In December 2024, Guozun Law Firm’s Switzerland Office completed establishment filing in Geneva, Switzerland, and officially commenced operations. This office is a core component of Guozun Law Firm’s global strategic layout. Located in the core business district of Geneva, Switzerland, it focuses on the core needs of China-Switzerland and China-Europe cross-border legal services, providing localized, full-process, and integrated legal support for all kinds of market entities and individuals.
I. Core Overview of the Office and Practice Qualifications
Guozun Switzerland Office has formed a local elite lawyer team with full-field practice qualifications at the Swiss Confederation and cantonal levels. The core practitioners all have more than ten years of practical experience in the Swiss and European legal markets, are proficient in the Swiss federal legal system, EU regulatory rules, and local judicial practice, and can skillfully provide multilingual legal services in German, French, English, and Chinese. They are deeply familiar with the Swiss local business environment and regulatory procedures and possess localized implementation capability for legal affairs in all fields.
The office is fully connected to Guozun Law Firm’s global legal service network. Relying on the law firm’s resource reserve of 113 overseas offices in 106 countries and regions around the world and more than 2,000 professional lawyers, as well as its standardized 7×24-hour global response service system, it has formed a full-chain service capability of China local compliance guidance + Swiss local implementation + global cross-regional coordination, enabling integrated coordination and full-process closed-loop services for cross-border legal affairs.
II. Core Business Coverage
Centered on the full life cycle of cross-border commercial activities and personal needs, Guozun Switzerland Office has built a full-dimensional and refined legal service system. Its core business covers the following nine major fields:
Corporate and Commercial Legal Services
Swiss local company establishment, entity qualification handling, and support for daily compliant operations;
Full-process services for cross-border mergers and acquisitions and restructurings, joint venture cooperation structure design, due diligence, and transaction documents;
Special legal services for private equity and venture capital, and corporate bankruptcy and restructuring;
Annual legal counsel for enterprises, construction of commercial contract systems, and optimization of internal governance structures.
Banking and Financial Compliance Legal Services
Regulatory compliance for banks and financial institutions, and construction of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing compliance systems;
Special compliance services for the registration and distribution of investment funds and financial products in Switzerland;
Cross-border financial transaction structure design, issuance of structured products, and compliance review;
Interpretation of financial regulatory policies, response to regulatory investigations, and compliance risk investigation.
Dispute Resolution and Criminal Compliance Legal Services
Full-process representation in litigation procedures before courts of the Swiss cantons and the Federal Supreme Court;
Services related to international commercial arbitration, cross-border judicial assistance, and recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments;
Resolution of civil and commercial disputes in multiple fields such as commerce, finance, trade, and insurance;
Special services for prevention and control of criminal risks for enterprises and individuals, response to criminal investigations, and criminal defense.
Labor, Human Resources, and Data Compliance Legal Services
Drafting and review of labor contracts, compliance in employee recruitment and dismissal, and handling of labor disputes;
Services related to remuneration and benefits, equity incentive system design, union consultation, and collective bargaining;
Compliance in cross-border data transfer based on the Swiss Federal Data Protection Act and the EU GDPR;
Construction of personal information protection systems, emergency handling of data security incidents, and compliance training.
Immigration and Cross-Border Personnel Mobility Legal Services
Full-process legal services for Swiss work visas, residence permits, and investment immigration applications;
Design of compliance systems for cross-border personnel assignment by enterprises and services related to family reunification immigration;
Customized design of cross-border status planning and compliance review.
Real Estate and Infrastructure Investment Legal Services
Full-process transaction services for acquisition, disposal, and leasing of Swiss real estate, and title due diligence;
Special services for commercial real estate development, operational compliance, and tax optimization of cross-border real estate investment;
Compliance review of cross-border infrastructure investment projects, legal support for bidding and tendering, and handling of engineering disputes.
Private Client and Family Wealth Management Legal Services
Special legal services for the establishment and operation of family trusts, estate planning, and cross-border inheritance;
Marriage property agreements, handling of family disputes, and construction of family governance systems;
Establishment and compliant operation of family offices, and full-scheme design for intergenerational wealth succession;
CRS and FATCA cross-border tax compliance, and prevention and control of legal risks in cross-border asset allocation.
Insurance and Civil Liability Legal Services
Compliance review of insurance products, handling of insurance claims disputes, and services related to reinsurance transactions;
Regulatory compliance consultation for insurance institutions and legal support for daily operations;
Agency and risk prevention and control for product liability, professional liability, and third-party civil liability disputes.
Administrative and Regulatory Compliance Legal Services
Full-process agency for administrative approvals and administrative permit handling at the Swiss federal and cantonal levels;
Agency for administrative litigation and special legal support for government-enterprise communication;
Construction of industry-specific regulatory compliance systems, policy interpretation, and rectification of risk investigations.
III. Service Principles and Practice Planning
Guozun Switzerland Office strictly follows the Swiss federal lawyer practice norms and Guozun Law Firm’s globally unified service standards, adheres to the practice principles of professionalism, rigor, compliance, and efficiency, takes localized practical capability as its foundation and the global collaborative network as its support, deeply connects with various legal service needs arising in bilateral economic and trade exchanges between China and Switzerland, and provides clients with precise and comprehensive cross-border legal solutions.
Global Legal Consultation Hotline: 4006661890
Domestic Legal Consultation Hotline: 010-65915691
In the future, the office will continue to deeply cultivate the Swiss and European legal markets, continuously refine its specialized fields, optimize service procedures, and form efficient coordination with Guozun’s global offices, further improving the global legal service system and helping the compliant and steady development of Chinese-funded entities going abroad and European entities entering China.