Our services

We offer advice on legal affairs, prepare contracts and legal opinions, and represent our clients' interests before the courts and authorities of Liechtenstein. We specialise in the following areas:

Arbitration

  • Acting as arbitrator

  • Representing and advising parties in arbitration proceedings

Criminal law and judicial assistance in criminal matters

  • Advice and representation in criminal proceedings

  • Attendance at police and judicial interviews

  • Attendance at property searches

  • Advice in the event of confiscation of assets/appealing against confiscation orders

  • Representation in criminal trials

Fundamental rights and constitutional law

  • Applications to the Constitutional Court (assertion of rights guaranteed under the
    constitution)

  • Constitutional review proceedings

Inheritance law and succession planning

  • Wills and testamentary dispositions

  • Inheritance contracts

  • Probate

  • Testamentary executors and estate trustees

  • Asserting inheritance rights and statutory rights to an estate

  • Setting up and configuring asset structures

International law

  • Private international law (e.g. contracts with an international context)

  • Legal representation in matters of mutual administrative assistance (e.g. on tax matters)

  • Legal representation in mutual judicial assistance proceedings (e.g. international applications)

  • Agent for the purpose of accepting service

Labour law

  • Employment contracts

  • Salaries/wages, gratuity payments, bonuses

  • Rights and duties of employees and employers in the event of sickness, an accident or pregnancy

  • Prohibition on discrimination

  • Resignation, dismissal without notice and leave of absence

  • Employment references

  • Non-compete clauses

  • Representation in proceedings of the Zentrale Paritätische Kommission (ZPK Save) in relation to compliance with collective pay agreements

Liability law and liability of public officials

  • Asserting damages claims

  • Defence against illegitimate damages claims

Property law and planning law

  • Real-estate conveyancing (e.g. purchase, gift, partial gift)

  • Advice on landed property transaction law

  • Easements

  • Condominium ownership (purchase of property with freehold share)

  • Pre-emption rights or purchase rights

  • Advice and contract preparation in relation to condominium ownership (purchase of property with freehold share)

The law of trusts and foundations

  • Advice and representation for foundation boards and trustees

  • Advice and representation for beneficiaries

  • Advice and representation for founders and settlors

  • Legal opinions

Administrative law

  • Various legal remedies (appeals, etc.)

  • Legal remedies available in relation to the government, Appeals Commission for Administrative Matters, Administrative Court, FMA (Financial Market Authority) Appeals Commission

  • Financial Market Authority proceedings (FMA)

  • Tax proceedings

Contract law

  • Scrutiny of contracts in all areas of law

  • Preparation of contracts in all areas of law

  • Contesting contracts before the courts

  • Judicial assertion of contracts

Financial market law

  • Advice and representation in licensing procedures (e.g. supporting applications for granting of a licence)

  • Advice and representation in supervisory proceedings

General company law

  • Advice on the incorporation of legal entities (e.g. public limited company (AG), private limited company (GmbH), establishment (Anstalt) etc.)

  • Representation of shareholder interests

  • Provision of legal advice to legal entities in all areas of law (e.g. labour law, licences, trade licences, etc.)

Insolvency law (bankruptcy)

  • Administration in bankruptcy (acting as liquidator)

  • Representation of creditors

  • Representation of members of the former management of bankrupt companies (e.g. boards of directors, foundation boards, boards of trustees)

Judicial enforcement law

  • The assertion and collection of debts and judgments

  • Levies of execution

  • Enforcement based on foreign judgments

  • Payment orders, replevins

  • Attachment, foreclosure

  • Interlocutory injunctions (restraining/protection orders, official orders, protection against violence within the family, protection against encroachment on private life)

Landlord and tenant law

  • Advice and representation for lessees/tenants

  • Advice and representation for lessors/landlords

Matrimonial, family and divorce law

  • Marriage contracts

  • Divorce by mutual consent

  • Judicial action for divorce

  • Maintenance

  • Custody and access rights

  • The legal relationship between parents and children

  • Adoption

  • Guardianship

Rights of residence and settlement

  • Residence permits and extensions

  • Residence for the purpose of gainful occupation

  • Residence without occupation

  • Gainful occupation without residence

  • Relocation to Liechtenstein

  • Employing foreign staff

Trade law

  • Trade licences

  • Cross-border provision of services