Legal relations between Germany and Switzerland
Thank to our offices in Zürich, Frankfurt, Berlin and Mannheim, we have a profound economical and legal know-how in Swiss law as well as in German law. Legal relations between Germany and Switzerland are our speciality. We will defend the interests of Swiss companies in Germany and will counsel German companies regarding Swiss legislation. For every aspect of economical law – a rapid, competent and reliable solution.
Are you a Swiss entrepreneur?
Do you think about expending to Germany?
Do you want to offer your services or products in Germany?
Do you ask yourself if you should create a sales company in Germany or if you can manage your business from Switzerland?
Do you have questions regarding taxes?
O rare you associated to a German company or do you own real estate in Germany that you want to administrate or to sell?
Does anyone in Germany owe you money?
As you can see, the legal relations between Germany and Switzerland have a wide range. It is exactly the same the other way round:
Do you – as German company – plan to invest in Switzerland?
Do you want to integrate Swiss companies in your trust?
Have you ever thought about creating a Swiss holding?
Do you want to create a Swiss dependence?
Do you have claims against persons living in Switzerland?
Or do you need support while negotiating with Swiss business partners, fort he wording of contracts for Switzerland or do you have general questions about Swiss law?
The Swiss law and the German law appear very similar on the first approach. The differences are to be found in the details. We will help you to deal with both legal systems, to avoid misunderstandings and to benefit freely from the possibilities of the transnational business.
Our contact persons on-site will help you exercise your activity abroad, clear legal problems and help you organise, supervise and administrate your foreign business.
Do you think about moving to Switzerland?
If you think about moving to Switzerland, you should answer yourself a few questions to make sure to achieve your goals. Our service for you would therefore begin with an analysis of your interests:
The most common reason for moving to Switzerland would be fiscal reasons. Should I move the enterprise to Switzerland or build up a new one? Is it necessary to move myself to Switzerland to achieve a better fiscal result? Is it necessary to move with the whole family? What will happen with my real estate? In which canton should I move and where should I go with my enterprise? Is the relocation subject of taxation? Do I have possibilities to avoid taxation? How should I organise my pension provision and what should I do with my actual assets?
Our practical experience has shown us that relocation will only be successful and achieve a tax optimisation if it is planned carefully in advance and harmonise with the personal strategy. We are specialists and will help you with the analysis, planning and optimisation of your goals. We will help you find the adequate fiscal solution, get the necessary work and resident permits, registration to the Swiss authorities, to adapt your contracts to Swiss law, to open Swiss bank accounts and to analyse and where appropriate adapt your insurance contracts.
Do you want to build up a new enterprise in Switzerland? The successful creation of an enterprise in Switzerland needs a profound understanding for facts, aims, business processes, legal structures etc. That’s where we can help you. We will make an analysis of costs and benefits to make sure that the costs of the relocation in Switzerland will be still smaller than the fiscal benefits. In a first step, we will help you find the right business structure, determine the business operating area and adapt the fiscal solutions to the business structure.
In a second step we will make a detailed analysis and planning of the tasks that have to be done in order to go through together with the client. If the client wishes so, we can then assure the following of the foreign structure together with the entrepreneur to make sure that all the tasks are performed properly.
Investing in Switzerland
Even if one cannot move to Switzerland, the country remains an interesting place to invest in. By doing so, many questions may arise like: what will be the fiscal outcomes of the investment or what is about the Swiss bank secrecy.
The administration and the selling of German shares or real estate If you have moved to Switzerland recently, you will probably still have assets in Germany (shares or real estate). You would then need a competent administration, a professional to exercise your rights as shareholder and eventually a competent counsel in order to sell your shares. Our long experience in the administration of personal fortunes for foreign clients makes us a qualified partner for you.
Make our experience your advantage
A commercial activity abroad needs specific knowledge of the legal situation, a long experience and a competent contact person on-site. Our offices are so placed that an all-embracing counsel can be given even in a foreign law. The necessary coordination will be made internally by our lawyers. We know how to deal with international legal problems and we are therefore able to provide legal and economical counsel at the highest level to low costs. We know as well German law as Swiss law.
We are different from other law firms or counsellors. We are the specialists.
Jost Roth Colleagues will get you further
We invite you to come to us and to challenge us with your questions. Jost Roth Colleagues will get you further.