30.08.2024 | The use of AI tools promises new opportunities and increased efficiency for SMEs, but there are also a number of legal challenges that must be considered.
25.07.2024 | For years, the length of the building permit process has been a frustrating issue. What is being done on the policy level to improve the efficiency of the planning process?
04.07.2024 | Our partner Christian Leupi has successfully completed the first edition of the Swiss Bar Association's (SAV) mediator training programme in German. We congratulate him!
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AI tools and SMEs: legal challenges
30.08.2024 | The use of AI tools promises new opportunities and increased efficiency for SMEs, but there are also a number of legal challenges that must be considered.
25.07.2024 | For years, the length of the building permit process has been a frustrating issue. What is being done on the policy level to improve the efficiency of the planning process?
04.07.2024 | Our partner Christian Leupi has successfully completed the first edition of the Swiss Bar Association's (SAV) mediator training programme in German. We congratulate him!
17.05.2024 | In the latest issue of our newsletter, we look at the wide range of options for regulating condominium ownership and announce three new developments of our own.
29.04.2024 | The Federal Supreme Court has ruled that a Board of Directors mandate cannot be tacitly extended without an election at a legally valid General Meeting.
Specialist lawyer SAV construction and real estate law
22.03.2024 | We are pleased to announce that our partner Michael Schumacher has successfully completed his training as a Certified Specialist SBA Construction and Real Estate Law.
20.03.2024 | The Federal Council is in favor of the reintroduction of the double name. Children of unmarried parents should now also be able to have a double name.
01.03.2024 | We are pleased to announce that Michael Schumacher has been elected to the board of the Young Lawyers Association of Central Switzerland (JAAZ).
31.01.2024 | With assets of 140 billion (as at the end of 2022), foundations are of great economic importance in Switzerland. There are now numerous changes to the law.
09.01.2024 | The Federal Supreme Court may qualify building permit decisions as interim decisions and thus create new or additional procedural hurdles.
06.11.2023 | In the latest issue of our newsletter, we inform you about the most important aspects of terminating an employment relationship from an employer's perspective and about the partial revision of the Swiss Civil Procedure Code that will come into force on 1 January 2025.
Federal Court on formal requirements in inheritance law
06.10.2023 | The Federal Supreme Court emphasizes the importance of the statutory formal requirements in inheritance law and thus demonstrates once again that the formal requirements in inheritance law are strict.
Lecturing at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU)
13.09.2023 | We are pleased to announce that our two partners, MLaw Michael Schumacher and Dr. Andreas Galli, are now lecturers in the Construction Law module at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.
05.05.2023 | We will inform you about the merger for own use (ZEV) as well as questions regarding rent increases (e.g. due to sustainable electricity production or increased interest rates).
07.11.2022 | We inform you about the regulations relevant to the recruitment of specialists from third countries and about the share revision that will come into force on 1 January 2023.
Newsletter September 2022 – Focus Construction and Public Procurement
19.09.2022 | We will inform you about pipeline rights and the associated legal issues as well as the risks for landowners when revising building and zoning regulations.
22.06.2022 | In the latest issue of our newsletter, we inform you about the new inheritance law that will come into force next year as well as about the imminent law change "Marriage for all".
Newsletter April 2022 – Focus Construction and Public Procurement
12.04.2022 | We inform you about building and commercial restrictions under civil law and legal requirements for the removal of unlawful buildings outside building zones.
Newsletter October 2021 – Focus Construction and Public Procurement
08.10.2021 | In the special edition "Construction and Public Procurement" of our newsletter, we inform you about the revised planning and construction law of the Canton of Lucerne and provide you with guidance on the correct application of procurement law in the Canton of Lucerne.
18.05.2021 | In the latest issue of our newsletter, we provide information on new jurisdiction in maintenance law and on planned legislative revisions in private construction contract law.
08.03.2021 | On 1 May 2021, inadmissible bearer shares will be converted into registered shares by force of law. Seize the last opportunity for voluntary conversion.
25.09.2020 | In the recent edition of our newsletter we provide Information about the right of residence and usufruct as well as employee profit-sharing.
25.05.2020 | In the recent edition of our newsletter we provide information about digital inheritance as well as the purchase of real estate by spouses.
15.05.2019 | In the twelfth edition of our newsletter, we provide information about "family governance" and its implementation as well as the revised cantonal energy law.
03.07.2018 | In the eleventh edition of our newsletter, we answer questions about the advance care directive and inform about protection against unjustified debt collection.
27.02.2018 | Michael Schumacher has become a member of the association providing standby services in criminal defence in the Canton of Lucerne (Verein Pikett Strafverteidigung Luzern).
22.11.2017 | In the tenth edition of our newsletter, we answer questions about the new EU General Data Protection Regulation as well as the establishment of easement agreements.
13.04.2017 | In the ninth edition of our newsletter, we answer questions about the Swiss foundation as well as concerning the costs of caring for a child and pension.
23.06.2016 | In this edition of our newsletter we report about issues relating to divorce and separation as well as the protection of the spouse or partner in the event of death.
17.11.2015 | In the seventh edition of our newsletter we report on the new planning and building legislation as well as questions concerning teleheating.
31.01.2014 | Grossenbacher Attorneys at Law provide the opportunity for a traineeship in preparation for the bar exam to a skilled and dedicated university graduate.
24.01.2013 | The Lucerne University’s Law School and Grossenbacher Attorneys at Law continue to cooperate in the field of study and vocational preparation.
15.11.2012 | Grossenbacher Attorneys at Law give foreign private individuals and companies extensive support to facilitate their access to the Swiss market.
02.03.2012 | Nils Grossenbacher has been appointed as an arbitrator of the self-regulatory organisation of the Swiss Association of Investment Companies.