Contract Law

THEVOZ & Partners assists its clients in the drafting and negotiation of contracts, in particular in the following areas:

• Commercial contracts (share sale and purchase agreements, joint venture and commercial partnerships, distribution, agency, brokerage, franchise, license)
• Shareholder agreements
• Banking and financial contracts (asset management, investments, option contracts)
• Loan and facility type agreements (loans, leases, rental agreements)
• Service agreements (employment contracts, consultancy contracts, agency contracts, contracts for work and labour)
• Guarantee contracts (escrow, pledge contracts, surety, independent guarantee)

Due to an increasingly complex legal framework, the drafting of contracts requires a perfect knowledge of the applicable rules and of the commercial, practical and time-related issues for the contractual partners and their investors.

In order to obtain the best results, careful preparation must be made prior to the negotiation. This step consists in determining the objectives, the non-negotiable points, the minimum thresholds and the imperatives in terms of deadlines. Once these elements have been determined, a negotiation strategy can be put in place.

The establishment of contracts is also a central step in the relationship between the contractual partners and must allow conflicts to be avoided by clearly defining the rights and obligations of each party, with pragmatic mechanisms to take into account possible uncertainties at the time of signature. Among other things, questions of guarantees, liability, payment and delivery deadlines, contractual penalties, confidentiality, applicable law and place of jurisdiction must be analyzed thoroughly and carefully addressed. THEVOZ & Partners assists numerous clients in these matters and has a broad range of expertise in this area.

THEVOZ & Partners is also specialized in the resolution of commercial disputes.

In particular, our team assists and represents its clients when a dispute arises in connection with the performance of a contract. In this context, we favor an approach that promotes the amicable resolution of disputes to the fullest extent possible and within the limits of our clients' interests. When judicial or arbitration proceedings cannot be avoided, our clients can count on the extensive experience of THEVOZ & Partners' lawyers in procedural matters in order to put in place an effective and realistic strategy that takes into account their economic and time imperatives.