Company forms
Corporations and Limited Companies
Basically two company structures are available for taking up an economic activity. Corporation (AG) and Limited Companies (GMBH). Both of these company structures indicate the following advantages:
- Limited liability and risk capital
- Easy assignability of the company interests
- Organized rights of representation
- Comparable legal structures, e.g. German limited company
Besides the foundation of a corporation or a limited company a branch of a foreign company may be registered in the Commercial Register or an unincorporated firm established without own legal entity.
Contract relations
Contract relations can be also established on purely contractual basis, e.g. based on agency and exclusive distribution right. The creative possibilities are very high. Swiss law knows only a few mandatory provisions.