Company Succession planning

Company Succession planning

If you are looking for a succession plan for a company, you have to deal with numerous topics in advance. Attorney at law Mauro Lardi, lic. iur., LL.M. is co-editor of our new SwissLegal handbook on this topic. In his interview - published in the current Finanz & Wirtschaft of 27.04.2022 (page 7) - he uses the latest SL work to show how central the interaction of various specialist competencies is for a successful succession solution.

Enclosed you can download the whole interview as PDF (in German).

We wish you interesting reading.

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Company Succession planning (217 KB), pdf

Update

28 Aug 2026

The Swiss Transparency Register Is Coming: What SMEs Should Do Now to Prepare

On October 1, 2026, the revised Anti-Money Laundering Act and the new Federal Act on the Transparency of Legal Entities and the Identification of Beneficial Owners—the TJPG for short—will take effect. The transparency register is legally governed by the TJPG and maintained by the Federal Office of Justice. This change by no means affects only banks or other financial intermediaries. In the future, the majority of Swiss stock corporations, limited liability companies, and cooperatives will be required to identify, verify, and document their beneficial owners and report them to the new registry.