THEVOZ Attorneys LLC

THEVOZ AVOCATS SPECIALIZES IN IMMIGRATION LAW

For some years now, States have tended to restrict access to their territory to foreign citizens wishing to settle there and to promote national preference. Switzerland is part of this trend, in particular since the acceptance of the popular initiative “Against mass immigration” on February 9, 2014. It also plans to tighten its immigration legislation.

In this context, it is imperative that each foreign citizen wishing to settle in Switzerland be fully informed of the rules applicable to immigration, so as to best determine the type of residence permit to apply for (permit L, permit B, 120-day authorization,…) and to maximize the chances of obtaining it.

THEVOZ Avocats has specialists in immigration law who keep themselves constantly informed of legislative developments in this area. She is thus able to assist her clients, legal or natural persons, on all immigration issues.

THEVOZ Avocats is particularly active in the following areas:

• Stay with gainful activity
• Stay without gainful activity
• Stay for training purposes
• Family reunion
• Naturalization
• Litigation

ECONOMIC CRIMINAL LAW

THEVOZ Avocats is active in the field of economic criminal law. Its lawyers benefit from in-depth knowledge in this field and as such support companies in the context of asset recovery and assist them in particular in cases of corruption, fraud, money laundering, embezzlement and management. unfair.

It deals in particular with the prosecution of perpetrators and the recovery of illegally stolen assets, whether they are in Switzerland or abroad, the blocking of assets at risk of being stolen from their perpetrator and obtaining prior to injunctions to produce documents.

The Firm also defends people accused of having committed criminally reprehensible acts. In this context, it determines with them the best strategy to put in place to best defend their interests.

LABOR LAW

Labor law includes a set of rules regulating the relationship between an employer and his employee. The law differentiates in this respect between partially mandatory rules, from which it is possible to derogate in favor of the employee, and absolutely mandatory rules, which can never be derogated for the purpose of protecting the employee. In terms of procedure, the legal provisions also provide for specificities in order to protect the employee.

The THEVOZ Avocats team has extensive experience in this area in order to advise its clients as best it can. She assists them in conciliation procedures before labor courts, but also in substantive proceedings.

BANK RIGHT

THEVOZ Avocats' clients include banking establishments, insurance companies, investment fund managers, collective investment managers and third-party managers.

Financial market players have a complex job requiring great technical knowledge. Their duty of care is important and often difficult to fully comprehend. In the event of litigation, the amounts at stake are often significant.

It happens that some players active in the field of wealth management are indelicate and do not respect the rules in force or the instructions of their clients. The aggrieved investors can then claim damages from them for the losses they have suffered.

In the majority of cases, we find that such disputes result in a settlement. However, it happens that one of the parties decides to seize the civil or arbitration courts. The procedures are then long and their results often uncertain.

THEVOZ Avocats defends both financial market players (banks, third-party managers, fund managers, etc.) and investors. His knowledge of the field allows him to understand the issues and put in place an attack or defense strategy.

In this context, THEVOZ Avocats represents its clients in particular before the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) and self-regulatory organizations (SROs).