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The building permit is issued. Construction is expected to start in spring 2024. The shareholders are relieved. The "disgraceful spot" in the village center of Schwarzenburg (BE) will soon disappear. After 26 years, a modern village center with stores and rental apartments is being built. Enjoy reading the article from the Könziger newspaper. 

Stefan Kunz (Partner) as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dorfzentrum Linde Schwarzenburg Ltd. was able to use his many years of experience as a lawyer in the field of building and planning law to advise the parties involved accordingly, to manage the project and, thanks to his negotiating skills, to offer all stakeholders a satisfactory solution. The lawyer Fabiola Weilenmann-Anthamatten actively supported Stefan Kunz. Marcel Hauert, co-founder of Ductus Studio, successfully managed the project from an architectural point of view.

Kiwi Fondue won the World's Toughest Row with an incredible lead of 224 kilometers over the second placed team. But this was not enough for the Swiss-New Zealand team! After more than 1.5 million strokes, the world record was also broken. Never before had a rowing boat gone faster from the US mainland to Hawaii.

BGPartner is excited and congratulates sincerely the brothers Alexander and Lorenz Gammeter, Alex Brooker and Rich Henderson on this breathtaking achievement. We are not only an incredibly proud partner, but we have also enjoyed the last 29 days cheering along with you.

What is the recipe for this success? What are the parallels to negotiations? Find out in another video interview between Alexander Gammeter and our partner Dr. Alain P. Röthlisberger in October 2023. And in case you missed the first part: Click here for the video. 

Besides the impressive athletic and mental performance of the rowers, it is remarkable that the Kiwi Fondue Team will donate USD 60,000 to help rebuild coral reefs. The funds will go to the charity Coral Vita. On behalf of the whole team, Alexander thanks BGPartner for their support. There are these partners, who make such a project possible in the first place.

How time flies. BGPartner has been a member of the Swiss lawyer network LegalDesk.ch for 15 years now. As a proud founding member, we especially enjoyed the anniversary in Eastern Switzerland. A big thank you to LOCHER | KOBLER | STADELMANN and Mäder & Barmettler | Attorneys & Notaries, who made the weekend trip an unforgettable experience.

LegalDesk.ch is an association of smaller and medium-sized, independent and mainly commercially orientated law firms throughout Switzerland.

Our partners Olivier Bula and Oliver Gnehm shared their experiences on "Dealing with guarantees in construction contracts" during a presentation at the 14th Zurich Practitioners' Day for Construction Law of the Europa Institute at the University of Zurich (EIZ). 

Among other things, they presented the results of a survey on the term "guarantee", which shows that in construction practice the term is understood very broadly and not only the classic, abstract guarantee.

Many thanks to the EIZ and the organizers Marlen Patt, Peter Rütimann and Richard Calame for this very successful event and the exciting, practice-relevant discussions, which were perfectly rounded off with the inspiring and enriching guest contribution by Professor Peter Gauch.

The presentation can be downloaded here.

For almost 20 years, BGPartner has been a member of LAWorld. In the beginning, the "AGM's" were meetings of a few dozen lawyers who met for an annual exchange. Two decades later, the meetings have grown into full-fledged conferences with well over 100 participants.

We are proud to be part of this positive development and will continue to write the success stories of LAWorld. Thanks again to our partner Simons Muirhead Burton, you were a perfect host. We not only benefited professionally from the event, but also had a lot of fun. Enjoy the video with some impressions and highlights from this event.