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Can you keep your Swiss share register digitally?
For many Swiss companies, the share register still exists as a spreadsheet, a scanned PDF, or a file that only one person can find. This may work at the beginning. But as soon as shares are transferred, new investors join, or corporate changes are prepared, an unclear share register becomes a risk. The good news…
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Indirect Participations and Holding Structures: How to Identify the Beneficial Owners Behind a Company
Why beneficial ownership matters Indirect participations and holding structures are common in modern business. Investors may hold shares through a holding company. Founders may create a group structure for growth. International entrepreneurs may use foreign parent companies. Fiduciaries, lawyers, and corporate legal teams may manage ownership chains across several entities. These structures can be perfectly…
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How Secure Are Digital Authority Services in Switzerland?
Digital authority services are becoming a normal part of doing business in Switzerland. For founders, investors, fiduciaries, lawyers, and corporate legal teams, the question is no longer whether administration can move online. The real question is whether digital processes are secure enough for legally sensitive company matters. The answer is yes, when the process is…
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Who benefits from digital register services in Switzerland?
In Switzerland, many business and administrative decisions still depend on official records. A company change in the Commercial Register, a debt enforcement extract, a share register update, or a liquidation document can be required before a contract is signed, an investment is approved, or an internal process moves forward. These services are often connected to…
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Documenting shareholder changes correctly: how to update the share register after a share transfer
For a Swiss company limited by shares (Ltd), the share register is more than just an internal list. It is the company’s official record of who it recognises as shareholders and who may exercise shareholder rights. When shares are transferred, when an investor enters, or when the ownership structure changes, the share register should be…
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Can I complete government processes online in Switzerland?
Yes, many government processes in Switzerland can now be handled online. For founders, investors, fiduciaries, lawyers, and corporate legal teams, this is an important shift. Tasks that once meant printed forms, appointments, and repeated follow-ups with authorities are increasingly moving into secure digital workflows. Switzerland is not replacing public administration with a single platform overnight.…
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25% threshold and beneficial ownership in Switzerland
In Swiss company practice, direct shareholdings often raise one practical question: when does a shareholder or company member count as a beneficial owner? The answer matters for investors, international founders, fiduciaries, lawyers, and corporate legal teams because ownership data is no longer just an internal formality. It is becoming a key part of clean corporate…
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Administrative procedures for companies in Switzerland: what SMEs need to know
Administrative procedures for companies (Behördengänge für Unternehmen) are part of every company’s life cycle. They start before incorporation and continue whenever a company changes its structure, address, management, capital, purpose, or ownership setup. For founders, investors, fiduciaries, and legal teams, the challenge is rarely a single form. It is understanding which authority is involved, which…
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UBS Is Integrated Into the Hoop Process
Hoop is now partnering with UBS: founders can open their capital contribution account with UBS directly through our digital process and benefit from a seamless journey from capital contribution to Commercial Register entry. The process starts on the Hoop platform. All documents are prepared digitally, and users are guided step by step through the integrated…
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Share register: required information, supporting documents, and common mistakes
For every Swiss company limited by shares, the share register (Aktienbuch) is more than an internal spreadsheet. It is the record that shows who the company recognises as shareholders and who may exercise shareholder rights. For founders, investors, fiduciaries and legal teams, a clean share register is essential for governance, financing rounds, due diligence and…
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