Senior, flexible and business-oriented legal services.
Six engagement formats, one standard of excellence — calibrated to your situation, without the constraints of a permanent hire.
Fractional General Counsel
Your senior General Counsel on a shared-time basis. I integrate into your leadership teams, provide strategic and operational legal oversight, and calibrate my engagement to your actual workload — from a few days per month to a weekly presence.
Transition Management & Interim Coverage
Available at short notice to step into your legal function — covering an unplanned departure, a vacancy or a restructuring period. Operational from day one: immediate command of ongoing files, team management and urgent matters. I also support the recruitment handover — defining the ideal profile and ensuring a smooth transition to your next permanent hire.
Project Mandates
Defined scope, precise deliverables, controlled timeline. Ideal for transactions, contract reviews, CLM implementation, regulatory compliance or the deployment of a governance programme.
Contracts, Governance & Risk Advisory
Targeted or recurring advisory on your commercial contracts, governance structure and legal risk mapping — without a full-time commitment. Ideal for SMEs and mid-caps that need senior-level input on specific matters.
Monthly Legal Retainer
An agreed monthly volume, a long-term relationship. Priority access, predictable billing and a deepening knowledge of your organisation over time. The most effective format for companies with recurring legal needs — without the constraints of a permanent hire.
Senior Legal Expertise on Demand
Direct access to experienced legal expertise to secure complex contracts, sensitive negotiations, M&A matters, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, key risks or high-stakes decisions — when the matter requires it.
What I work on
Contracts & Commercial Operations
Negotiation, drafting and lifecycle management of commercial contracts, with a focus on risk, commercial value and execution.
- Selective and exclusive distribution, franchise, supply, licensing, joint ventures, IT outsourcing and services, e-commerce, SLAs and NDAs.
- Design and deployment of CLM frameworks: template libraries, approval workflows, obligation tracking and renewal governance.
- International contracting: UNIDROIT Principles, FIDIC forms (Red Book, Yellow Book, Silver Book) and cross-border project environments.
- New country expansion: market entry due diligence, regulatory mapping, local entity structuring, distribution and partnership agreements.
- Competition law review: vertical restraints, resale price maintenance, exclusivity clauses and territorial restrictions under EU and Swiss frameworks.
Transactions & M&A
Legal support for transactions, strategic partnerships and growth projects, from structuring to execution.
- M&A, joint ventures, acquisitions, carve-outs, asset disposals, restructurings and cross-border transactions.
- Legal due diligence, coordination of external counsel, risk preparation and transaction document review.
- Shareholders’ agreements, investment agreements, SPA / APA, warranties, conditions precedent and post-closing integration.
- Coordination across corporate, commercial, regulatory, employment, IP, data protection and competition law issues.
Governance & Corporate Compliance
Governance and compliance frameworks designed for operational reality, not theoretical policy work.
- Codes of conduct, ethics charters, conflicts of interest, internal policies, HR and operational procedures.
- Whistleblowing, corporate governance, company secretariat and board support.
- Data protection: Swiss FADP / GDPR, DPAs, international transfers, breach management and gap assessments.
- Competition and antitrust compliance: distribution practices, vertical restraints, dominance and merger control.
- Swiss foundations: formation, charitable purpose, governance, regulatory compliance and supervisory authority interface.
- Internal investigations, third-party due diligence and forensic review.
Regulatory & Financial Crime Compliance
Operational compliance programmes covering financial crime, sanctions, responsible sourcing and regulatory interface — built for companies active in high-risk sectors, jurisdictions or supply chains.
- AML/KYC, international sanctions, counterparty screening, anti-boycott, anti-corruption and responsible sourcing.
- High-risk country and jurisdiction assessment: FATF / EU lists, CAHRA and counterparty risk profiling.
- Supplier codes of conduct and HRDD policies: child labour, forced labour, modern slavery and responsible minerals.
- Regulatory interface: FINMA, AMLA / financial intermediary obligations, regulatory correspondence, investigations, Dodd-Frank and SECO.
