While the federal government and the cantons employ a large number of specialized lawyers, there are only rarely lawyers in municipal and civic administrations as well as municipal and citizen councils. Nevertheless, these public bodies are confronted with legal problems of all kinds on a daily basis.

This is where we offer ourselves: Several partners in our law firm have their own experience in an executive branch at municipal level and therefore know very well “where the shoe hurts.” We put our experience and know-how at the service of your municipality, whether in accompanying and resolving a specific problem on a mandate basis; or as part of a blanket mandate as a point of contact for all elected representatives and administrative staff in your municipality. In our previous work, we have supported municipalities on the following legal issues, among others:

• Advice on spatial planning, writing of opinions in the area of planning zones and rezoning
• Writing building decisions and objection decisions
• Collection of land owner contributions when constructing district roads or building a sewage system
• Preparation and adoption of a district plan
• Implementation of expropriation procedures for the restoration of a canal, the widening of a municipal road and the construction of a protective dam
• construction police measures (restoration of legal status or issuance of demolition orders)
• Enactment and homologation of municipal regulations (e.g. building and zoning regulations, cemetery regulations, police regulations, tourist tax regulations)
• Adoption of a spring protection zone
• Representation in supervisory complaints against a municipality and municipal councils
• Representing municipalities in liability lawsuits

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