For a foreign-owned company or international group, Swiss law requires at least one director domiciled in Switzerland (art. 718 para. 4 / 814 para. 3 CO). But for a cross-border structure the resident director is more than a legal box to tick: it is what gives the...
Liquidating a Swiss company (AG/SA or GmbH/Sàrl) follows three phases: the dissolution (a resolution of the shareholders or the general meeting, in notarised form), the liquidation operations (creditor call in the Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce, realisation of...
A Swiss resident director is a board member (for an SA/AG) or a managing officer (for a Sàrl/GmbH) who is domiciled in Switzerland and authorised to legally bind the company. Swiss law requires that at least one person able to represent the company resides in...
To appoint, remove or change a director (SA/AG) or managing director (Sàrl/GmbH) in Switzerland, the competent body passes a formal resolution, the change is notarised and filed with the Commercial Register, and at least one representative domiciled in Switzerland...
In Switzerland, a director sits on the board of a société anonyme (SA/AG), while a manager — the gérant — runs a société à responsabilité limitée (Sàrl/GmbH). The role differs by company form, but both share one binding rule: every Swiss company must be able to be...
