Learning objectives
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- Understanding the legally relevant distinction between a partnership and a legal entity
- Understanding the characteristics of partnerships and corporations
- Understanding the key characteristic of a Limited company and the reason for its name
- Being able to apply the characteristics of partnerships, legal entities, personnel-related and capital-related companies, and Limited companies in practical cases
- Knowing the limited number of company forms in Switzerland as an example and their main characteristics
- Knowing on which online platform the Swiss commercial register can be accessed and which company information can be found there
- Being able to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the various Swiss company forms when establishing a business and to determine the most appropriate legal form for a given case
- Understanding what a shareholder agreement is, its purpose and legal implications, and the possible contents such an agreement may include
- Understanding the possible forms of corporate reorganisation of Swiss companies under Swiss law
- Understanding what a merger is and how the two types of mergers operate
- Understanding what a demerger is and how the two types of mergers operate
- Understanding the purpose of a transformation and its practical relevance
- Understanding the specific risks faced by stakeholders in a corporate reorganisation and how Swiss law provides protection for them
Assessment
Go to the intla.ch Tutor and have it quiz you on the learned content (see also Chapter 01.T intla.ch Tutor).