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Legal services for Swiss SMEs
We connect Swiss SMEs with vetted specialists for every legal question a company faces. Clear advice, predictable costs.
Legal support for Swiss SMEs
SME.law is a network of specialized lawyers for Swiss SMEs. We match you with the right expert for the matter at hand.
SME-focused expertise
We work only with SMEs, so we know the typical questions before you ask them.
Strategic partnership
We stay involved after the advice is delivered. Most clients work with the same lawyers for years.
Rooted in Switzerland, connected abroad
Swiss law, Swiss languages, Swiss business culture. And an international network when a matter crosses the border.
We are not a law firm. We are the gateway to independent specialists, and every lawyer listed here has been vetted by us.
Specialized legal services
Corporate law
- • Company formation
- • Shareholder agreements
- • General meetings & board minutes
- • Share register & beneficial owners
- • Capital increases & restructurings
Financing
- • Term sheet review
- • Equity rounds & shareholder documents
- • Convertible loans & SAFEs
- • Bank financing & covenants
- • Cap table & anti-dilution
M&A
- • Due diligence
- • Share & asset purchase agreements
- • Earn-outs & price adjustments
- • Succession & management buy-outs
- • Merger control & closing
HR & employment
- • Employment contracts
- • Terminations & settlements
- • Employee participation & bonuses
- • Cross-border & remote work
- • Regulations & handbooks
Contracts
- • General terms & conditions
- • Supply & distribution agreements
- • SaaS & licensing
- • NDAs & cooperation agreements
- • Template sets for your team
Compliance & data protection
- • FADP & GDPR
- • Privacy notices & data processing agreements
- • Data transfers
- • Financial regulation
- • FINMA licensing
Litigation
- • Commercial disputes
- • Debt enforcement & bankruptcy
- • Settlement negotiations
- • Provisional measures & injunctions
- • Arbitration & mediation
Intellectual property
- • Trademark registration & oppositions
- • Patent strategy & filings
- • IP ownership & employee inventions
- • Copyright, software & licensing
- • Trade secrets & domain names
Tax
- • Corporate tax & structuring
- • VAT & cross-border services
- • Equity compensation
- • Reorganizations & rulings
- • Succession & tax audits
Notary
- • Formation deeds & articles
- • Capital increases & statute amendments
- • Notarial minutes of general meetings
- • Real estate purchases & land register
- • Powers of attorney & certifications
Migration
- • Work permits for third-country nationals
- • EU/EFTA hires & quotas
- • Postings & notification procedure
- • Cross-border commuters & remote work
- • Residence, family & naturalisation
AI & technology
- • AI Act classification & duties
- • Transparency & labelling of AI content
- • AI policies & governance
- • Training data & model rights
- • Vendor & tool review
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