Should it become unavoidable that a dispute is taken to court, we will support you with our broad knowledge and advise you strategically for the upcoming process.
Claims and commercial law processes
SchKG proceedings and attachment proceedings
Arbitration proceedings
Conducting negotiations, settlement negotiations
International procedures
Breathing space for the company to restructure financially - and protection for creditors at the same time. The debt restructuring moratorium as a central instrument of restructuring law is still all too little known and familiar, but is a proven, balanced and powerful instrument for companies in financial crises.
In the Bilanz Ranking 2024, Wicki Partners AG was once again named the TOP law firm in Switzerland, confirming its position as a specialized commercial law firm. The Handelszeitung, in collaboration with Statista, selected the best law firms from over 29,000 recommendations from clients and colleagues.
In the Bilanz Ranking 2023, Wicki Partners AG was once again named TOP law firm in Switzerland, confirming its positioning as a specialized commercial law firm. From over 25,000 recommendations from clients and colleagues, the Handelszeitung, in cooperation with Statista, selected the best law firms.
In ruling BGer 4A_277/2020, the Federal Supreme Court ruled that the assertion of the right to information under Art. 8 DPA for the purpose of clarifying the prospects of litigation is an abuse of rights and must therefore be rejected. The question arises as to how this decision will affect areas other than corporate law, namely employment law disputes.
This article will address some transitional legal issues concerning the applicability of the Lugano Convention on Jurisdiction, Recognition and Enforcement of Judgements in enforcement proceedings in Switzerland after Brexit. One issue is the question, if despite the de facto end of the transitional period, the Lugano Convention still applies to Swiss enforcement proceedings concerning judgments from the UK that were issued before 31 December 2020.
MLaw Kim Nguyen, trainee lawyer at Wicki Partners AG, co-authored the article "Der Wechsel vom Konkursverfahren in ein Nachlassverfahren nach der Konkurseröffnung - sanieren, was saniert werden kann", which will be published in the October issue of 'Aktuelle Juristische Praxis (AJP/PJA)'.
"I have a case taking place in Aargau and I would like your help in it. Oh, you're registered in Zurich though... is it still possible for you to represent me?" A question like this often arises from foreigners who are looking for a Swiss lawyer. They wonder if he or she is eligible to represent a client in a case taking place for example in the canton of Aargau, whereas the lawyer passed the bar exam in the canton of Zug and is registered in Zurich's cantonal lawyer's register. We would love to share the answer to this question with you in the article below!
We are pleased to support you in the legally compliant introduction of digital contract signing as well as in other digitalization projects. We can draw up appropriate standard clauses or a framework agreement for you and check which contract forms still require a written or QES signature.
Practitioners are well advised to ignore the notarial Corona time limit in judicial matters of debt enforcement and bankruptcy law.
The legal standstill pursuant to Art. 62 SchKG comes into force on 19 March 2020 at 07:00h and applies until 4 April 2020 at 24:00h. During this time, no debt collection actions can be taken...
Today, there is no clear legal regulation on the handling of data in bankruptcy in debt collection and bankruptcy law. If a customer wants to have access to his data in bankruptcy, he has to rely on the goodwill of the bankruptcy office. There is therefore no entitlement to the continued operation of a data centre in bankruptcy so that the data can be migrated.