Swiss Law Training

Lesson 1 • The Swiss Court System

Explains the structure of federal and cantonal courts, their jurisdictions, and appeal pathways. Provides the procedural map needed for all litigation topics ahead.

Lesson 2 • Legal Persons and Capacity

Defines natural and legal persons, capacity to act, and representation rules. Grounds contract and liability analysis introduced in later chapters.

Lesson 3 • Interpreting and Applying Swiss Statutes

Teaches the four classical methods of statutory interpretation used by Swiss courts. Equips students to construct and evaluate legal arguments throughout the course.

Lesson 4 • Sources and Hierarchy of Swiss Law

Maps the ranking of statutes, ordinances, treaties, and customary law. Enables practitioners to resolve conflicts between overlapping legal sources.

Lesson 1 • Contract Performance and Breach

Examines duties of performance, default, and remedies including damages and termination. Builds on formation rules to complete the contract lifecycle.

Lesson 2 • Family and Succession Law Overview

Introduces marital property regimes, parental authority, and forced heirship rules. Equips students to advise on personal and estate planning matters.

Lesson 3 • Law of Obligations: Contract Formation

Covers offer, acceptance, consideration equivalents, and form requirements. Directly applies the legal capacity rules established in Chapter 1.

Lesson 4 • Tort Law and Strict Liability

Analyzes fault-based and strict liability regimes, causation, and damage assessment. Connects to contract remedies by contrasting delictual and contractual claims.

Lesson 1 • Business Entity Types and Formation

Compares sole proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations, covering registration and liability. Builds on legal person concepts from Chapter 1.

Lesson 2 • Insolvency and Debt Enforcement

Explains debt enforcement procedures, bankruptcy proceedings, and creditor priority. Completes the corporate law lifecycle from formation through dissolution.

Lesson 3 • Share Capital and Financing

Covers capital contribution rules, share issuance, and debt financing instruments. Provides the financial structure knowledge needed for M&A topics ahead.

Lesson 4 • Commercial Contracts in Practice

Analyzes sale of goods, agency, distribution, and licensing agreements under Swiss law. Extends contract formation rules from Chapter 2 to specialized commercial contexts.

Lesson 1 • Administrative Decisions and Procedures

Covers the form, content, and notification requirements of binding administrative acts. Enables students to identify defective decisions and advise on remedies.

Lesson 2 • Principles of Administrative Law

Introduces legality, proportionality, good faith, and equal treatment as binding administrative principles. Grounds all regulatory compliance analysis in constitutional constraints from Chapter 1.

Lesson 3 • Administrative Appeals and Judicial Review

Maps the appeal hierarchy from internal review to administrative courts and the Federal Supreme Court. Connects to the court structure introduced in Chapter 1.

Lesson 4 • Fundamental Rights in Administrative Practice

Examines how constitutional rights constrain administrative discretion and inform proportionality review. Integrates constitutional foundations from Chapter 1 into operational practice.

Lesson 1 • Employer and Employee Obligations

Examines duties of care, confidentiality, non-competition, and salary payment obligations. Builds on performance and breach rules from Chapter 2.

Lesson 2 • Termination of Employment

Analyzes ordinary and summary dismissal, notice periods, and wrongful termination remedies. Applies breach and damages concepts from Chapter 2 to employment endings.

Lesson 3 • Working Time, Leave, and Social Insurance

Covers maximum working hours, mandatory leave entitlements, and social insurance contribution rules. Connects private employment duties to public regulatory requirements.

Lesson 4 • Employment Contract Formation and Types

Covers fixed-term, indefinite, and special employment contracts, including form and probation rules. Applies contract formation principles from Chapter 2 to the employment context.

Lesson 1 • Securities Law and Market Conduct

Examines prospectus obligations, insider trading prohibitions, and market manipulation rules. Applies corporate financing concepts from Chapter 3 to regulated markets.

Lesson 2 • Anti-Money Laundering Compliance

Analyzes due diligence obligations, suspicious activity reporting, and compliance program requirements. Connects financial regulation to criminal law obligations introduced later.

Lesson 3 • Banking Regulation and Licensing

Covers authorization requirements, capital adequacy, and supervisory oversight for banks. Builds on corporate governance rules from Chapter 3.

Lesson 4 • Asset Management and Collective Investments

Covers licensing of fund managers, investor protection rules, and fund structure requirements. Extends financial regulation to the asset management sector.

Lesson 1 • Rights of the Accused

Covers presumption of innocence, right to counsel, and privilege against self-incrimination. Integrates fundamental rights from Chapter 4 into criminal procedure.

Lesson 2 • Criminal Procedure and Investigative Powers

Examines the roles of police, prosecutors, and investigating judges, plus coercive measures. Applies the court structure from Chapter 1 to criminal proceedings.

Lesson 3 • Key Economic and White-Collar Offenses

Analyzes fraud, embezzlement, bribery, and corporate criminal liability rules. Connects financial regulation from Chapter 6 to criminal enforcement consequences.

Lesson 4 • Sanctions, Sentencing, and International Cooperation

Analyzes custodial and monetary sanctions, sentencing discretion, and mutual legal assistance. Completes the criminal law chapter with enforcement and cross-border dimensions.

Lesson 1 • Competition Law and Market Regulation

Covers cartel prohibition, abuse of dominance, and merger control thresholds. Integrates corporate and administrative law to address market conduct issues.

Lesson 2 • Cross-Border Transactions and Private International Law

Covers choice of law, jurisdiction clauses, and recognition of foreign judgments. Synthesizes corporate, contract, and procedural rules from earlier chapters.

Lesson 3 • Mergers, Acquisitions, and Restructuring

Analyzes due diligence, transaction structuring, regulatory approvals, and post-merger integration. Applies corporate, employment, and competition law from prior chapters.

Lesson 4 • Data Protection and Privacy Law

Examines data processing principles, controller obligations, and cross-border data transfer rules. Extends fundamental rights from Chapter 4 to the digital compliance context.