Competence Groups

Start-up / Seed Investing

Family Offices and their clients often support young entrepreneurs and their start-ups. Weather through angel investing or through seed investing, this Competence Group serves as centre of know how. We specialise in sourcing the best advice for start-ups following their foundation, especially on financing rounds, employee participation plans, exits and IP rights.

This Competence Group covers the following fields: legal structure (corporation, partnership or sole proprietorship); Preliminary review and consulting on IP rights (trademarks, copyrights, company name protection etc.); Development and examination of constitutive documents (articles of association, organisational regulations, shareholders’ agreements etc.); Advice on all types of financing (equity, debt, mezzanine), Assistance and coordination of due diligences, Exits (trade sale, IPO, licensing), Advice on due diligence and negotiations, Employee participation plans, shares, options, phantom stock, stock appreciation rights.