Notariat Franco Widmer (Olten)

Notariat Franco Widmer is a nationally active Swiss law firm with international activities and networking. We provide integrated advice across the full spectrum of private and public law. We have a great track record in effectively dealing with complex challenges by combining legal excellence with commercial focus. We have worked for decades on the most important and challenging issues in domestic and international law. This is the foundation of our strong practical knowledge, legal expertise and innovation.

The focus of Notariat Franco Widmer is on our clients' business.

We advise and represent individuals, companies and entrepreneurs from all industries and economic sectors, the public sector, national and international organizations in Switzerland and abroad in the following areas

areas of activity

National and international law of succession

• Legal advice in all national and international inheritance law matters
• Inheritance contracts and wills (testamentary dispositions)
• estate planning
• division of inheritance
• inheritance administration
• inheritance liquidation
• Execution of executor mandate

matrimonial property and family law and cohabitation

• Marriage and property law advice
• prenuptial agreement
• advance directive
• Advice and representation in all matters of family law: engagement, marriage, matrimonial property, child law, adoption, matrimonial protection and divorce
• Cohabitation contract and dissolution of cohabitation

Corporate law, reorganizations and commercial register law

• Legal advice: corporate law, reorganizations and commercial register law
• Establishment of limited liability companies, joint stock companies, limited partnerships and cooperatives
• Establishment of associations and foundations
• Drafting new articles of association
• Contribution in kind and acquisition in kind agreements
• Amendments to articles of association
• Shareholder agreements
• Organizational regulations
• Capital increases and decreases
• mergers
• Demerger
• Transfer of assets
• Transformation
• Restructurings
• Company acquisitions (M&A transactions)
• Joint ventures and cooperation agreements
• Establishment of holding companies, subsidiaries, sister companies and branches
• Execution of legal due diligence
• Succession planning, especially for SME companies
• Assumption of board of directors, foundation board, executive board and management mandates
• Domiciliation of companies at the Olten and Aarau offices
• Dissolution and liquidation of companies
• Mutations in the commercial register

Construction and real estate law

• Legal advice on all issues of construction and real estate law
• Notarization of preliminary contracts for the purchase of real property
• Building, planning and environmental law: advice and representation in all matters of private and public building, planning and environmental law
• Advice and representation in matters of architectural and work contract law
• Advice on co-ownership or condominium ownership
• Advice on easements (e.g. usufruct), liens or land charges
• Registration of construction liens

**Labor law

• Private and public employment law
• Advice on questions of termination, continued payment of wages, vacations, etc.
• Drafting and review of employment contracts, employment regulations, shift and working time models, GAV (collective bargaining agreements)
• Employment of foreign workers, obtaining work and residence permits, negotiations with authorities

Leadership legal services for SME companies.

• Management of external corporate legal services

General contract law

• Legal advice on all types of contracts
• Drafting of all types of contracts
• Advice, negotiation and enforcement of contractual claims
• Drafting or revising general terms and conditions (GTC)

**Data protection law

• Creating data protection declarations for national and international traffic

Public Law

• Representation vis-à-vis public authorities
• Conducting public law complaint proceedings
• Advising municipalities in all matters of public and administrative law (management of external legal services for municipalities)
• Issues of public and private personnel law
• Supervision in procedural matters; expropriation law
• submission law

**Debt collection and bankruptcy law

• debt collection
• Advice and representation in all matters of insolvency law, in particular in reorganization law
• Assumption of mandates as auxiliary
• a.o. insolvency administrations
• guardianships
• Membership in creditors' committees etc.
• All questions of restructuring, liquidation mandates
• Advice and representation in attachment, execution, probate and bankruptcy proceedings

**IT law

• Advice and contract drafting in all areas of IT law, e-business, software, maintenance and licensing law
• Domain name disputes

Intellectual Property Law

• Advice and representation in all matters of intellectual property law
• trademark and design law
• copyright law
• art law

**sports law

• Advice and representation of athletes, sponsors, clubs and associations. Advice to event organizers

Expert and speaker activities.

• Assumption of expert and referee activities

**International Law

• Consulting in the field of international private and enforcement law
• Consulting in the field of international commercial and contract law
• International legal assistance

**Taxes

Social security law

Our values

We work daily on matters involving complex multi-jurisdictional issues.

We place the interests of our clients at the top of our priorities. Our professional independence and freedom from internal constraints stem from our understanding of a notary's role as an independent professional advisor.

Our flexible approach means we can work in small or large fluid teams, within or across practice areas and industries, depending on client needs. Your project, not our internal structures, defines your NFW team.

We leverage our network of leading firms in other countries to quickly create customized, seamless project teams. We are always ready to meet your next challenge as efficiently and effectively as possible.

Entrepreneurial

We know your needs and speak the same language because we too are entrepreneurs and know what's important to you through our involvement on governing bodies of companies, foundations, organizations and associations. We see the law as a tool to secure and increase your economic success - with pragmatic and innovative approaches.

**Team-oriented

We are used to working closely with each other and with you. Thanks to our size and project experience, we can assemble teams of specialists within a very short time, deploy them efficiently and lead them appropriately. We jointly determine the strategy and tactics in complex processes, transactions or negotiations; in doing so, we benefit from our international background and understanding of other cultures.

Communicative

We communicate openly and directly. We only offer what we can handle efficiently and well. We respond to your questions quickly and without unnecessary jargon.