Intellectual Property & Trademarks
In-house management and coordination of IP matters — contracts, brand protection, licensing and IP aspects of transactions — drawing on broad operational experience in luxury, fashion and technology environments, with referral to specialist IP counsel for filings, prosecution and complex litigation.
- Trademarks, copyright, domain names, NDAs and licences.
- Selective distribution networks and international anti-grey market enforcement.
- IP dispute management and contractual protection of intangible assets.
- Technology and software licensing: open source governance, SaaS agreements and IP ownership clauses in development and outsourcing contracts.
- Brand portfolio management: co-existence agreements, licensing programmes and IP due diligence in M&A and joint venture contexts.
Pre-litigation & Commercial Disputes
Dispute management and resolution of commercial conflicts before matters reach formal proceedings — protecting commercial relationships and limiting exposure.
- Contract disputes: interpretation, breach, liability, termination and recovery management.
- Pre-litigation correspondence: demand letters, formal notices and legal positions.
- Negotiated settlements and structured exits from commercial relationships.
- Mediation and conciliation: process structuring, position preparation and settlement agreement drafting.
- Multi-party and cross-border dispute management: coordination of external counsel, evidence preservation and risk assessment.
- Intra-group disputes and shareholder conflict management prior to formal proceedings.
Restructuring & Reorganisation
Legal support for group reorganisations, asset disposals and operational restructuring programmes — from planning through execution.
- HR implications, information and consultation obligations, contract transfers and business continuity.
- Post-M&A integration: harmonisation of legal structures, entity rationalisation and business transfers.
- Cross-border restructurings: branch closures, subsidiary mergers, asset carve-outs and transfer of undertakings under Swiss and multi-jurisdictional frameworks.
- Shareholder dispute management and exit structuring in the context of group reorganisations and ownership transitions.
Employment & Labour Law
Support on sensitive employment matters involving executives, leadership teams and key employees — across Swiss, French and English-law frameworks.
- Executive employment contracts and sensitive clauses: non-compete, confidentiality and golden parachutes.
- Departures, negotiated exits, HR aspects of M&A and restructurings.
- Internal investigations involving employees or executives.
- Executive compensation structures: bonus arrangements, equity participation, profit-sharing and long-term incentive plans.
- Cross-border employment and international mobility: secondment agreements, multi-jurisdiction employment and social security considerations for senior profiles.
AI Governance & Legal Risk
Legal risk assessment, compliance frameworks and governance structures for organisations deploying, procuring or exposed to AI systems — before regulatory scrutiny makes it urgent.
- EU AI Act compliance: risk classification of AI systems, conformity obligations, prohibited practices and requirements applicable to high-risk systems under Regulation (EU) 2024/1689.
- Internal AI use audit: mapping of AI tools deployed across procurement, HR, customer operations, compliance and finance — exposure assessment and liability gap analysis before obligations crystallise.
- AI governance framework design: accountability structures, human oversight mechanisms, incident response procedures, disclosure obligations and board-level reporting.
- AI-specific contractual provisions: liability allocation, transparency and explainability obligations, audit rights, data governance and IP ownership in AI vendor agreements and development contracts.
- Swiss regulatory interface: alignment of AI governance programmes with Swiss legal obligations (nLPD, CO liability framework, sector-specific regulation) and monitoring of Swiss legislative developments on AI.
- AI disclosure documents: bilingual (FR/EN) internal policies, employee-facing AI use notices and board reporting templates.
Typical situations
Does your organisation recognise any of these situations?
- You are an SME, start-up or scale-up structuring your growth and need a solid legal foundation from the outset
- You do not yet have an in-house General Counsel
- Your GC is on leave, in transition or overloaded
- You face a transaction, restructuring or regulatory audit
- You want to professionalise your legal function without a permanent hire
- Your legal volume does not justify a full-time hire but complexity demands seniority
- You need a senior second opinion before a strategic decision
A first conversation — confidential and non-binding.
Briefly describe your situation. I will get back to you within 24–48 hours.