| lawyer's office in: |
| CH-8038 Zurich Wernerstrasse 7 Tel. +41 44 482 70 20 Fax +41 44 482 70 27 info@swiss-advocate.com |
| CH-3001
Bern Schwarztorstr. 18 Tel. +41 31 382 08 08 Fax +41 31 382 26 30 |
| CH-6304
Zug Gubelstrasse 17 Tel. +41 41 720 26 76 Fax +41 41 720 26 77 |
Drafting Contracts and Contract Duties |
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Differences of interpretation within contracts are the starting point of many legal disputes. Therefore the professional handling of the wording of the contract with regard to the duties of the parties is required. Model contracts are used again and again in everyday business. |
| Inappropriate adjustments can lead to drawbacks in the case of a legal dispute. The drafting of contracts in different languages is a core skill of our law firm due to our experience in various economic areas for many years. |
| More special attention is required with the choice of law. This question arises if parties from different countries are involved in a system of contracts (international contracts). By habit and with little reflection each party will want to make their own law applicable. The reason for this is the assumption that you know your own law better than the foreign party which however does not have to be the case. |
| In addition to this the parties may assign a domestic lawyer or the law of domicile might regulate an individual legal question more unfavorably than the foreign law does. In sales contracts the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) is applicable. The pros and the cons have to be weighed in each and every individual case. In international contracts the legal venue is always a topic. The thought of having a legal venue in a third country may be captivating but possibly not practical. |
