Legal Notice

This website is published by the practice trading as Galgano Legal. It should be read together with the Privacy Policy, which explains how personal data is handled, and the Cookie Policy, which explains how the site uses cookies and similar technologies.

Publisher

Further information about the practice is set out on The Firm page.

Contact

Written enquiries may also be sent through the form on the Contact page.

Professional title and admission

The firm's lawyers hold the professional title of attorney-at-law (Rechtsanwalt / Rechtsanwältin, avvocato), which Swiss law protects and reserves to lawyers entered on a cantonal register. Admission to the bar is granted by the competent authority of a canton. A lawyer admitted in one canton may act throughout Switzerland and is entered on the register of each canton in which he or she practises.

Professional rules

The lawyers' professional activity is governed by the Swiss Lawyers Act (Bundesgesetz über die Freizügigkeit der Anwältinnen und Anwälte, BGFA), by the rules the competent authorities of the canton of admission issue under it, and by the rules on professional secrecy in Swiss law. Among other matters, these require lawyers to act independently, to avoid conflicts of interest, to keep client information confidential, and to hold professional indemnity insurance of at least the amount that the Swiss Lawyers Act sets.

Swiss federal law is published, in consolidated form, in the Systematic Compilation of Federal Law at www.fedlex.admin.ch. The cantonal rules on the practice of law are published by the authorities of the canton concerned.

Disclaimer

The content of this website is general information about the firm and its areas of work. It is not legal advice, a legal opinion or a recommendation to take or to refrain from any course of action. Legal advice depends on the circumstances of a particular matter, which this website cannot assess, and readers should obtain advice from a qualified lawyer before acting on anything published here.

Reading this website, sending an enquiry through the form or by email, or receiving an acknowledgement of an enquiry, does not create a lawyer–client relationship. That relationship arises only once the firm has confirmed in writing that it accepts the instruction and the terms of the engagement have been agreed.

The firm takes care in preparing this content but does not warrant that it is complete, current or free of error at every moment. Changes in legislation and in the case law of the courts can alter the position described.

Copyright

Unless stated otherwise, the text, layout and design of this website are protected by copyright and belong to the firm or are used with its permission. You may download and print individual pages for your own use. Any further reproduction, distribution, modification or commercial use requires the firm's prior written consent, except where Swiss copyright law permits it. Requests may be sent to contact@galganolegal.com.

The photographs of Lugano are used under a public-domain dedication and require no attribution.

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External links

This website links to websites operated by third parties. The firm has no control over those websites and is not responsible for their content. The operator of each linked website is responsible for its own content and for compliance with the law that applies to it. Links are provided for convenience only and do not imply approval of the linked content.

Applicable law and place of jurisdiction

This website and any dispute arising from its use are governed by Swiss law, subject to mandatory provisions of law and to any choice of law that may be agreed separately with a client. The courts at the firm's registered office in Lugano have jurisdiction, subject to the rules of Swiss civil procedure on jurisdiction and to mandatory provisions of law.

This website is directed primarily at users in Switzerland. The firm makes no representation that its content is appropriate or lawful in other jurisdictions.

Questions about this Legal Notice may be sent to contact@galganolegal.com. Requests concerning personal data are dealt with as described in the Privacy Policy.