Federal Act
on Private International Law
(PILA)

Sub­ject to Art­icles 156 to 161, the law ap­plic­able to a com­pany gov­erns in par­tic­u­lar:

a.

the leg­al nature of the com­pany;

b.

its es­tab­lish­ment and dis­sol­u­tion;

c.

its leg­al ca­pa­city and ca­pa­city to act;

d.

its name or busi­ness name;

e.

its or­gan­isa­tion;

f.

the in­tern­al re­la­tion­ships, in­clud­ing the re­la­tion­ships between the com­pany and its mem­bers;

g.

li­ab­il­ity for vi­ol­a­tion of com­pany law;

h.

li­ab­il­ity for the debts of the com­pany;

i.

the power of rep­res­ent­a­tion of the per­sons act­ing on be­half of the com­pany ac­cord­ing to its or­gan­isa­tion.