Directors’ liability, contracts, insurance, employment law and governance: find the essential guidance to protect your business.
Start with the topics that most directly affect the company and its directors.
Understand limits on unemployment benefits and the criteria applied in practice.
Explore the new beneficial ownership obligations from 2026.
Liability, loss of earnings, accident or cyber insurance: identify cover suited to your activity.
Legal risks for an SME often arise in practical situations: hiring an employee, allocating share capital, entering a contract, handling an unpaid invoice or arranging company representation.
This section brings together accessible explanations of the main obligations and protections. They help identify sensitive issues and prepare a more effective discussion with a lawyer, insurer or accountant.
Browse by the risk, relationship or obligation involved.
Organise authority, capital and liability.
Understand the rules governing employment relationships.
Choose useful cover and secure your commitments.
Respond to unpaid invoices and anticipate obligations.
This section is prepared under the responsibility of Romain Prieur, Swiss certified public accountant. It makes the main legal and insurance issues understandable without replacing individual legal advice.
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Decide whether you need a co-founder, find suitable business partners and test working together. Clarify equity, pay, decisions and departure terms.
Prepare a Swiss non-disclosure agreement: permitted use, confidential information, duration, penalties, personal data and practical clause examples.
Check Swiss sick pay duration with the Bern scale calculator. Understand service years, daily sickness insurance and separate dismissal protection.
Prepare for the Swiss transparency register from 1 October 2026: beneficial owners, the 25% threshold, EasyGov, simplified reporting and filing deadlines.
Can a Swiss LLC owner claim unemployment benefits? Understand employer-like control, losing an external job, contribution periods and income from your company.
Structure, liability, contract or administrative obligation: speak with an expert to identify key issues and next steps.
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