Main practice areas at Fontanet-Schöni
Property and commercial law_
In the commercial field, we follow every area of business life anywhere in Switzerland because our work involves:
- the constitution of public limited liability companies, private limited liability companies, cooperatives and foundations with established statutes
- capital increase
- all modifications to statutes
- all modifications to legal structure, such as mergers, demergers, transformations and transfers of assets
- share transfers
- the dissolution and liquidation of companies
As far as the property department is concerned, our team deals with many types of work, although limited to the Geneva canton, especially:
- disposals of property in all their forms (promise, sale, forward sale, gifting, shared ownership, exchanges)
- mortgages (creation and modification of amortisation schedules)
- the constitution, modification and cancellation of property rights (easement, usufruct, building lease)
- staged ownership and modifications to the same
Family and inheritance law_
In family law matters, our team works pre- and post-marriage (with or without liquidation of matrimonial regime):
- contracts with separation of property
- contracts with community of property
- contracts modifying the community of accrued gains
- authenticated inventories
but also:
- mandates because of incapacity
In the area of inheritance (planning and settlement), we take care of:
- drawing up holographic or public wills and inheritance agreements with formalities at the Central register of wills
- safe-keeping of holographic wills
- drawing up certificates of inheritance
- executorship of a will and acting as administrator
- estate settlement (declaration of inheritance, administrative formalities)
- sharing out the inheritance
Authentication_
Without the need for an appointment we also carry out:
- authenticating ordinary signatures or signatures before a solicitor
- attestations of competence for companies
- certificates of power of attorney
- certified true copies
- life certificates and other solicitors' attestations
Various_
In all the above areas, we also give advice which covers tax law and private international law.
We are also available to draw up contracts of receivership.