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In financially challenging times, a startup's board must closely monitor liquidity, implement restructuring measures as needed, maintain strong investor communication, and ensure compliance with tax and social security obligations to minimize legal risks.

Does your company need general terms and conditions and if so, for which business relationships? Or are individual contracts better, or even both? The following article explores these questions.

When founding a limited liability company [Aktiengesellschaft] or increasing the share capital, it is possible to only partially pay-in the nominal value of the registered shares. Owners of such partly paid-up registered shares are seldom aware of the consequences of a partial payment. This article is to point out the legal consequences of such partially paid up shares.

One of the great advantages of Y-Combinator's Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE), which is structured as a convertible loan in Switzerland, is its standardisation and simplicity. The following article is intended to explain the post-money SAFE and to demonstrate its advantages.

Since 2013, seed financings in the USA and Asia have often been conducted through a so-called Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE). This is a short standard contract in which an investor provides capital to a startup company and, in return, receives shares at a later date. This article describes the functioning of a SAFE and its implementation under Swiss law.

A Data Processing Agreement (DPA) is a legal agreement for companies that have personal data processed by or for third parties. Concluding a DPA is one of the requirements under data protection law. With a structured approach and the use of a suitable template, the obligation can be fulfilled with a reasonable amount of effort.