hands.

Thanks to our versatile and long-standing expertise as a commercial law firm, you will receive comprehensive support and advice.

Expertise

International companies, SMEs, commercial enterprises, start-ups, and you as an entrepreneur all benefit from our many years of experience and industry knowledge, particularly in the pharmaceutical, life sciences, and chemical sectors. We are happy to advise your company strategically, tactically, or in the operational implementation of your strategies in a solution-oriented manner. Even in the event of a conflict!

We listen carefully to your concerns. As a business law firm, we comprehensively advise and represent you in all matters concerning business and commercial law. We are at your side in the event of disputes and represent you before courts and authorities nationwide or before international arbitration tribunals.

Practice areas

Negotiation and dispute resolution

Facilitation, implementation and consultation on negotiation strategies
Dispute resolution
Representation in court cases and proceedings before authorities
national and international arbitration

Contracts

Drafting, reviewing and revising contracts in a national and international context
under Swiss law,
in an international context together with a competent global network
pacta sunt servanda

M&A transactions

Founding
Shareholders’ agreements
Restructuring
Asset transfers
Succession planning
Review, drafting and execution of M&A agreements
Due diligence
Corporate governance
Occupational benefits, partial liquidation, affiliation agreements

Employment law for employers

Employment law for employers
Employment contracts
Terminations
Illness and absence
termination agreements
Non-competition clause
Work permits
Transfer of business
Mass dismissals
Data protection
Co-determination and employee representation
Collective bargaining agreement

Intellectual property / Copyright / Licenses

Copyright
Authors’ rights and art
Patents
Trademarks
Designs
Domains
Protective letters
Employee inventions
License agreements
Transfers

External legal services

Comprehensive support in all matters
Advising the board of directors
Corporate governance
Commercial register
Director`s liability
D&O
Business documentation
Data protection
AI

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