Listed Companies

A team of specialists at Bär & Karrer advise listed companies and their shareholders on matters of corporate and securities law and questions of corporate governance. Our broad experience in all areas of law specific to listed companies is based on a longstanding practice of advising some of the country's leading companies, and on the past or present appointment of various team members to boards of directors or to leading positions and committees at the SIX Swiss Exchange.

Services offered by our team include the following:

Organization of shareholders' meetings, including real-time support to the chairman in conducting the meeting and addressing shareholders' questions
Advice on questions of corporate governance, such as the board of directors' organization, and assistance with the establishment of internal regulations
Advice on questions of securities laws and stock exchange regulation, such as companies' obligations in respect of ad hoc publicity or the disclosure of management transactions
Advice to boards and management in extraordinary situations, such as proxy fights or control transactions
Development of defence strategies in respect of unsolicited take-over bids or shareholder groups exercising de facto control

Advice to shareholders and companies on questions of the mandatory disclosure of shareholdings, and representation of companies in cases of suspected violation of disclosure obligations by their shareholders
Advice on the establishment and operation of compliance programs, and assistance in the handling of compliance crises
Assistance with internal investigations, and conduct of independent investigations on behalf of a board of directors
Representation of clients in regulatory investigations and proceedings before the SIX and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA
Advice to shareholders concerning the exercise of their rights, such as requests for the inclusion of items on the agenda of a shareholders' meeting.

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