Share Capital Services

Our experienced Corporate Legal Services Team offers a comprehensive expert-support, ensuring a quick and efficient service. By way of example, we can assist in the following areas:

Multiple share classes:
Companies may decide to issue multiple share classes to give special rights to different shareholders or groups of shareholders. A company may create classes of shares with different voting power or a company may issue bearer shares and registered shares. Swiss companies are also at liberty to issue so called participation certificates, which more or less correspond to non voting stock in other jurisdictions.

Changes to share capital:
Swiss companies may decide to increase their share capital by way of either an ordinary, authorised or contingent share capital increase. They may also wish to decrease their share capital by cancelling issued shares or decreasing their nominal value. The complex process of making share capital changes requires that all legal requirements are followed in detail and thoroughly. We advise you on the legal steps involved and prepare and file the necessary corporate documentation with the Commercial Registry.

Share transfer agreements:
Shares are almost always transferred based on written share transfer agreements. Depending on the type of shares to be transferred, certain legal requirements must be met in order for the transfer to become legally effective. Our services include the preparation of the share transfer agreement and all necessary minutes and resolutions to effect the legal transfer.

Drafting share transfer provisions:
Where a privately held company has more than one shareholder it will often consider including in its articles of association special provisions restricting share transfers to third parties. We can draft the relevant provisions for inclusion in the articles of association. Our services also include the preparation of all necessary minutes and resolutions to effect the change and the filing of the necessary documents with the Commercial Registry.

For more information on our share capital services, please contact us by phone (+41 43 501 07 00) or email (L_hc__ecnailerssiws--redro).