VISCHER’s Startup Desk accompanies founders, venture capital investors and established startups with first-class legal advice through all development phases. Legal experts from all relevant practice areas ensure well-rounded legal advice with industry-specific knowledge.
Our Expertise
Our Startup Desk includes legal expert from all relevant practice areas, which ensures a well-rounded legal advice with industry-specific knowledge:
- Founding a Company: All you need to set up a new company. Notary services, statutes, shareholders' agreements and more for a structured start into entrepreneurship and long-term success. Our experts: Civil Law Notaries, Corporate and Commercial, Tax
- Investor Relations: Professionally handling complex negotiations with investors for successful, well structured financing rounds and growth. Our experts: Banking & Finance, Private Equity & Venture Capital, Tax, China Desk
- Data Protection and Al Compliance: Backing up your business idea with robust data/Al compliance concept is what customers and investors are looking for from innovative startups today. Our experts: Al, Data Protection, Technology, Media and Telecommunications
- Employment Relations: From simple employment contracts and founder incentivization programs to sophisticated ESOPs for sustainable growth and long-term employee retention strategies. Our experts: Employment law, Immigration, Tax, Pension Funds
- Protect your Business: Shaping cooperation and revenue models, drafting cooperation and other agreements, while ensuring intellectual property protection for your sustainable competitive advantage and market position. Our experts: Corporate and Commercial, IP, litigation & Arbitration, Antitrust and Competition
- Regulatory Compliance: Navigating regulatory restrictions with lawyers who know the specific industry and can develop appropriate compliance strategies for market entry. Our experts: Life Science/Pharma, Bio- and Medtech, Cleantech, Energy, Healthcare, Media & Entertainment. Transport, Aviation and Space
- Structuring your Exit: Be it a share sale, asset sale, IPO, license or other transaction, we help you find and implement the right solution for your exit. Our experts: M&A, Tax, Corporate and Commercial
Our Startup Packages
Set your business up for success with one of our startup packages:
| Basic CHF 2'500 + VAT | Standard CHF 5'000 + VAT | Premium CHF 7'500 + VAT |
|---|---|---|
| ✓ Basic Incorporation* incl. notarization fees and articles of association | ✓ Basic Package | ✓ Standard Package |
| ✓ Organizational rules, share register & register of beneficial owners | ✓ Template cap table for seed financing incl. standard shareholders' agreement | ✓ Standard convertible loan agreement for financing incl. 2 hours of consulting |
| ✓ Template Package (employment agreement, consultancy agreement and NDA) | ✓ Up to 2h of consulting on founder participation programs | ✓ 2-hour workshop on "what contracts do I need?" & walkthrough of Template Package |
| ✓ Bilingual corporate docs on request (ENG, DE, FR) | ✓ Up to 3h of consulting on shareholders' agreement to finalize document | ✓ Consulting on privacy assessment based on privacyscore.ch (up to 2h) |
*Basic Incorporation: Standard AG or GmbH with minimum share capital; payment of share capital contributions in cash by the founders based in Switzerland; notarization in Basel; commercial register fees are excluded.
