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Schoch Auer & Partner Rechtsanwälte is one of the largest and perhaps best known law firms in the eastern part of Switzerland (St. Gallen). Our main areas of practice are general business law, law of contracts and tort, international private law, corporate law, intellectual property law and banking law. We provide legal advice and represent our clients in court or arbitration. The attorneys at our firm are keen to build close personal relationships with our clients. We are convinced that our highly experienced and well educated lawyers who have the highest professional ethics will fully satisfy all requirements that may be expected by any law firms active on an international basis.

Our law firm was established in 1970. We provide focused and practical services for our clients. Confidence, competence and personal commitment are our first priority. Entrepreneurial spirit, creativity and high performance set us apart.

• Banking and finance
• Business restructuring
• Corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• Estate planning, trusts and probate
• Intellectual property
• Labour and employment
• Matrimonial
• Real estate
• Business litigation
• Civil litigation

• Business formation, capital raising, mergers, capital transfers and other corporate transactions and contracts
• Business transactions, purchases and sales of companies, conducting due diligence
• Restructurings, reorganisations, and liquidation
• Business successions and management buy-outs
• Competition and antitrust
• Work contracts, general contracts and consortium agreements
• Employment, personnel and employee issues
• Rental and leasing
• Trademark and copyright, licensing and distribution agreements
• Submission procedures
• Advice and representation in attracting foreign companies, especially before the Swiss authorities

• Mergers
• Due diligence
• Private equity and venture capital transactions
• Financing

• Counselling, litigating and providing of expertise in banking law matters (credit, investment advisory and asset management, financing for banks, businesses and private)

• Prenuptial Agreements
• Divorce, martial property disputes
• Inheritance law, estate planning
• Preparation of wills and inheritance contracts
• Wills

• Buying and selling real estate
• Landlord and Tenant Law
• Law and order trust contracts
• Liability insurance

• Tax law
• Social security law
• Administrative law, in particular construction, planning and environmental law
• Civil law
• Advice to public authorities, companies and individuals in environmental, building and expropriation law as well as advice to communities and mixed companies
• Representation of companies and individuals in white collar crimes
• Criminal law

• Certification of company operations as well as marriage and inheritance contracts, wills

• Safeguarding of creditor or debtor's interests
• Trustee seats
• Collection mandates

• Management of civil cases before cantonal courts and the Federal Court
• Representation in administrative proceedings before administrative agencies and courts
• Social security procedures

• Acting as arbitrator or counsel in arbitration proceedings

• Legal opinions
• Legal audits
• Due diligence
• Compliance investigations

• English
• German