Hartmann Müller Partner Rechtsanwälte (HMP) was founded in Zürich in 1983. As a well-established firm, we assist Swiss and foreign clients with challenging cases in all key areas of business law. Our clients include both small and midsize firms as well as larger publicly-listed companies and corporate groups, and we also advise and represent private persons, particularly entrepreneurs.
HMP’s lawyers will provide you with a wealth of expertise acquired in prestigious international corporations and law firms and wide-ranging experience in the legal profession. Together, they form a longstanding, well-coordinated and successful team.
Contract and Commercial Law
Our core activities include comprehensive legal support for clients in the formation and structuring of contractual and commercial law relationships with other companies or private individuals, as well as dealings with regulatory authorities, primarily in the following areas:
Distribution structures, franchising, joint ventures, collaborations
Service agreements, project agreements, outsourcing and financing agreements
Insurance contract law and insurance supervision lawLiability law, particularly D&O liability, product liability, and physician liability
IP: trademark and copyright law, patent law, domains, unfair competition law
Competition and antitrust law
Labor law, posting of workers, social insurance law
Banking law
Corporate Law / Transactions
Another of our specialties is advice on all corporate legal issues and comprehensive legal counselling for companies in the implementation of M&A transactions involving third parties and government authorities in the following areas:
Planning, structuring and formation of companies
Corporate Governance, particularly compensation and independent shareholder representation
Compliance, particularly codes of conduct, data privacy, etc.Financing and capital market transactions
M&A transactions
Stock exchange and capital market law
Defensive measures
Succession solutions for companies
Restructuring, reorganisation and dissolution of companies
Antitrust Law
Tax law
Litigation / Arbitration
Within its areas of specialization, we represent our clients before all Swiss courts and government authorities, as well as in domestic and foreign arbitral tribunals. The following areas are a permanent part of our litigation and arbitration work:
Civil proceedings, particularly for disputes involving commercial and corporate law
Debt enforcement and bankruptcy law
Enforcement measures and freezing orders
International mutual administrative and legal assistance
Administrative proceedings
Representation in national and international arbitration proceedings
Arbitrator appointments
Construction and Real Estate Law
Our services in the fields of construction and real estate law include all legal aspects in the planning, construction, financing, transaction and administration of real estate. These comprise the following in particular:
Project development agreements and planner agreements, including architectural and engineering contracts
Construction contracts, turnkey agreements and general contractor agreements
Purchase agreements
Liability for defects, claims for compensatory damages, contractor liens
Lease and leasehold agreements, particularly for commercial properties
SIA standards, particularly 102, 103, 108, 118 etc.
Areas of public law, including contaminated sites, bidding procedures, appeal procedures for complaints relating to construction
Private Clients / Entrepreneurs
We support private individuals, particularly entrepreneurs, mainly in connection with business activities and investments. This includes the following:
Comprehensive advice for investment projects
Advice to boards of directors and executives regarding corporate governance and liablility issues
Corporate succession and estate planning, including prenuptial agreements and contracts of inheritance
Division of estate and execution of wills
Relocation, work and residency permits
Tax advice
Valuable support from an international network
We are the Swiss member of Multilaw, one of the world's biggest international networks of independent law firms. This gives us personal contacts with some ninety leading firms, employing around 9,000 attorneys in 100 countries. It enables us to provide clients with fast, professional support in international matters.