VERSATILE
Commercial law advice:
M&A, transactions, new business implementations:
- Due diligence, data rooms, bid processes, «beauty contests»
- Drafting and negotiating key documents (letters of intent & terms of reference; memoranda of understanding; signing and closing documents, communications in-house and to the media)
- Setting up of new enterprises/branches abroad (including several Asian jurisdictions)
- Labour law aspects
Free trade (EU law; bilateral agreements Switzerland-EU; EFTA)
Protection of intellectual property, distribution systems, trade law:
- Assignment and protection of patents and other IP rights
- Research & development agreements
- Supply, purchase, works and service agreements
- Strategic alliances, consortia
- Customs law
- Transportation law and Incoterms
Alternative dispute resolution/mediation
Litigation
For banking/finance/tax matters and business set-ups, I work closely together with other colleagues, my clients and their advisors.