Corporate

Schindler Attorneys covers a broad spectrum of corporate law issues important to today’s businesses. We regularly advise public and private corporations and partnerships as well as their shareholders, administrators, management, supervisory and advisory boards. We have extensive experience in corporate governance and shareholder relations, joint ventures, corporate reorganizations, ownership and management transitions, executive compensation, financing transactions and commercial contracts.

Corporate Governance and Shareholder Relations

Our firm regularly advises on corporate governance issues, including the implementation of appropriate reporting and voting requirements, as well as the structuring of shareholder agreements. Another focus lies on the legal duties of management, supervisory and advisory boards and controlling shareholders, particularly in the context of interested party transactions and financial distress.

Joint Ventures

Schindler Attorneys has extensive experience in the field of joint ventures, representing clients on corporate and contractual joint venture transactions of all kinds. We support clients in determining the best suited structure – be it a partnership, a corporation, a purely contractual relationship, or a combined structure, and in evaluating the liability, tax, governance and other implications thereof.

Corporate Reorganizations

We assist our corporate clients with the full spectrum of domestic and cross-border corporate reorganizations and the related tax and governance implications. Our corporate lawyers have extensive experience in structuring and implementing corporate reorganizations among related as well as unrelated parties (e.g., in the context of acquisitions or joint ventures) and cross border relocations. We also have a proven track record of cross-border corporate migrations.

Ownership Transitions

The corporate team regularly assists clients in developing novel solutions for retirement or decease of controlling shareholders, and in transitions from family to corporate ownership. When structuring transitions, our corporate lawyers work closely together with the firm’s tax and estate planning experts.

Executive Compensation

Our firm has extensive experience in structuring executive compensation arrangements, including stock purchase, stock option, phantom stock, cash bonus and other compensation plans. We are also thoroughly familiar with the tax, accounting and corporate law aspects of these arrangements.