Corporate & Commercial Law
Companies experience different stages of development. Our lawyers have the legal answers to any challenges related to corporate law that may arise.
Areas of expertise
- Company founding
- Capital increases/capital reductions
- Shareholders’ agreements
- Joint venture agreements
- Succession planning
- Advising members of boards of directors (organisational issues, defence against liability claims, ensuring compliance)
- Preparation and execution of general meetings or shareholders’ meetings (assistance with calling the meeting, preparing scripts, discussing possible strategies among activist shareholders, keeping minutes)
- Advising minority shareholders
- Liquidation of companies
- Creation of all internal regulations
- Advice in connection with good corporate governance and questions of compensation (including employee participation plans)
- Examination and preparation of all types of commercial contracts and general terms and conditions
Other relevant areas
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Publications
Zeitpunkt der Begründung der unmöglichen Forderungsbezifferung
in: dRSK, publiziert am 21. September 2022- DE
Swiss Corporate Law Reform: Main Changes
MLL Newsportal, 30 August 2022- EN
- Mona Stephenson
- May-Si Hau
Geheimhaltungspflicht als Schutzmassnahme nach Art. 156 ZPO
in: dRSK, publiziert am 25. März 2022- DE
The capital band – a new and flexible instrument in Switzerland
GoingPublic Magazine, Special, Capital Market Switzerland 2021, p. 12-13, October 2021- EN
Firm News
5. Tagung zum Konzernrecht am 6. Juni 2024 in Zürich | Nicola Benz | Alexander Vogel
MLL Legal advised Yokoy in the implementation of its new holding structure
Mona Stephenson | Séminaire EXPERTsuisse | 2 mai 2023
MLL Legal advises MÜLLER-STEINAG on the acquisition of BIRCO GmbH
MLL Legal advised LFH Corporation SA on its add-on investment in Peach Property Group AG
News Portal
Not a Merger of Empires, but of Rights: The IP Logic Behind a Reported Netflix–Warner Bid
Abstract: The most compelling lesson from Netflix’s reported bid for Warner Bros. and HBO Max is that scale alone no longer wins media deals—rights do. By isolating the crown jewel IP portfolios (Batman, Harry Potter, Game of Thrones) and leaving legacy cable networks to a spin-off, the transaction blueprint puts exploitable franchises, brand equity, and global distribution rights at the center of valuation and structuring. For corporate buyers, this is a roadmap: identify the assets that generate outsized monetization across streaming, theatrical, gaming, and consumer products, and build the deal around them.
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Switzerland’s First FDI Regime
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) screening regimes allow governments to review and control foreign acquisitions in strategic sectors to protect public order and national security interests. Policymakers consider FDI regimes as a regulatory response to evolving geopolitical and national security concerns. Unsurprisingly, various countries, including the United Kingdom (under the National Security and Investment Act 2021), the United States (through the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States CFIUS) and EU member states, have introduced their own FDI regimes.
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Labour and Employment Disputes: Switzerland
Switzerland has a well-developed system of employment and labour law that aims to protect the rights of employees and ensure that employers abide by their legal obligations. For the private sector, the statutory framework for employment and labour law in Switzerland is governed by the Swiss Code of Obligations (CO), which sets out the basic legal principles for employment relationships, including the obligations of employers and employees and the rights and duties of both parties. For employees in the public sector, employment relationships are governed by federal, cantonal and sometimes even communal rules. Special regimes can also apply to employees of diplomatic missions, under certain conditions.
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Introduction of a Central Transparency Register in Switzerland for Registration Beneficial Owners of Companies and Other Legal Entities
On 26 September 2025, the Swiss Parliament passed the new Federal Act on the Transparency of Legal Entities and the Identification of Beneficial Owners (LETA).
This new legislation establishes a central, non-public federal register of beneficial owners (Transparency Register) and introduces new identification and reporting obligations for Swiss companies, as well as certain foreign legal entities with links to Switzerland. On October 15, 2025, the Federal Council presented a draft of the implementing ordinance (LETO) and opened the consultation period, which will last until January 30, 2026.
LETA and LETO aim to increase transparency in ownership and control structures, strengthen the effectiveness of anti-money laundering measures, and align Switzerland with international standards, particularly the FATF recommendations and EU/EEA practices.
LETA is expected to come into force in 2026, with a series of transitional periods for existing companies.
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Share Buybacks in Swiss Corporate Law: Motives, Methods and Legal Framework
Share buybacks have established themselves as an essential tool for balance sheet and capital structure management. Alongside dividend policy, they represent a flexible and strategically deployable means of returning value to shareholders, adjusting the equity ratio, and implementing corporate policy objectives.
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