International Commercial Contracts

One of the key practice areas of LALIVE is international commercial contracts. The firm provides advice and assistance to establish, develop or amend complex contractual structures, including joint ventures, at the domestic and international levels. Services include advice on related questions such as taxation and anti-trust issues.

 

Lawyers specialising in this area have wide experience in various types of contracts, including sale and distribution contracts, franchise, license and concession agreements, construction and industrial engineering contracts, agency agreements, government contracts and Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) projects.

 

Major business transactions often give rise to competition law issues. In light of constant changes in the legal regime governing this complex field, LALIVE also has a dedicated team which is involved in the drafting of national statutes on competition law so as to ensure compliance with international standards. The team also provides advice in this area, including prohibition of horizontal and vertical agreements (or hard cartels), merger control, state aids and abuse of dominant position.

 

The firm regularly deals with international commercial contracts subject to foreign law, often in close cooperation with local attorneys. However, many of the firm’s lawyers are non-Swiss nationals or have been legally trained outside Switzerland. Foreign law advice is available within the firm for a variety of American, Canadian, English, Finnish, French, German and Italian law matters, in addition to Swiss law advice.

 

 

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