WAEBER MAITRE

YOUR HORIZONS, OUR MISSION.

For more than 10 years, our private, commercial and institutional clients, in Switzerland and abroad, have trusted us and appreciated our values: rigor, anticipation, transparency, pragmatism.
Thanks to our targeted skills, our experience and our network, we help companies and individuals secure their future, carry out their projects and defend their interests.

About WAEBER MAITRE

Founded in 1908

50 people in their team

Practice areas

Business

Real Estate

Employment & Labor

Intellectual Property

Family

Elder Law

Languages spoken

Romansh

French

Italian

German

English

Practice areas

Business

Corporate law

Uberization
board of directors
Creation / incorporation
Shareholders' agreement
Consortium / Joint venture
Acquisition
Acquisition with recourse to borrowing
Due diligence
Family inheritance
Sale
Sale to management / employees
Restructuring
Investment (private equity)
Advice to SMEs / unlisted entities
Establishment of foreign companies
Expansion of local businesses
Liquidation of companies
Taxation
Board of shareholders
Conflict between shareholders

Administrative

Banking & Finance

Business Registration

Contract

Due Diligence

Employer

Franchising

Gaming

Investment

Legal Document

Licensing

Merger & Acquisition

New Business Formation

Office Solutions

Oil, Gas & Energy

Tax

Tax Increment Financing

Financial Services Regulation

Government Relations & Lobbying

International Trade Law

Nonprofit & Charitable Organizations

Real Estate

Tenancy law

Defence, representation and advice (lessors and lessees)
Residential leases
Commercial leases
rental
Subletting

Real estate law

Purchase (including by persons abroad)
Sale
Brokerage
construction law
Architect contract
Business contract
Administration (Real estate company, PPE)
Promotion
Taxation
Funding
Permission to build
Territory Development
Rural land law
Environmental Protection
French real estate law

Natural Resources

Brokerage

Commercial Real Estate

Foreclosure

Housing, Construction & Development

Land Use & Zoning

Landlord & Tenant

Mortgage

Real Estate Contracts and Negotiations

Real Estate Due Diligence

Employment & Labor

Defence, representation and advice (employers and employees)
Establishment of contracts
Civil service law
Collective labor agreements
Collective dismissals
Apprenticeship contracts
Cross-border workers

Employment Rights

Hiring & Firing

Job Discrimination

Labor Law

Pension

Retirement

Sexual Harassment

Social Security

Wage & Hour

Wrongful Termination

Employment Benefits & Executive Compensation

Intellectual Property

Brands

designs
Copyright
Domain names
Geographical indications (in particular Swiss Made)
Contracts
Strategy
Intellectual Property Dispute Resolution

Retail

Management and valuation of intellectual property rights portfolios (strategy, research, filing, renewal, acquisition, assignment, opposition, cancellation, etc.)
Advice, negotiation, mediation, conflict resolution in intellectual property matters
Commercial and technical contractual law in relation to intellectual property rights (confidentiality, trade secret, license, franchise, distribution, sponsorship, subcontracting, etc.)
Fight against counterfeiting and unfair competition
Expertise, advice, support, specific intervention in the watch and jewelry industry in Switzerland and abroad (design, R&D, manufacturing, subcontracting, distribution, marketing, counterfeiting)

Sectors

Watchmaking
Jewelry store
Jewelry
Luxury
Art
Fashion
Retail
Restoration
Drinks
Agri-food
Artisanal and industrial subcontracting
Finance

Art & Cultural Property Law

Patent

Trademark

Family

Advice and representation before Swiss and French courts
Concubinage
Registered partnership
Marriage
Divorce
Maintenance contribution
Protective measures for the marital union
Illicit cross-border removal of children
Wealth planning, marriage contract
Estate planning, will, inheritance agreement
Family property law (taxation, real estate, family companies)
Adoption
Amicable resolution of family disputes
Family council / Family office

Adoption

Child Abuse

Child Custody

Child Support

Child Visitation

Divorce & Separation

Domestic Violence

Marriage

Elder Law

Advice and representation before Swiss and French courts
Concubinage
Registered partnership
Marriage
Divorce
Maintenance contribution
Protective measures for the marital union
Illicit cross-border removal of children
Wealth planning, marriage contract
Estate planning, will, inheritance agreement
Family property law (taxation, real estate, family companies)
Adoption
Amicable resolution of family disputes
Family council / Family office

Estate Planning

Trusts

Will & Testament

Elder Abuse Law

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