Corporate Governance and General Corporate Advice

Niederer Kraft Frey advises public and private companies, management, boards of directors and board committees on a full range of governance and general corporate matters.

The core focus areas of our corporate practice are:

• Compensation planning and disclosure as well as governance and compliance with the Swiss say on pay framework
• Governance matters, including directors’ duties and responsibilities, board and committee structures, corporate preparedness and contingency planning, director and management indemnification and termination arrangements
• Preparation of shareholders meetings, responding to shareholder proposals and dealing with Institutional Shareholder Services and other proxy advisory firms
• Takeover preparedness and other corporate matters that do not involve any pending transaction
• Corporate investigations
• Capital raisings and equity offerings