Probst & Partner AG

Labour, personnel and migration law

Preparation and assessment of employment contracts and personnel regulations, advice and representation in disputes between employers and employees, e.g

• Salary
• Termination
• holiday entitlements
• non-competition clause
• Claims from insurance benefits and employee benefits, etc

Work, residence and settlement permits.

Labour, personnel and migration law

Preparation and assessment of employment contracts and personnel regulations, advice and representation in disputes between employers and employees, e.g

• Salary
• Termination
• holiday entitlements
• non-competition clause
• Claims from insurance benefits and employee benefits, etc

Work, residence and settlement permits.

Construction and real estate law

Advice and representation in real estate transactions such as

• sales contracts
• Establishment of easements, property liens
• building rights

Elaboration and testing of

• work contracts
• architectural contracts
• consortium agreements
• Total or general contractor contracts

commercial and corporate law

Creation and structuring of companies, organizations and joint ventures. Capital increases and capital reductions. Participation and negotiation in mergers of companies and company acquisitions by the management, by companies or private individuals. Support with organizational law issues at the level of the board of directors, management or among shareholders.
Advice and representation of creditors, companies or bodies in the reorganization, restructuring, liquidation or bankruptcy of companies.

Support for companies in all areas of economic activity, for example through the

• Drafting of statutes and regulations
• Development of national and international delivery, sales, agency or license agreements and general terms and conditions
• Resolution of labor law issues
• Advice on suitable corporate forms and structures
• Processing and solving collisions between companies
• Advice in connection with shareholder agreements

intellectual property and competition law

Processing of issues and litigation before courts and authorities in disputes regarding, for example

• Acquisition, maintenance, transfer and protection of rights to all kinds of technical products (brands, inventions, equipment, design, software, topographies, know-how, trade secrets, patentable inventions, etc.) and creative achievements (compositions, audiovisual works, works of the visual arts, writings, photographs, performances, radio and television broadcasts, etc.)
• Collisions between license plates, companies, equipment, domain names, product names and the like
• Infringement lawsuits, copyright and neighboring rights (trademarks, patents, domain names, etc.)
• Collective bargaining and procedures with collecting societies
• gray market imports

Examination and drafting of contracts, for example

• the licensing of copyright, trademark, patent and design rights or the development, processing and distribution of software
• the creation and exploitation of musical, audiovisual, literary, photographic and other artistic works
• music and book publishing, the production of and the rights to audio and audiovisual media

Product piracy, confiscation actions, proceedings before customs authorities.

Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation

Advice and representation of companies and private individuals before Swiss courts, arbitration and appeals commissions, administrative authorities, international arbitral tribunals and international authorities such as the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), leading mediation talks and negotiations as a mediator.

Assumption of arbitration, arbitration court and mediation mandates. Representing parties in such proceedings.

Expert work in the core areas of our work.