Business succession
Your life's work deserves a handover without loose ends.
Most successions do not fail for lack of a buyer. They fail because of unresolved legal questions: compulsory portions, contracts, valuation, safeguards. I guide SME owners in Graubünden and German-speaking Switzerland through the entire process, legally sound and in cooperation with your trustee or tax adviser.
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Succession within the family
- Handover to children or relatives, secured under inheritance law
- Equal treatment of non-succeeding heirs, compulsory portions, advancement of inheritance
- Protection of the transferring owner through marital and inheritance contracts
Sale to third parties or management
- Purchase agreement, warranties, payment terms, earn-out
- Management buy-out: financing and shareholders' agreement
- Negotiation at your side, right up to signature
The entrepreneur's personal provisions
- Will and inheritance contract with the company in mind
- Advance care directive (Vorsorgeauftrag): keeping the company able to act in an emergency
- Making articles of association and contracts succession-ready
The path to a well-ordered succession.
Taking stock
Where does the company stand, who are the possible successors, what do the articles of association, contracts and matrimonial property regime say? You receive a clear overview of the areas for action and the timeline.
Structure and contracts
The chosen path is built legally: purchase agreement or gift, safeguards under inheritance law, shareholders' agreement, transitional arrangements for management. Coordinated with your trustee or tax adviser on the tax side.
Completion and transition
Signature, commercial register, handover of responsibility. On request I stay on board afterwards, for example during the implementation of the transition phase.
Why a law firm rather than just a broker? Succession is first and foremost a legal project: it brings together contract, inheritance and company law. I know both sides of the table, as a lawyer since 1995 and as a member of boards of directors in companies in the real estate sector and the manufacturing industry.
Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions about succession.
Ideally five to ten years before the planned handover. That keeps every route open: within the family, a sale or a management buy-out. A short-term arrangement is also possible, just with less room for manoeuvre.
Contact
Tell me about your matter.
The quickest way is by telephone or by e-mail with your preferred appointment times. Your enquiry is protected by attorney-client privilege from the first word.
Request an initial consultation30 minutes, in person, by telephone or by video. Send your preferred times by e-mail and you will receive proposals within one working day.- +41 81 511 58 57 · Mobile +41 79 204 81 54
- dq@diegoquinter.ch
- Vasarauls 11, 7084 Brienz/Brinzauls, Graubünden