Overview
PROFILE OF THE FIRM
L'Etude was born from the merger and succession of former firms in Fribourg & Lausanne. Over time, it has gradually evolved and been considerably strengthened with the successive arrival of partner and associate lawyers, chosen with care to complete and fortify the structure.
L'Etude provides its clients with particularly judicious legal advice - in the fields of construction and real estate law, business and labour law, as well as liability and insurance law - where it benefits from "SBA Specialist Attorneys", certified by the Swiss Bar Association.
L'Etude also increased its notoriety with lawyers offering courses at the University, regularly dispensing courses and training to target audiences, serving on governing bodies of companies, foundations, organizations and associations and becoming part of an international legal network Legal Netlink Allianz, LNA.
L'Etude is primarily occupied by the solicitations of private clients and important economic players, such as public authorities, large companies, SMEs, construction companies and insurance companies.
Through its history and its involvement in the local, national and international fabric, L'Etude is now firmly anchored in the judicial and economic world. It boasts a solid reputation, which largely benefits its clients.
PHILOSOPHY - SHARING OF KNOWLEDGE
The philosophy of L'Etude is above all to provide a perfect accompaniment and assistance for each business by choosing the best lawyer able to assist the client. Your file will thus be entrusted to an attorney or a pool of attorneys according to their knowledge, specialisations, experience, availability, and language proficiency. L'Etude aims to impose not only the quality of its services but also efficiency, personal support and loyalty to its clients.
Practice areas
Business
BUSINESS AND LABOR LAW
L'ETUDE is driven by the conviction that the quality of work, accessibility and success require the sharing of knowledge and responsibilities. Clients are therefore represented by a lawyer who has the specific legal knowledge required by their case and who can, in turn, count on the support of a solid team of lawyers. e s practicing regularly in the same areas of law.
The lawyers of L'ETUDE provide daily practical advice to their commercial clients before it is necessary to go to court and offer legal, operational and effective solutions as well as expert support to companies active in Switzerland.
L'ETUDE in particular offers the services of three FSA lawyers specialized in labor law.
The lawyers who are part of the labor and business law team regularly advise medium to large private and public companies throughout Switzerland, in particular on:
- Labor law
- Drafting of employment contracts and regulations
- Company and business law
- Advice in the constitution, organization, structuring and restructuring of companies
- Negotiation of commercial transactions
- Legal audit (due diligence)
- Commercial contract law
- International trade law
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Legal opinion and compliance
- Emerging technologies and venture capital
- Protection of intellectual property
- Competition law
- Procedures and arbitrations
Employment & Labor
BUSINESS AND LABOR LAW
L'ETUDE is driven by the conviction that the quality of work, accessibility and success require the sharing of knowledge and responsibilities. Clients are therefore represented by a lawyer who has the specific legal knowledge required by their case and who can, in turn, count on the support of a solid team of lawyers. e s practicing regularly in the same areas of law.
The lawyers of L'ETUDE provide daily practical advice to their commercial clients before it is necessary to go to court and offer legal, operational and effective solutions as well as expert support to companies active in Switzerland.
L'ETUDE in particular offers the services of three FSA lawyers specialized in labor law.
The lawyers who are part of the labor and business law team regularly advise medium to large private and public companies throughout Switzerland, in particular on:
- Labor law
- Drafting of employment contracts and regulations
- Company and business law
- Advice in the constitution, organization, structuring and restructuring of companies
- Negotiation of commercial transactions
- Legal audit (due diligence)
- Commercial contract law
- International trade law
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Legal opinion and compliance
- Emerging technologies and venture capital
- Protection of intellectual property
- Competition law
- Procedures and arbitrations
Civil & Human Rights
CIVIL LIABILITY AND INSURANCE LAW
L'ETUDE is distinguished by in-depth knowledge and extensive experience in the field of civil liability and social insurance. She advises and represents victims, policyholders and insurance companies.
L'ETUDE in particular offers its clients expertise and sound advice following damage resulting from an accident or medical error. In particular, it is responsible for settling the legal aspects related to social insurance (LAA, LAI, LPP). It ensures the criminal defense of victims in the event of bodily injury or death. Finally, it conducts negotiations in the context of civil claims (loss of earnings, loss of support, damage to income, damage to the economic future, household damage, damage to assistance, costs, moral injury). In the event of failure of the transactional talks, she represents the clients before the judicial authorities.
L'ETUDE also assists social insurers in their proceedings against the liable third party.
L'ETUDE in particular offers the services of an SBA lawyer specializing in civil liability and insurance law.
Its areas of activity include:
Public liability
- Civil liability (physical, economic and material damage)
- Contractual liability
- tort liability
- Criminal liability
- Medical Liability
- Responsibility of the State and public authorities
- Road traffic law
- Product liability law
- Law of assistance to victims of crime (LAVI)
- Litigation (civil, criminal, administrative)
- Expertise and expert-arbitration procedure
Insurance
Insurance
- Social insurance law (LAI, LAA, LAMal)
- Private insurance law
- health law
- Administrative and civil litigation
Family
FAMILY AND DIVORCE LAW
L'ETUDE offers its clients expertise, both legal and human, in matters of family law. When conflicts arise and the parties have children, she strives to advise clients in order to preserve the well-being of their children as much as possible.
L'ETUDE in particular offers support and advice, both on the legal and practical levels, in order to try to find reasonable solutions to all the sensitive situations that a family may experience. She applies herself to attempting a transactional approach, even in tense situations due to the human conflicts specific to a separation. When a procedure is necessary, she accompanies each client to try to find the best solution in everyone's interest.
L'ETUDE offers the services of lawyers with significant practical experience in the areas of family law.
These areas of activity include:
- Separation of unmarried couples
- Protective measures for the conjugal union, with or without the intervention of the Court
- Divorces
- Amendments to Divorce Judgments
- Maintenance of children of unmarried couples
- Curatorships related to the fate of children
- Regulations of personal relations, visitation rights
Criminal Defense
CRIMINAL LAW
Criminal litigation is sometimes considered one of the poor relations of the legal profession. Quite wrongly: it is one of its honours.
The evolution of criminal law is like that of life in society: the standards to be respected are becoming more and more numerous and the limit between what is legal or not is not easy to draw. .
The lawyers of L'ETUDE intervene in many important proceedings, particularly in the field of economic criminal law, where magistrates and those in charge of investigations today investigate in depth.
But we also know that there are no small criminal cases. Each of them is a source of anxiety for those it targets.
Criminal defense is a complex art where humanity and the law come together. The client and his lawyer must form a strong team. The lawyer certainly brings his legal knowledge, but also his support, essential to create a bond of trust with the client.
The effectiveness of criminal defense also depends on knowledge of changes in the law and monitoring of case law. One of our associates is thus the author of the Annotated Criminal Code and the Annotated Code of Accessory Criminal Law, thus providing us with a regularly updated database.