Fromer, Schultheiss & Staehelin provides services in the following areas:

Finance and Banking
Banking contracts, all aspects of securities law including initial public offerings, takeovers, financing, investment funds as well as recovery and financial restructuring.

Estate Planning and Trust
Estate and personal financial planning for individuals, wealth transfer to the next generation, wills, administration and liquidation of estates.

Family Law
Marital and inheritance agreements; last wills

Corporate Law
Incorporation of companies, foundations and associations, share issues and share redemptions, joint ventures, mergers & acquisitions, and corporate governance.

Information Technology
Information technology agreements, software law, licence agreements, source code escrows, copyright and trademark law, and telecommunication.

Real Estate Law and Leases
Counselling in real estate contracts and leases.

Notary Public Services
Notary public services in Basel such as notarisation of incorporation of companies, of resolutions concerning capital reduction and increase including all amendments of articles of association, all services pertaining to public notarisation of property, family, inheritance, and foundation law.

Long-standing experience in notarisation of mergers & acquisitions, as well as other business transactions under German corporate law.

Bankruptcy Law
Representation of creditors in bankruptcy and insolvency cases, counselling and representation of creditors in liquidation and reorganisation in bankruptcy, representation of clients in composition proceedings.

Tax Law
Tax planning for corporate and individual clients, legal representation vis-à-vis tax authorities and tax courts, lump sum tax agreements for individuals who qualify.

Asset Management
Management of estates and family office planning, advice on the use and setting up of legal structures, including trusts or other legal entities.

Competition Law
Counselling in all matters which may be affected by antitrust laws, such as distribution schemes, joint ventures or mergers and acquisitions, representation of clients in antitrust matters in court as well as in administrative hearings.

Contract Law
Counselling in all areas of contract law, including litigation related to such contracts.

Transport & Logistics
Counselling and representation of clients in all aspects of domestic and international transportation law, ship finance and outsourcing projects.

Litigation
Representation in court and administrative hearings before Swiss courts; enforcement of foreign court orders and money claims.